Sorry I took so long. Thanks for all the great reviews though. I love it. Hope you all enjoy it. I made the cities up in this chappy.
The Wrong Kind of Wrong
Haley jumped from sleep with a loud gasp, nearly flying into the dashboard from the back seat.
"Ah! Haley!" Brooke yelled, swerving the car. The tires screeched and cars behind her honked wildly.
"Whoa." Peyton said with a look of concern, looking back at Haley. "Are you alright?"
"Fine, fine. I just had a bad dream." She shook her head dismissively and waved her hands around before her drowsy face, still frowning from the nightmare.
Brooke's cell phone rang and she looked down at her purse on the console. "It's either Lucas or Nathan calling to ask what the hell just happened." She predicted in a sly mumble. "Protective, jock high school sweethearts. We lucked out, didn't we?"
"Doesn't that only happen on like, cheesy teen dramas or something?" Sleepily rubbing her face, Peyton grabbed the phone and sighed while she flipped it open. "Hello Luke." She said in a playful tone.
"Are you guys alright? What happened?" He questioned in concern.
"Oh, nothing important really. Brooke just fell asleep at the wheel." She said jokingly, ignoring the death glare from Brooke.
"She fell asleep?" Lucas believed her, his distress outrageously grew. "Do you guys wanna pull over and take a break or something?"
"She fell asleep?!" Peyton heard Nathan panicking.
Peyton laughed softly looking in the rearview mirror on her side to see exactly where they were. Right behind them. "Guys, I'm kidding. Haley just scared the crap out of us, that's all. Tell Nathan he can calm down, we're taking good care of his Hales." She mocked with a sleepy slur.
"How's Brooke?" Lucas asked.
Peyton rolled her eyes. "I don't know. Let me check." Before Lucas could protest, she lowered the phone and put her hand over the receiver, "Brooke, how are you?"
"Fine, I guess." She answered a little confused, trying to keep her eyes on the road but wanting to glance at the blonde next to her.
Peyton put the phone back up to her ear. "Fine, she guesses." Peyton rubbed at her eyes again.
"How's Haley?" She heard Nathan ask.
Peyton snorted. "You guys are pathetic." Lowering the phone, she looked back at Haley. "How are you, Haley?"
"Tired." She mumbled, sitting forward and also rubbing her face.
She put the phone to her ear again. "Tell him she's tired." Stifling a yawn, "Ooh, let me guess the next question!" She feigned eagerness with a childlike raise of her hand. "How's Peyton?" She asked herself. "Hold on, let me ask her." Not bothering to lower the phone, she smiled sweetly. "Peyton, how are you? Fine, thanks for asking. She's fine, thanks for asking."
Lucas laughed. "I didn't know you talked to yourself. You need help."
"So I've been told. Later." She hung up on him and sat the phone in her lap. "Thank God we're going to see Jake or I would so be jealous of you two."
Frowning, Haley shook her head. "You guys, I feel weird."
"Why?" Brooke asked in concern.
Haley shrugged. "I don't know."
"Is it about Chris?" Peyton asked softly. "You haven't gotten another note and you haven't seen him. Maybe he's gone."She spoke hopefully with a conclusive shrug.
"I know. I know." Haley sighed and raked her hair out of her face. "It's been three weeks and five days since the attack…"
"But…?" Peyton said knowingly.
"I just feel like it won't last." She sighed heavily and crossed her arms over her chest, sitting back. "Maybe I'm just paranoid, huh?"
"You have a pretty good reason to be." Peyton agreed with another yawn. Bracing her elbow in the window, she rested her head on her hand. "I would be paranoid, too. That's why I brought pepper spray just in case." A sluggish smile spread on her face as her eyes closed.
"And I brought one of those horn thingies." Brooke lifted a hand to push an imaginary horn. "His ears will like, pop right out. Trust me, I know." She slid a sideways glare to Peyton.
