Disclaimer: One tree hill and it's characters belongs to Mark Schwahn and the WB. Only Isabel belongs to me.
A/N: Hello everyone, in the true style of One Tree Hill, I've decided to make you guys wait before finding out Lucas' secret. Haha! Thank you all for reviewing! ((:
Summary: My own version of 'lifetime piling up'. Contains spoilers if you haven't seen season 2. This is basically about how things would've been if Dan had married Karen instead of Deb.
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"Dan! Dan!" Dan Scott turned around to see Deb Lennox, a woman that he had known since college and mother to his son, Nathan. Dan scoweled at her angrily, "what do you want?" he hissed, "what if someone saw us together?"
Deb stared at Dan coldly, "did you know that Nathan joined the Ravens?" Dan raised an eyebrow, "really? Well, keep your boy out of Lucas' way."
"For God's sakes Dan! Nathan's your son too!"
"Look Deb," Dan explained heatedly, "we agreed on this sixteen years ago. You had Gerald and I love Karen. You and me sleeping together, it was a drunken mistake! Nathan, is a mistake."
Deb slapped him, "Nathan is the best thing that ever happened to me and that's not true. I did love you, you know I did." Dan stared at the blond woman in front of him, tears brimming her brown eyes, "well," he said coldly, "I never loved you."
Deb wept bitterly, "that's obvious. Karen and your children are all that matter to you." Dan nodded, "you've got that right. So let Nathan join the basketball team, I don't care. Just keep him out of my son's way." And just like that, he left Deb standing in the parking lot weeping.
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"Jake! Put me down!" Haley screamed as Jake Jageilski playfully swung her around. Finally, he put her down and hugged her. "We won!" He was so excited, like a little boy. "Congratulations" Haley smiled at him. She noticed some of the cheerleaders staring enviously.
'Well, let them stare.' She thought, 'Jake's a great guy and any girl would be lucky to have him.' Jake slipped an arm around her slim waist, "so, do you wanna come back with me to my house and pop in a movie?"
"Sure." Haley nodded, "just let me tell Nathan okay?" She turned away from Jake to search for her best friend, and she saw him hugging Isabel. The sight alone scorched her eyes, she tore her eyes away from the couple and nodded, "it's okay, we can go now!"
"Cool," Jake smiled, "I'm glad you're living dangerously," he teased, "Haley James out late on a school night!" Haley playfully hit him on his rock solid chest and smiled at him. 'He's got such gorgeous light brown eyes.' She noticed.
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"God, Lucas!" Peyton pushed him off her, "why are you always about sex? Don't you ever think about anything else?" Lucas Scott's blue eyes stared at her angrily, "so now you don't want to have sex with your boyfriend, is that it Peyton?" His eyes grew wide and he grabbed her arms painfully, "are you cheating on me? Is it someone else?" Peyton squirmed in his grasp, "Lucas! You're hurting me!"
"Lucas, you're hurting me." He mimicked her scornfully. Peyton's light blue eyes were wide and full of fear. She looked into Lucas' eyes and searched, where was the boy she had fallen in love with? Why were they even together anymore? Gathering all her strength, she shoved him off her. Since he hadn't been expecting that, Lucas stumbled and fell back.
"Lucas," Peyton began shakily, "I think we should end it." With that, she grabbed her things and fled.
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Nathan's chest was filled with so much joy that he felt he was about to explode as he held hands with Isabel and walked her home. They hadn't said much, but it seemed like they didn't need to. They were comfortable with each other and they fit so well. Isabel stopped outside a large and imposing house.
"Wow, you live here?" Nathan asked, slightly intimidated. His family was pretty rich too, but it looked like Isabel's parents were millionaires. Isabel nodded shyly, "thanks for walking me home, Nathan." She kissed him on the cheek and skipped into her house.
Nathan placed a hand on his cheek, feeling the exact spot where Isabel's soft lips had been, he felt his cheek burning. Breaking out into a grin, he ran all the way home on his all time high. She had given him hope and for the first time in his life, he felt dedicated. All his life, he'd just done things and gone through the motions, but now, Nathan Lennox had purpose.
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Jake and Haley laughed at the movie. They'd rented some B-list movie that never made it to the cinema, laughed and talked more than actually watching the movie. Yet, this part of the movie was so hilarious that Jake spilled his coke all over Haley's long bohemian style skirt.
"Oh- my- God." Jake gasped, through his laughter, "Haley, I'm so sorry, here, let's get you out of these wet clothes." Haley walked down the hall into Jake's bathroom and slipped on his robe. She heard the doorbell ring, wondering if it was Nathan, coming to give her a ride home, she wandered out.
Instead, she saw Peyton Sawyer standing on Jake's doorstep, hugging Jake as if he was a life preserve and she were drowning. Seeing Haley however, Peyton looked at Jake, the hurt obvious in her light blue eyes. She took another look at Haley, then turned and ran.
Jake glanced at Haley and then back at Peyton's retreating back. Slowly, he shut the door.
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Brooke got home from another one of her wild parties at 3 in the morning, tonight, she'd decided to go to bed alone, and not get drunk for a change, just to try it out. Though that didn't mean that she couldn't dance the night away.
When she got home, however, she'd found someone swimming in her pool. "Hey you!" She shouted, "Pool boy! Get out of my pool!" Pool boy ignored her and did three more laps, his taunt arm muscles stretching out of the water.
Finally, pool boy got out and gave Brooke a shock. He was totally naked. He gave her a cocky grin, then sauntered off into the night. Leaving Brooke agitated and yet, intrigued. Though she would never admit that to anyone.
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A/N: well, that's done:D
In the next chapter:
-Nathan and Isabel's date! I promise! I'm sorry, I somehow couldn't seem to fit it into this chapter.
-Brooke and Felix get accquainted.
-Peyton/Jake and Haley/Jake, a love triangle? Or just friends?
-Some Dan/Karen (:
Anyway, I've actually been cosidering starting a prequel to this, about Dan, Karen, Deb, Gerald and how they all ended up the way they are now. What do you guys think? Review please! (: or email me at narinenia at yahoo. Com, you guys know the drill.