A.N.: Hello All! Thanks soooo much for the reviews! You guys really make it easy for me to stay motivated to write!! Anywho, here's the next chapter! Hope you enjoy it!

P.S. As you might notice… I'm not going to name the chapters. If you don't like that idea let me know.

Surrender

Chapter 4

"So what you're saying is that you have to keep an eye on Haley tonight?" Jake questioned his girlfriend as the two waited in the kitchen for the rest of their friends to arrive at the party.

"That's what I'm saying." Peyton replied, sighing, and then taking a sip out of her cup.

"But that doesn't leave a lot of alone time for us." Jake whined as he rubbed his hand up her thigh, which was exposed thanks to her jean skirt.

"I know, baby. But I have to do this. You know how paranoid Brooke can get. She's only being protective of her friend. She's worried that Haley got herself into something she's not ready for."

"I know." Jake responded, defeated. "You know," He chuckled a minute later, taking a sip of his beer. "Brooke is like the cool mom of the group."

"How's that?" Peyton questioned her boyfriend amused.

"Well," Jake began, getting comfortable in his seat. "She's so protective of all of us, even Nathan, and she will do pretty much anything to make sure we're all happy."

"Okay and where does the "cool" come into that?" Peyton asked, using air quotes when needed.

"She's fun to party with." Jake finished, laughing and chugging his beer.

"Who is?" Brooke inquired as she came up to the couple with Lucas by her side.

"You are, Brookie." Jake answered, turning his head to see her and grinning.

"Aw thanks Jakey!" Brooke thanked him as she came up behind him and kissed him on the cheek.

Lucas laughed, as he sat down in an empty seat. He grabbed Brooke's waist and pulled her to his lap. "Hey now Jagielski, she's mine. Get your own." Lucas teased, which got him a kiss of his own from Brooke, only his was on the lips.

"Don't mind if I do." Jake mumbled as he, too, pulled Peyton over to him from her seat and kissed her.

"Ugh! It's like couple centric in here."

Pulling away from Lucas, Brooke looked to Nathan, who just walked into the room behind Haley. "You're just jealous." She accused.

"You know me so well." Nathan remarked sarcastically.

"Nathan, leave them alone. They're cute." Haley cut into the conversation turning to Nathan.

"You would think that." Nathan said under his breath, but knew it was loud enough for everyone to hear.

"Hear we go." Peyton whispered to her friends who were still seated, as they watched the start of a bickering match between Nathan and Haley. It was always like this, every time they were together Nathan and Haley would find something to fight over and it was always so pointless. Sometimes it was annoying to their friends, but for the most part the four of them found the two quite entertaining.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Haley questioned, almost threatening.

"Nothing, just the whole couple thing, you would enjoy that." Nathan answered, nonchalantly.

"Sorry I'm more into the PDA with someone you care about, opposed to the having meaningless sex with someone every night." Haley accused, but soon realized by saying that she was being a hypocrite.

That didn't go unnoticed by Nathan either as he sent her a covert smirk.

"Ugh! You are so aggravating." Haley blamed him as she saw the look he gave her.

"Yeah? Well not as annoying as you are." Nathan fought back.

"Okay!" Brooke shouted to the two, breaking them up, and getting their attention. "Hales, let's, um, go dance."

Haley nodded as Brooke and Peyton got up from their seats on their boyfriends laps and grabbed Haley's hands, pulling her to the big group of teenagers grinding on each other.

"Man, you have to stop getting into stupid fights with Haley." Lucas told his brother as Nathan sat on the vacant seat that was previously occupied by Peyton.

"Yeah, Nate. She's a nice girl. I don't get why you don't get along with her as well as the rest of us do." Jake mentioned to his friend.

"Whatever guys." He replied to them, acting as if it was no big deal at all.

Lucas and Jake looked to each other. They tried. They just couldn't get through to the boy sitting in front of them.

"Haley!"

Haley turned around from her place by Peyton and Brooke and came face to face with a dark haired boy.

"Hey Chase!" Haley greeted the boy pulling him into a hug. Chase happened to be another new kid in the junior class at Tree Hill High. They had talked a few times over the weeks and Haley really liked him. He was nice and shy, she was actually kind of surprised that he was at this party because she had to admit, it was a pretty big party, and she didn't think it was really his scene.

"What are you doing here?" Haley asked as she pulled away. They stayed close since it was the only way both could hear the other.

"What? Am I not good enough for your parties?" Chase teased.

Haley gasped, then laughed and smacked his arm. "You know that's not what I meant."

Chase chuckled and nodded his head. "Sure, Haley. I see how it is. Break my heart."

"Whatever." Haley responded to the boy's antics, smiling. She then glanced at her two friends who were standing by them. "Oh, sorry. Chase, these are my friends Brooke and Peyton. Brooke, Peyton, this is Chase."

"It's nice to meet you guys." Chase politely said, shaking both girls' hands.

"Likewise." Brooke commented.

"Well, Haley since you did pretty much accuse me of not being 'good' enough," Chase began, using air quotes. "Why don't you dance with me? It could up my status." He suggested holding his hand out to her.

Haley looked down at it and laughed, taking it. "Only if it helps."

He laughed as he walked them closer into where all the horny teenagers seemed to be grinding on each other. Pulling her in front of him, he took her hand that was still in his, and put it around his neck. He put his arms around her waist pulling her close, as her other arm draped around his neck, her hand connected with its mate. They slowly started to sway with each other.

"Oh! P. Sawyer we got him." Brooke whispered to her friend.

"We got who?" Peyton asked, clearly not on top of things like Brooke seemed to be.

"That's the guy. Come on. There was so much sexual tension there. Oh! Plus they're both new here so…" Brooke responded, trailing of.