Peyton laughed that she remembered and opened her eyes to look at Brooke. "Brooke, we were like ten."
"And my ears are still healing, thank you very much." She said matter-of-factly.
Haley smiled, happy to have friends like them. "You guys are nuts."
"We just love you." Brooke winked in her rearview.
Haley grinned at her and looked to Peyton. "Where is Jake at anyway? In California or something?"
"Ha, ha." She deadpanned. " No. He's staying at some cabin of his dad's near Winchester." She sighed dreamily with a smile. "I can't believe he called me."
"Well at least you'll be getting some. Maybe you won't be such a bitch anymore." Brooke half joked, her eyebrow raised slickly.
Peyton playfully glared. "Oh shut up. You and Lucas do it like all the time and you're still a bitch." She smiled sweetly.
Her humor faded a little. "For your info, Miss Sawyer, Lucas and I don't do it all the time." Her face hardened a bit. "We don't do it at all, really." She muttered mainly to herself, glancing out her side window.
Haley snorted. "What?! Yeah right!"
"Brooke, you're always like, throwing yourself at him. I know you guys do it." She watched Brooke's face and how the expression never shifted. "You have to." Still, no change. "Right?" Her tone changed to a doubtful one.
Brooke rolled her eyes with a sigh. "We do…stuff." She said hesitantly. "Just not that…stuff."
"Maybe it has something to do with your resistance to commit." Peyton said knowingly.
"I've never had to totally commit to a guy to have sex." She said, a little appalled.
"Yeah, you just got in the back of their cars butt-naked." Haley quipped from behind. "Or was that your nemesis?" She laughed when Brooke shot her a glare of utter hate.
"Oh, wow." Peyton laughed, covering her mouth. "Good one."
"One difference between me and that skanky she devil. I actually nailed him." Her smirk was one of victory. "She just got punched."
Peyton and Haley laughed. "Well, Jake said this place is like, really romantic. Maybe you can like, seduce him here."
"Ooh, P. Sawyer." Brooke smiled, a plan obviously stirring within her. "So this ride isn't all in vain." She straightened in her seat happily. "Maybe I will get lucky."
"Me too." Peyton added thoughtfully.
"I always get lucky." Haley grinned shyly.
"Slut." Brooke muttered jokingly.
"What do you expect? She lived with you for how long?" Peyton defended humorously.
"What-ever!" Brooke giggled.
"Coop said he found a few traces of where Chris has been." Nathan said after a long silence between them.
"Really?" Lucas sat up, interested.
"Yeah, a few Inn's in some surrounding areas of Tree Hill." Nathan sighed. "But he isn't in any of those Inn's or motel's anymore. But he thinks he's getting closer."
"That's really good, man." Lucas was honestly excited. "I hope we find him soon."
"You're not alone, man. I want to crush him." He looked over at Lucas, pausing to think for a second. "She's still scared." He admitted, looking back out at the dark road.
"I wouldn't doubt it, man." He said surely. "I'm surprised she isn't more afraid."
Nathan shook his head, glancing to Lucas again. "Trust me, she is. She just doesn't want to admit it." He sighed and looked back to the road. "I'm doing everything I can to make that fear go away."
Lucas stared at his brother with a fixed gaze for a while, watching all the love that he had for Haley play all over his face. "You're a good man, little brother."
Nathan grinned crookedly, glancing at Lucas. "What?"
"You're exactly what Haley needs." He told him quietly.
"That's what I plan on being until I die." He smiled sheepishly. "If I had a choice to be only one thing in life, that's the one thing I'd have to be. What she needs." He thought about her briefly before glancing at his brother again. "Enough about me, what's up with you and Brooke? Or is it Peyton this month?" He joked.
"Hey." Lucas laughed. "Brooke and I are…Brooke and I, I guess." He shrugged with a steady smile. "She's all frustrated because I won't give in to her, but I think I will this weekend."
