Disclaimer: One tree hill and it's characters belongs to Mark Schwahn and the WB. Only Isabel belongs to me.
A/N: Hello everyone thank you all for reviewing! ((: And all the advice on the shippings. But I'm gonna keep who ends up with who, a mystery. And just write as I do. At first, I didn't even plan on Jake/Haley story line, but it just happened. Haha. Anyway, WE SHALL SEE WHAT HAPPENS, yeah? (: By the way, if ya'll want an image of Isabel, I've pictured her to look like Kristen Bell, from Veronica Mars. If some of you guys have been wondering, I kinda decided not to really include Keith in the story.
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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Nathan observed Isabel opposite him. They were sitting on the grass at the river court, a picnic under the stars. And though he was happier than ever to have Isabel beside him, he was still irked from the events of this afternoon.
-flashback-
"Isabel, Isabel, Isabel! That's all you care about, isn't it Nathan? What ever happened to you caring about your best friend? You know what Nathan? I love you, and I'd do anything for you. You're my best friend in the whole world, but lately all you care about is that bimbo!" Haley wept bitterly.
Nathan felt so helpless, he didn't know what to do. He wanted to take Haley in his arms and apologize, for being a jerk, for hurting her this way. But he didn't know how to react, so he had shouted back at her, "Well you know what Haley? I think you're just jealous! Cos you don't have me all to yourself anymore! And cos you're so alone without me, cos no one else likes you! Isabel's so much better than you. I'm sorry I came to you for help."
And he had left her there, crying. Feeling more and more like a huge jerk every step he took, but he had really been at a loss what to do. It hurt him so much that he hurt his best friend that way, and he didn't know why he did it.
-end of flashback-
"Nathan! Nathan!" Nathan was jerked out his thoughts, to see Isabel looking at him curiously. "Yeah? Sorry." He smiled, "I was just caught up in some of my thoughts." She nodded understandingly, "you looked troubled. Anything you wanna talk about?"
For a moment, an instance, he considered telling her. Then, he wondered, 'why burden her with my problems? She's probably got enough on her plate.' So, absently, he shook his head and put an arm around her waist. "I'm just happy to be here with you." He announced and kissed her softly, she returned his kiss and soon their sweet kiss had turned into a passionate one.
They both pulled apart when they had to come up for air. After an uncomfortable silence, Isabel joked, "so where's that been all night?" Nathan smiled at her, "you wanna try again?" But this time, as he kissed her, he didn't know why Haley's tear stained face was so clear in his mind.
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Lucas sat in his room, where he did most of his thinking. 'So Peyton and I are over. How do I feel about it? Am I really sad?' He wondered, thinking back. Their first kiss. Their first date. The hookup. Brooke. Brooke. Brooke. Brooke. Brooke.
He squinted, why couldn't he seem to get Brooke Davis out of his head? Maybe it was just because she was Peyton's good friend, and thus in everyone of his memories. He knew that she had been in to him. Yet, he also remembered the night where he'd tried to kiss her.
Peyton had been out of town and...
-flashback-
Lucas Scott leaned in, his breath heavy with alcohol. "I know you like me Brooke. I know you always have. Ever since we were thirteen. You wanna know a secret? I think you're hot too." Then, he tried to claim her mouth with his. At first, Brooke didn't do anything.
She didn't kiss him back, but she didn't move away. She let Lucas' soft lips linger on hers. Then, something unexpected happened. She pushed him away.
Hurt and anger flashed in her dark brown eyes, "Lucas! You are such a jerk!" She screamed, "how can you do that to Peyton?"
"I know you like me Brooke! So maybe I like you too! What's the problem?"
"The problem is, you're dating my best friend!" Brooke shot back at him with equal fire. "Lucas, don't you ever dare try to cheat on Peyton again. Cos I will hear about it and I will make you sorry."
Lucas grabbed her and slammed her against the wall, "is that a threat?" Brooke stared at him, her brown eyes steely, "Lucas Scott, if you don't let go of me right now, you're gonna be sorry." Lucas stepped back and let go, "fine, you know what? I don't need you! I could have anybody!"
Brooke stared at him with a mixture of pity, anger and disgust in her eyes. "You're a pig." She muttered and walked off.
-End of flashback-
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"Knock knock."
Peyton looked up from the picture she had been drawing. She'd never forget the sight of tutor bitch coming out of Jake's bathroom in his bath robe. "Oh, hi Jake." She avoided his eyes, hoping that he wouldn't be able to tell that she'd been crying.
As he walked over to her, Peyton quickly chucked the drawing under her bed. "Are you alright?" Peyton wiped the tears out of her eyes with her thumbs, "yeah, sure I'm fine. What's up?" She asked, trying to pretend that nothing was wrong.
Five seconds later, she lost it and started sobbing hysterically. Jake tried to take her in his arms, but she pushed him away. The second time though, she let him hold her as she clung to his shirt and buried her tears in his chest.
He stroked her hair, "it's okay, Peyton, it's alright." He soothed her with his voice. "No it's not!" Peyton sobbed."What happened?" He asked. "I broke up with Lucas."
"Aw, Peyton, I'm so sorry." He said and hugged her tighter. Peyton clung to him tighter, she just failed to tell him that seeing him and Haley together had made her more upset than anything with Lucas ever did.
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"May I cut in?" Brooke's date of the night graciously stepped aside as another guy took his place. Brooke gasped when she realized that it was pool boy. He danced with her, "still picturing me naked, huh?" Brooke recoiled from him in disgust. She hated his cocky attitude. She hated how, the whole night she had just thought of him and wondered who he was.
"I'm Felix" he introduced himself, "and I'm the new heart and soul of the Raven's defense." Brooke raised an eyebrow, "cocky, aren't you?"
"Confident baby," he answered, showing her his gorgeous pearly whites. Brooke was sure that girls routinely threw themselves at him. But she wasn't any girl, she was Brooke Davis, which was why, she did what she did next. She turned and walked away from him.
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"I'm glad we did this." Karen said to her husband holding his hand across the table. They were at Don Giogrrani's the famous Italian restaurant just outside of Tree Hill. "I'm glad too." Dan smiled at her. "But Karen, there's something I've been meaning to tell you..." He trailed off, seeing Deb and Gerald Lennox standing behind them, "hi Dan." Deb smiled cheerfully.
Gerald looked almost uncomfortable, clearly his wife was going insane. Karen knew that Deb's son Nathan, was actually Dan's and not Gerald's. After all, Dan never could keep things from her. "What a coincidence, can we join you guys?"
"Actually, we were just leaving." Dan pulled Karen to her feet and they quickly exited the restaurant. "I wonder what that was about." Karen asked aloud. Dan waved it off, "she's just trying to get to me, don't care about her." he said and kissed Karen on the cheek. Karen smiled, "how is it possible to be this in love?"
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A/N: well, that's done:D
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