"They're obviously hooking up!" Peyton accused, sarcastically.

"Exactly!" Brooke exclaimed, obviously oblivious to her friend's sarcasm.

Peyton shook her head amused, pulling Brooke back to the dance floor.

"Hey Nate! What's up?" Jake acknowledged his friend as he came to stand next to Nathan.

"Hey." Nathan welcomed distractedly, sipping his beer.

"Scoping out your prey?" Jake questioned his best friend, slapping him on the back.

"Something like that." Nathan answered, half honest. He did find who he wanted to spend his night with; she just seemed a bit distracted. "Hey. Do you know who that is dancing with Haley?"

"Oh man, Haley introduced me to him just the other day. He's new here. His names, like, Chase or something."

"What's he doing with Haley?" Nathan asked, not taking his eyes off Haley and the guy.

"Um, well I think they call it dancing." Jake responded, chuckling at his friend.

Nathan turned to glare at his friend, then returned his stare to the couple on the dance floor. "Whatever. Don't you think they're a little too close?"

"No?" Jake answered, unsure of himself. "What is up with you and all these 'Haley questions'?"

Nathan cleared his throat and glanced to Jake. "Nothing, just curious, that's all. I'm actually going to go see what's up with her." Nathan smirked.

Jake smiled and nodded his head continuously at his friend as he watched him walk away and towards Haley. But soon his nod turned to him shaking his head in disbelief. "No way!" Jake commented before making his way through the crowd to find the only two people who needed this information.

"Brooke! Peyton! Finally I found you!" An exhausted Jake came up to the two, who were still standing by the dance floor.

"Baby, we've been here the whole time. It couldn't have taken it too long to find us." Peyton rationalized with her boyfriend, rubbing his back.

"Okay, so I found you guys in like two minutes but still!" Jake reasoned with the two, as they laughed at him. "But on a more serious note, I know what's been going on with Haley." He exclaimed.

"Oh we know." Brooke responded to the excited boy who stood in front of her.

"What?" Jake incredulity asked.

"Yeah, Jake, we found out when he came over to her." Peyton told him.

"What?" Jake asked again.

"We. Know." Brooke said slowly.

"But, I wanted to be the one to find out first." Jake whined, letting his head hang in defeat.

"Aw, sweetie, it's okay. It's not like it was that big of a shocker." Peyton commented, rubbing his back again in comfort.

Jake's head snapped up, almost knocking Peyton over. "What do you mean it wasn't that big of a shocker?"

"Jake," Brooke began to tell her friend, laughing softly. "Haley and Chase? The new guy? You're making a big deal out of nothing, buddy."

"Oh no! It's Nathan!" Jake blurted out.

"What's wrong with Nathan?" Brooke asked confused at the sudden change in subject.

"No! It's Nathan." Jake exclaimed to the two.

"Care to elaborate?..." Peyton trailed off, puzzled.

"Nathan and Haley." Jake responded, trying to fill the two girls in.

"Nathan and Haley what?" Brooke questioned still clearly not getting it.

"They're hooking up, Brooke! They're hooking up behind our backs!" Jake whispered harshly, annoyed they didn't get it in the first place.

"What?!" Brooke and Peyton shouted simultaneously.

"Hey Haley!"

Haley heard someone shout to her from behind her and she would be kidding herself if she said she didn't know exactly who the voice's owner was. Turning around from her place in front of Chase, she came to face a very distinguished Nathan Scott.

"Hey Nate. What's up?" Haley asked as she glanced at between Nathan and Chase.

"Whose your friend, Hales?" Nathan asked her, his eyes meeting hers.

"Chase. Adams." Chase introduced himself from behind Haley sticking out his hand to Nathan.

"Nathan. Scott." Nathan responded, shaking the guy's hand, letting his blue eyes be torn away from the brown ones.

"Oh, yeah. You're the captain of the basketball team, right?" Chase commented, letting his hand, that Nathan had just shook, travel down to Haley's hip.

Nathan's eyes moved to the boy's hand, then back to Haley. "Yep." He smirked.

"Um… did you need something Nathan?" Haley asked, clearly uncomfortable with the whole situation she was now in.

"Actually, yes. Can I talk to you for a sec, Hales?" Nathan paused and looked to Chase. "Alone?"

"Yeah… um, sure." Haley accepted, but before following Nathan she turned to Chase. "I'll be back in a sec."

"Not if I have anything to do with it." Nathan mumbled under his breath as he guided Haley to the stairs.

"Nathan, what do you want?" Haley questioned as they got up the stair and stood in the empty hallway.

"What do you think?" He whispered, before capturing her lips with his, and pushing her up against the door of an empty room.

"Nathan…" Haley began as he started an assault on her neck.

"What?" Nathan asked taking his mouth from her skin and looking into her eyes.

Haley shook her head. "Let's go."

Nathan didn't need anything else. He turned the door knob and carried her in, making sure to lock the door

Jake, Peyton, and Brooke sat by the banister of the stairs, looking through the space between the posts.

"Oh!" Brooke commented, looking at Peyton.

"My!" Peyton replied turning to Jake.

"God!" Jake exclaimed, looking at the two girls.

Hey I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! I'm really enjoying the Jake in this story… like I didn't even plan for him to act this way. But, whatever. I think it works! If you don't or have any other comments you'd like to make let me know by reviewing! Thanks a bunch!

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Who's really ready to kick that nanny's ass!! Sorry for the language but gahhhh! She's sooo….. annoying! I just got done watching the episode and I'm not gonna say anything more in case someone didn't watch it yet but ...I need my Naleyyyyyy! (yes that's me whining! haha) Let me know you're thoughts on the episode! Thanks loves!

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