Nathan chuckled a little. "Are you guys steady yet?"
"No, but I'm getting around to it." He grinned slyly. "She'll be my exclusive girlfriend before we come back home."
"You know, I'm glad we're cool again." Nathan said with a side smile. "It's kinda cool having a big brother."
Lucas smiled. "Yeah, its cool having a knuckle head little brother, too."
Nathan laughed breathily. "Shut up."
"I'm kidding." Lucas sighed happily.
Nathan glanced at him again. "I'm just happy we're not like my dad and Keith, you know? We're usually honest with each other. I mean, unless we're fighting over girls or something." Nathan chuckled halfheartedly.
"That was the past though. This is the new generation of the Scott brother's. We'll make a difference." His phone beeped, signaling a text message. He took it out of his pocket and opened it, reading the brief text message from Dan.
I found something. Call when you get this.
"Who's that?" Nathan questioned casually.
With his brows raised indecisively, he clicked his phone shut and stuck it back in his pocket. He wanted to tell him the truth, he would, actually. Just not right now. "Mouth." He answered quickly, looking out of the window. He wondered just what Dan had found.
"Wow, this place is amazing." Brooke breathed the words. "It took long enough to get here, though."
"Next time we're taking a break." Nathan told her, standing next to Haley and wrapping his arm around her. "You're not falling asleep at the wheel with her in the car anymore." He said half jokingly.
"I'm not driving with her falling asleep in the car anymore. She almost ran me off the road." Brooke smiled at him, her eyes roaming back over the beautiful place.
Peyton ran to the door, opening it in a hurry. "Jake?" She called when she didn't see him.
The only thing that lit the room was the soft burning fire from the fireplace on the far left side of the door. The room was a glowing orange and the only sound in the room was the popping and crackling of the wood and fire.
Jake came down a hall and rounded the corner to the front room of the place. "Peyton?" He smiled happily and grabbed her into a hug when she met jumped to him. "Wow, you're here earlier than I expected."
"You actually expected that ride to take longer?" Brooke poorly greeted as she led the rest of the group in, Lucas hugging her to his side. She gave the place an appreciative once over before raising a skeptical brow at him. "Unless you're coming to Tree Hill, this is probably the last time we'll be visiting you, in that case."
Haley hit her for her bluntness. "Brooke!" Haley hissed then turned to Jake with a smile. "Hey, Jake."
"Hey guys." Peyton was tucked under his arm as he greeted them all. "I can't believe you all came."
"Yeah, we wanted to get away, anyway." Nathan said pulling Haley closer to him. "Coming to see you, we couldn't have had a better excuse." He said halfheartedly.
"No problem. You're all welcome here anytime." Jake lifted an arm to motion around.
"Where's Jenny?" Peyton asked squeakily, her sleepiness seemingly gone.
"In her room, sleeping." He jerked his head towards the hall. "You want to go see her?"
"Nah, I don't want to wake her up." She shook her head.
"I'll show you guys the rooms, then." Jake waved for them to follow.
"Ooh! Yay!" Brooke clapped happily, hopping over to where Peyton and Jake stood. "You know, Jake, that's the best thing you've said since we've been here." She slapped her hand on his shoulder with a tight, playful smile.
"I'll go get our bags." Lucas volunteered, already stepping backwards to the door.
"I'll help you." Nathan offered.
"Nah, I got it, man." Lucas waved a hand towards Haley who was rubbing her eyes, slowly trailing behind the gang as she walked at a snail like pace, yawning.
Nathan smiled and walked towards her. She was wearing one of his sweaters that was way too big for her and a pair of her flannel pajama pants with ridiculous bunny slippers that always made him smile. His smile widened at how adorable she was.
Lucas watched him assist her before finishing his way out the door and pulling out his cell phone. He dialed Dan's number and held the phone to his ear, waiting for an answer.
"It took you long enough." His tired voice drifted from over the phone.
