A/N: Title Take From The Blood Arm - "Suspicious Character"
Chapter Three:
Suspicious Character
In the following week things seemed to fall in place. They found Aden had a new boyfriend and was moving in with him soon. Peyton and Haley had moved to a new apartment not far from where the boys lived. Brooke and Rachel had moved also moved. They decided they needed a smaller home now that everyone had moved out. Haley opened a studio again with the help of Brooke. She promised this time to not run off. Peyton was hired by a local magazine to draw monthly cartoons and she still drew for Brooke's clothing line. Lucas started taking classes at the hospital to start his way into becoming a registered nurse. Nathan was the only one that seemed to be unemployed. Which he was, until the day Haley walked in on him in the shower.
"I'll take ya to the candy shop. I'll let cha lick the lollipop. Go ahead boy don't you stop. Keep going til you hit the spot.-" Nathan sang out.
"Damn boy you're not to bad." Haley laughed.
"Whoa!" Nathan yelled out almost falling down in the shower.
"Sorry didn't mean to scare you. Lucas said you sang in the shower but I didn't think you'd sing that good." Haley sat down on the toilet.
"Oh thanks." Nathan flung water over the top of the curtain.
"Hey! That was a complement!" Haley hit at the shower and surprisingly struck Nathan.
"What are you doing here anyway?" Nathan went back to shampooing his hair.
"I was bored. Peyton isn't at the use and Aden is just packing all the time. I wanted someone fun to hang out with!" Haley sounded desperate.
"Well you've came to the right place!" Nathan stuck his head out of the shower and smiled.
"You what I think?" Haley smiled at him.
"What?" Nathan suddenly was worried.
"I think we should swing by the studio and mess around." Haley kept her smile.
"Well if you wanted to record a song or two why didn't you just say so? I love to hear you sing." Nathan's head disappeared back into the shower.
"I meant for you." Haley's smiled only half faded.
"WHAT?" Nathan's head was right back out of the curtain.
"Well I didn't think about it until just now. You're pretty good Nate. I have some songs written that I think you would like." Haley grinned hoping he would agree.
An hour later Nathan and Haley were sitting in the studio. Nathan was on a stool in front of a microphone as Haley was behind the glass with the controls.
"OK one of my bands recorded the music for me so all you have to do is listen for your cues to begin singing and - well - sing!" Haley smiled at him and gave him a thumbs up.
"Sure." Nathan said half-hearted then stuck his tongue out.
"You know you love me!" Haley smiled and began the track. Nathan began to sing.
"I wanna lock you up in my closet when no one's around
I wanna put your hand in my pocket because you're allowed
I wanna drive you into the corner and kiss you without a sound
I wanna stay this way forever I'll say it loud"
"Wow this is kinky. I like it!" Nathan suddenly cut off laughing.
"AH! Don't stop now! You were doing so good! I'll restart." Haley laughed restarting the track.
A few hours later Lucas walked in through the front door of their house. He was greeted by Champ and Mella. He crouched down and started petting them when a shadow was cast from behind him. He jumped up and turned around as Champ barked, then ran away whimpering.
"Sorry didn't mean to scare you." Troy was standing in the doorway.
"Oh no its OK. Crap I was supposed to come and help you!" Lucas slapped himself on the forehead.
"Didn't you just get home?" Troy laughed.
"Yeah I did. But I said yesterday I would come straight there." Lucas walked toward Troy.
"Hey its OK. We are making such good progress I actually wanted to take a break today." Troy smiled.
"But I thought your deadline was the end of the week?" Lucas looked at him questioningly.
"We'll have it done by then." Troy waved a hand at the comment.
"I really think-" Lucas started.
"Just go get changed! I'm bringing you out to dinner!" Troy stepped into the house and pushed Lucas toward the stairs.
"What about Nathan?" Lucas turned toward him again.
"He's out with that one girlfriend of yours. I asked him and she said it was alright." Troy pushed Lucas again. This time Lucas gave in and walked up the stairs.
"Lucas are you home?" Nathan called out. He was only greeted by the dogs. He bent down and petted them then headed up the stairs. He figured maybe Lucas had a hard day and decided to take a nap. When he didn't find him in the bed he got a little worried. He called Lucas' cell.
"Hey Honey." Lucas answered.
"Hey where are you?" Nathan asked glad he was alright.
"Out with Troy." Lucas sounded as though he should have known this.
