Within moments after opening the letter the girls now plus Lucas were back on the road going to find the address that was on the back of the note that Nathan had written for Haley. This time Brooke drove, Peyton sat shotgun, and Haley and Lucas pigged out on the macaroni in the back seat. Haley couldn't really imagine her life being any other way. This was the epitome of her day to day life minus the whole birthday scavenger hunt. She loved spending time with her friends and was never apart from them. Just as Haley was taking another bite of the macaroni Peyton screamed,
"No Way!" she said covering her face
Haley stayed still, the fork hovering by her mouth while she watched Peyton put her face in her hands
"What?" Haley asked jumping up
That was when she saw it, Jake was standing on the side of the road just ahead of them wearing a large sign that said Haley I have your next clue everyone in the car except for Peyton who was too ashamed broke out into laughter.
"Pu-ll….up n-e-e-e-xt to him" Lucas said still in complete hysterics.
Brooke obeyed pulling the car up beside Jake who had the goofiest smile on his face. He ran around to Peyton's side of the car and stuck his head in.
"So….." He said "Don't I just look amazing" he continued jokingly before kissing her
"Ahhhhh whatever" Peyton replied.
"Get in lover boy" Brooke shouted, and Jake obeyed jumping in on the other side of Haley in the back.
"So where's my clue?" Haley asked holding out an empty hand
Jake dug through his pockets "I must have lost it" he said shrugging his shoulders
"You better not have!"Haley said punching him in the arm
"Fine, fine" Jake began holding up his hands in surrender. "I don't have a clue, I just want to play" he even went as far as to stick out his lower lip and give her puppy dog eyes.
"You ass," she teased "Yeah yeah you can play"
"Hell yeah" Jake reciprocated thrusting a fist in the air "Where are we going?"
"Good question…" Brooke said pulling over to the side of the road and unfolding a map of Tree Hill
"Only Brooke could get lost in Tree Hill" Peyton teased
"Pipe down P. Sawyer. I'm not lost; just confused" Brooke reciprocated
"Righttttttt" Haley said from the back seat "Give me the map Brooke"
Brooke surrendered the map to Haley, and pulled back out onto the road. It was never hard to merge on the lanes through their town considering there was ever hardly anyone on the road so Brooke had no problem getting back onto the road after her stop on the curb.
"So where are we going Navigation girl?" Brooke asked seeming slightly bitter in her words
"Uhhhh turn there." Haley said pointing
"Tutor-girl" Brooke whined "Left or right I can't see you point"
"Well it's too late you missed it," Haley replied
"And you're fired!" Lucas said pulling the map from her hands
"Ooooh goody" Brooke began "I will call you…"
"Wait let me guess" Haley interrupted "Navigation-boy"
"No!" Brooke said sharply quickly trying to come up with an idea that wasn't what Haley had already said "Tutor-boyfriend" Brooke said smugly.
"Brooke Stop!" Peyton yelled
The car came to a screeching halt and everyone inside the car flew forward
"What is it P. Sawyer?" Brooke asked in an annoyed tone
"We are such idiots" Peyton said shamefully
"Why?" Haley asked jumping in to the conversation
"Ladies and gentlemen," Peyton began acting like a tour guide "Would you all please be kind enough to look to your left…"
"That would be Tric," Brooke said giving Peyton an odd look "You basically created this place, and what now you want to show it off?"
"Yeah that's exactly what I want to do" Peyton said laughing "Look at the address B. Davis"
"Wait a minute" Brooke reciprocated, while pulling the note from Haley's hand. "This is where were going all along?"
"I guess so" Haley replied
"Well Nathan sure lacks creativity, I mean first he recreates my idea and then he sends you to the same restaurant and now on top of that Tric." By the time Brooke had finished her rant, everyone was out of the car and walking into the club. But Brooke didn't miss a beat. She hopped out of the car and caught up with her friends just as they were using Peyton's key to get in the door.
"I feel used," Peyton said to her friends as they crowded around her waiting to get inside
"Don't worry babe, I still love you" Jake said wrapping his arms around her waist
"Knock it off, Jake" Haley said "You're distracting her"
Jake let go of Peyton and turned around, acknowledging Haley's comment. "Well," he stated "I happen to know of a smart ass little birthday girl standing by that is extremely ticklish. What do you have to say to that Mrs. Scott."
"I plead the fifth," Haley said rushing through the door that Peyton had just opened.
The crowd of friends stumbled into the deserted club, and their footsteps echoed on the hardwood floors. They were wandering around aimlessly when Haley saw exactly what she was looking for. A note, the same color as the one that Nathan had already left for her in the restaurant caught her eye. It was sitting on top of the keyboard that he knew meant so much to her. The one that had the Tric sticker on the front, the one she had played her first live performance on. She had been scared to death, yet seeing his proud face in the crowd had changed all of that. She moved her way happily up to the piano while her friends stayed behind and poured themselves some drinks. Haley opened the note gingerly. The note was written in Nathan's own scrawling handwriting. The note read;
Beautiful Girl
Roses are red,
Violets are blue
Your surprise waits for you
Meet me at the beach
Love Nate