"What'd you find?" Lucas jumped to the point.
"Hold on a minute, now. I don't think we've discussed the proper guidelines to this little arrangement of ours." Dan snickered evilly.
"Like I told you, Dan. It's for Nate, not for me." Lucas gritted, trying to contain his disdain.
"That's odd, seeing as how Nathan can't even know about it." Dan snorted rather snottily.
"Only because he doesn't want to bring himself to ask you for help." Lucas threw in his face with an urgent whisper. "I'm not calling for games. You either have something or you don't."
There was a pause, a drawn out silence, and then Dan clicked his tongue and sighed. "I talked to a few people. It seems this Keller guy has been skipping around all kinds of places near Tree Hill. Obviously keeping himself close in proximity. Maybe around nine or ten I'll have a current location."
Lucas moved his phone to look at the time on it.
1:28a.m.
His jaw clenched as he put the phone back to his ear. "I'll call you at 8:00, sharp." He hung up and struggled to restrain the anxiety within him with a jagged breath of air.
Haley dug in the big pockets on the front of the sweater and closed her eyes. She pulled out a tube of lip-gloss, her set of house keys and a few balls of lint and set them on the large dresser with a big mirror on it. Then, the words flashed before her closed eyes.
I will not stop
Until I get to have you.
Touch you.
Love you.
She gasped and opened her eyes, staring into her dim lit reflection. Opening her eyes to get the familiar scribbled note out of her head. She wanted to sleep, she did. But she was going to do whatever she had not to.
Nathan emerged from the bathroom with only a pair of worn red basketball shorts and a ball of clothes in his hands. "You alright?" He noticed her slight paleness.
She turned to him with a crooked smile. "Yeah." She sighed out the words and her eyes narrowed at him quizzically. "Wanna go do something?"
"Now?" He questioned with an amused grin.
"Yeah. Right now." She said lowly, as if not to wake the others in the house.
"You do know that it's like two in the morning and you were just so sleepy not too long ago that you were sleepwalking, right?" He laughed a little, the discarded clothes he'd worn all day being tossed from his hands and carelessly onto the floor.
"I'm not sleepy anymore." She griped, making her way in front of him. "Let's go get in the lake."
"Haley, we'll freeze." His smile was wide as he rested his hands on her hips.
"Well, we can go on a nature walk." She suggested, her head tilting to the side, her stray wisps of golden streaked hair framing her slender face.
Her beauty nearly put him in a daze. "Where nature's animals will probably close in on us and have us for early breakfast." He countered in a murmur, his lips brushing past her forehead.
She frowned and leaned back to look into his face. "When did you become all cautious? I want the old Nathan back. You know, the one who like, stole busses and kidnapped his teammates."
Nathan laughed and shook his head. "You've never dated that guy."
"Nathan…" She whined openly, stamping her feet for more effect. "Please?"
Rolling his eyes, he leaned his head back and sighed reluctantly. "Alright. Fine." Her bright smile made him smile. "But as long as I get to do this." Half of his words were muffled by her lips on his. He pulled her closer to him and fell back on the bed with her.
Haley pulled away briefly, smiling seductively. "You know, I think this counts as doing something, doesn't it?"
Nathan grinned crookedly, pulling her hair loose so that it spilled over her shoulders. With a light shrug, his eyes fell to her lips. "Yeah, it does."
"Okay." Nodding in satisfactory, she bent down to kiss him again.
Haley walked onto the patio, wrapping Nathan's coat around her body more. The zipper was broken and she remembered why with a small smile, her eyes glinting in the moonlight. She hadn't been able to help herself that day. He was just standing in the doorway so sexy, so beautiful. With a sigh, she crossed her arms and leaned against the wooden rail of the patio.
"Can't sleep either?"
Haley turned, startled at the voice. "Oh hey, Jake. I didn't even hear you come out."