"Oh." Nathan's heart kind of sank. For the past week Troy has seemed to spend just as much time with Lucas as he did.
"Troy said he told you earlier." Lucas sounded upset now.
"Oh! I told that girlfriend of yours to tell him." Troy's voice could be heard.
"Nathan I'll be home soon." Lucas sounded upset and the line went dead.
- - -
"You said Nathan was OK with this. He didn't even know it was happening!" Lucas stood up almost knocking over his chair.
"Well technically he never said no." Troy smiled.
"Look I don't like the whole sneaking behind Nathan's back deal. We've had to rocky of a past for this to happen. The next time you tell me you've talked to Nathan. You better believe I'm going to call him and double check!" Lucas turned and stormed out of the restaurant.
"Nathan?" Lucas called as he shut the front door. Nathan came bounding down from upstairs.
"Hey what was that all about?" Nathan walked over and hugged Lucas.
"I don't know. Troy took me out to dinner but he told me he ran it by you." Lucas laughed walked over putting down his keys and shoulder bag.
"Does he think I would care?" Nathan laughed heading into the kitchen.
"I don't know. I think we need to watch out for him though." Lucas followed Nathan.
"Really? You thing you might get whisked away but his charming appeal?" Nathan teased grabbing a bag of peanuts.
"No! Wait, you think he has charming appeal?" Lucas glared at him.
"Hell no! I actually personally think he's creepy as fuck! I see him staring out the window like all day. Not to mention it seems everything you walk out the door he runs out the door." Nathan sat down at the table and Lucas sat next to him.
"See I think we should be watching him." Lucas looked worried.
"Don't worry honey. I've already got that covered. I think he's pretty much harmless." Nathan smiled.
"Yeah well I think I'm going to tell him I can't help him on his book anymore. He's pretty good on his own. Anyway who the hell writes a book over six hundred pages?" Lucas snatched the peanuts away from Nathan and stood up. Nathan watched him with an eyebrow raised as he exited the kitchen.
"I was eating those." He said to himself and followed Lucas.
"So what were you and Haley doing today?" Lucas flopped down on the couch.
"We were in the studio." Nathan sat down next to Lucas and stole the peanuts back.
"Did she write a new song?" Lucas laughed at Nathan's resemblance to a little kid with a toy.
"Yeah." Nathan shoved some peanuts in his mouth then offered Lucas some with a smile.
"Does it sound good?" Lucas took a few.
"I hope so." Nathan said after swallowing.
"What do you mean?"
"I was kind of the one singing it." Nathan's face went a little red.
"REALLY?" Lucas leaped up on his knees and faced Nathan.
"Yeah. Haley caught me singing in the shower and wanted me to give it a try." Nathan beamed up at Lucas as he hopped up and down.
"Natey that's great!" Lucas flung his arms around Nathan and planted a kiss on his lips. Soon they were undoing buttons and sliding off shirts. When the two boys sat on the couch in only their underwear Nathan broke it off.
"I think we should move this upstairs." Nathan pointed his head toward the window that faced Troy's house.
"Agreed!" Lucas jumped and pulled Nathan to his feet. He then slapped Nathan on the ass and took of running.
"Oh I'm going to get you! I'm gonna get you good!" Nathan laughed running after him.
The touch of their bare skin together was enough to drive both boys crazy all over again. Every time they made love it seemed like the first time. They way Nathan slid his hand up Lucas' thigh as he slowly slid himself inside or the way Lucas would kiss Nathan's neck and moan just a little. It was enough to make both boys weak at the knees if they ever thought about when apart. This night was no exception. Nathan was kissing Lucas' neck when he felt the warmth of his love start to spurt out. It made him smile just a bit as he continued to kiss and slowly move inside Lucas. He only sped up when Lucas grabbed a hold of his ass and started pulling him in. He lifted his head and met Lucas' eyes. That was all it took to send Nathan over the edge. He moan just a bit as his seed was released. A smile played on both of their faces as Nathan leaned down and kissed him. The kiss lasted for about a minute until Nathan could no longer hold himself above Lucas. He let himself slip out and flopped down next to Lucas. Lucas turned toward him and they embraced, slowly falling asleep in each others arms.
Across the street Troy closed his blinds.
A/N2: This chapter contains lyrics from 50 Cent - "Candy Shop" and Avril Lavinge - "Hot"
