Three days later, Chris and Haley are walking.
"Hey, I'll catch up with you later, they posting the new cheerleaders today, I want to see if I made it." Haley said.
"Okay, I'll see you at lunch" Chris replies.
Haley walks to see the list of cheerleaders, and she notices that she made the squad. She smiles to herself, and turns around and walks right into Nathan. He steadies her by grabbing her elbows, so she doesn't fall to the floor.
"So are you coming to the party tonight?" he asks her.
"Yeah, me and Chris will be there." she answers.
"No, Chris isn't invited, its only for basketball players and cheerleaders." he says.
"Ok, well I'll just come." she replies.
"I'm looking forward to seeing you there." he says grinning.
"Yeah, I guess I'll see you there" she says walking away. She smiles thinking that this Nathan, she actually kinda likes. She tells herself over and over again, "Haley, your dating Chris, and you have been for 2 years. It doesn't matter that Nathan is hot, and funny, and charming, and athletic, and STOP. You cant be thinking about another guy like that." She walks away after her internal conversation, trying to block Nathan from her mind.
"So am I gonna see you at the party tonight" Peyton asks her boyfriend.
"Oh yeah, although I'm thinking they wont be seeing much of us" he says wagging his eyebrows.
"Yeah, Nathan's house, has so many empty bedrooms, and there's also the ocean right outside his back door." she says suggestively.
"I'm liking the way you think" he says before kissing her. Lucas walks in "God, you cant just spend 5 minutes without doing that. It's burning my eyes."
"No" Peyton and Skills say in unison.
"And if you don't want to see us, then don't walk in on us" Peyton said.
"Thanks for the tip. I will try to monitor you from afar." Lucas says walking away.
Lucas walks into Brooke, and decides now is the time to confront her about their past.
"Brooke, are you pulling away from me because of what happened before you left.." he asked.
"Kinda. But Lucas you wouldn't understand" she told him semi honestly.
"What wouldn't I understand Brooke?" he demanded.
She sighs" Lucas…" The bell rings to signal the end of the day. "Lucas I got to go, I have somewhere to be." she said before walking away.
A few hours later, Haley was at home getting ready for the party. She has her dark brown hair straightened, and is wearing dark jeans, and a black tank top, she paired that with her sandals. Chris walks into the bedroom and says "You look pretty good, considering I'm not going."
"Chris nothing is gonna happen. Don't you trust me?" she asked.
"I trust you. I just don't trust Nathan." he said.
"There is nothing between me and Nathan." she said right before kissing him. Although the moment she kissed Chris, she was thinking about Nathan again. "HALEY, YOU ARE NOT DATING NATHAN. YOU ARE DATING CHRIS." she told herself mentally.
Brooke was sitting at home, she was wearing a denim mini skirt and an orange tank top. She was waiting for the nanny to show up. She glances over to her baby girl and asks her "does mommy look good tonight?" She picks up Faith and cradles her. "Sweetie, mommy is going out tonight. You be good for the nanny. I know what your thinking baby girl but your not getting any siblings anytime soon." she said kissing her daughters forehead. She seen the nanny walk into the room, and she passed Faith over to her.
"I don't know how late I'm gonna be. But if I'm out too late, I'll give you extra money. I don't plan on being out all night though." Before she left, she kissed her daughter. She locked the door on the way out and drove to Nathan's beach house.
Lucas is waiting for Peyton. "You take forever to get ready" he said bored.
"Sorry, I want to look good" she told him.
"But I thought you didn't even want to come to this thing tonight?" he asked.
"Well its just Skills…." she started.
"Whoa, I don't want to know. Stop right there." he interrupted as Peyton started laughing.
The music was blaring, it was shaking the house. Everyone was having a good time. Peyton and Skills had disappeared within the first 5 minutes they were here. Lucas wondered where they went but wasn't about to go look for them. He glanced over and saw Brooke, she looked incredible tonight. Looking at her tonight, I realized why he loved her. He wandered over to her and they started talking.
Haley walks in the front door, and runs into Nathan.
"Wow you look….wow." he said unable to find words.
"Thanks" she said modestly. Mentally she adds "Haley calm down. You are dating Chris. This is nothing."
"Do you want to go for a walk, this party is boring" he asks.
"Sure" she replies still frazzled. As they walk, they start talking.
"I don't want to cause any trouble with Chris. But you look beautiful tonight. Any guy would be lucky to have you." he said honestly.
Haley smiles but mentally she adds "wow." The air on the beach was chilly, and subconsciously Haley shivered. Nathan noticed this, and took his jacket off and gave it to her to wear. She smiled and Nathan leans in to kiss her. Haley forgets all about Chris and starts to kiss him back
Lucas goes upstairs seeking some quiet, and walks into the first bedroom he sees, only walks to find Peyton and Skills in bed.
Lucas turns around so he doesn't have to see anything.
"Oh my God, I'm sorry Lucas" Peyton apologizes profusely.
"Hey Luke" Skills says nonchalantly.
Lucas quickly escapes the room, and goes outside to get some fresh air. He walks outside and onto the beach, where he sees Nathan and Haley kissing. Thinking to himself "what is with people tonight. Maybe I should go find Brooke."
Lucas finds Brooke, and they sit down and talk. They talk about non important things.
Haley drives home, and finds Chris sitting in the living room. She goes to sit beside him on the couch.
"How was your night?" he asked conversationally.
"It was fine. It was kinda boring." she lied. In reality it was one of the best nights she had in a long time.
She kissed him and went to bed. That night she dreamt about Nathan, she constantly replayed the kiss in her head. She felt Chris come in and lay next to her on the bed. She slept through the night, dreaming about kissing Nathan. The worst part is that she felt no guilt for the kiss with Nathan. In her mind she was already planning the next time she could kiss him.