"I'm pretty good at sneaking around here." He laughed softly and leaned backwards against the rail, facing away from it. He looked down at her with his arms crossed. "So, why you up so late?"
She shrugged unsurely, pushing pieces of hair that she'd missed putting in her messy bun behind her ear. "I don't know, just a lot on my mind, I guess." Her smile was small and edgy.
He sighed and looked down at the socks on his feet. "Peyton…kinda…told me what happened. I hope that's okay."
She nodded with a slight crease in her brow. "Yeah, that's fine." She spoke softly, crossing her arms back.
"I'm sorry that happened." He said sincerely. "That really sucks."
"Yeah." Grinning uncertainly, she looked down. "It does."
"They still haven't caught the guy?" He asked incredulously, his eyebrows rising as he ducked his head a bit to look down at her.
She shook her head. "Nope. Not yet." By the look on his face, she knew what he was thinking. "And yeah, it is creepy. But I have really great friends to support me, and I have Nathan. He's really been like…my knight in shining armor through all of this." A breathy chuckle of relief left her mouth.
"I'm happy that you have that. You know, people that help you through this." He stopped to gauge her look. "I just mean, you know, usually I'm here all alone and it kinda sucks, you know. Like, when Jenny does something really adorable or when she laughs at something weird on TV, I feel like running in the other room and telling somebody to come and see but then I remember that there is no one there." He admitted in an emotional ramble.
Haley smiled sadly. "That no one being Peyton?"
He gave a sheepish grin. "More times than not." He whispered gently. "One more court appearance and I know if I can leave with Jenny or share custody with Nikki."
"How's she anyway?" Haley rolled her eyes a little at the thought of her. "The same?" She said as if that was undoubtedly what she expected.
"Pretty much. Same old childish girl she was before she got pregnant." Jake sighed a little sadly. "Hopefully the judge can see that and give me full custody."
"I hope the best for you, Jake. I really do." She smiled at him proudly, moving to face him fully. "You really deserve the good things in life."
"So do you, Haley." He agreed in the same proud tone. He glanced at the open patio door. "Do you want some coffee or something?"
"Anything but sleep." She said humorously, happy to avoid dreaming. She pushed away from the rail and walked ahead of Jake.
Haley's eyes fluttered open and she saw Nathan staring at her. A sleepy smile spread over her face. "What? Am I like drooling or something?" She laughed throatily, wiping at her mouth just in case.
"No. Just looking beautiful." He whispered, leaning over to kiss her. "You came to bed late last night."
"Yeah, I just, stayed up and caught up with Jake a little bit." She told him halfway through a yawn. "I couldn't really sleep, so, we just like, had coffee and stuff." She shrugged and closed her eyes.
Nathan nodded, resting his head on his hand. Smiling, he brought his free hand to rest on her waist. "You haven't been sleeping well lately at all, what's up?"
"I don't know, just," sighing, she put a hand on her forehead and opening her eyes, "bad dreams and stuff. Nothing serious."
"You sure?" Nathan asked in concern.
"Yeah." She nodded, moving over to put an arm around his neck. She kissed him softly. "Now, how do you plan to entertain me today?"
"The group has a few things planned and plus I plan on personally surprising you with random repeats of last night." He smiled happily, his lips trailing the column of her neck.
"Mmm." She smiled, drawing closer to him. "That doesn't sound too bad."
"I know." He rolled over on top of her and laughed as she yelped in amusement.
Lucas looked down at his phone. The one that had been vibrating in his pocket. Seeing the name Dan across the screen, he stood up and looked to Brooke. "Hey, I'll be right back." He whispered as to not interrupt Jake's group conversation. Haley watched him walk away and she knew something was bothering. Kissing Nathan's cheek, she got up from his lap and decided to see what had been bothering her best friend.
"You found him?" Lucas answered the phone.
"I think so." Dan snickered. "Twenty-three thirty-one, Coolidge Lane. There's a B&B there that some people of mines do business for. That should be his current location. It's in Ambridge. Right near Winchester."
Lucas felt his blood run cold. "Winchester?" His voice was a hoarse strain.
"That's what I said, isn't it?" He snapped. "Tell my son I said he's welcome." He said in a softer but stern tone before hanging up.
Lucas read the double meaning of the last comment in his tone, but he didn't have time for that right now. He had to tell Nathan. He had to get Haley out of here. All of them. He grabbed his head in frustration and let out a deep breath.
"Stressed much?" Haley grinned from the stairs.
He spun around to face her. "Hey Hales." He barely had a voice.
"Hey." She eyed him curiously. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I am." He nodded with a tight smile and tried to walk past her.
"Luke, hey." She called after him, confused with his rudeness. "I wanted to talk to you."
He turned around, eyeing her as calmly as he could. "Huh?"
She noticed his awkward behavior, but didn't comment on it. "I just, I wanted to know how you were doing, you know. With the whole, HCM thing…"
"I'm fine." He nodded, not bothering to tell her that he wasn't taking his medicine anymore. "Can we do this later?" He twirled a finger, motioning between them. "I really wanna talk to you, but I really gotta, talk to Nate right now."
Accepting his blow off, she shrugged with an airy laugh. "Yeah. Sure." When he turned to walk away from her, she sighed. "Luke?"
He stopped hesitantly and turned to her. "Yeah?"
Her eyes tightened and she smiled gently, crossing her arms over her chest. Her head slightly fell to the side. "I love you."
His eyes closed slightly, his look of love mirroring hers. "I love you, too, Hales."
Her smile widened as did his, then he walked away.
Nathan followed Lucas outside. "What's this about, man?"
"You're probably gonna be mad about this but," Lucas sighed heavily and ran his hands through his hair, "Look, I'm sorry Nate. I-" He stopped himself and gulped, taking a step closer to his brother. Looking on in sheer regret, he opened his mouth. "I asked Dan to help us find Chris." He said with apology lacing his words.
"You did what?!" Nathan gritted angrily, his eyes filling with betrayal. "I distinctly remember telling you not to do that." He pointed his finger at his half brother.
"I know, I know, but-" Lucas began pleading.
"You betrayed me! Again!" Nathan heatedly continued with an enraged snort. "I didn't want him involved. He'd probably do something to hurt Haley." A deep, frustrated breath escaped his mouth.
"Nate, listen-"
"How could you, Luke?" Nathan continued. "How could you do-"
"Nate!" Lucas hissed, angry with not being able to talk. That grabbed Nathan's attention and when he saw that he had it undividedly, he held up his closed cell phone as if were some form of proof. "He gave me a current location. Chris is in Ambridge."
Nathan's eyes widened in concern, some of his resentment parting. "Dude, that's-"
"Right outside of Winchester? I know." It was his turn to cut him off now. He dropped the arm holding the phone to his side and stared at his brother evenly. "Maybe he is following."
Nathan was fuming; it was evident in the way he stood. Violent things were running through his mind now. "How do you know that Dan's telling the truth?"
Lucas laughed in spite. "Because." He said simply. "He didn't do it for me. Not even for Hales. He did it for you." The bitterness of his words put a look of mild disgust on his face.
Nathan's anger toward Lucas' softened at his words and he looked thoughtfully towards the cabin. "I have to go. Right now."
"I'm going with you." Lucas told him finally. "You know that. We're together in this."
Nathan looked down at the ground before shifting to the other foot and looking back at the house, his face expressing all of his worries. "This is one of those times, Luke. Where I need to be somewhere else but I don't want to leave her."
"Brooke and Peyton are with her." Lucas said assuredly. "And Jake wouldn't let anything happen to Haley or any of them. They're in good hands."
Nathan nodded, more from the blinding fury he felt than anything else. "You're right. Let's go."
"Alright, I'm just gonna go and let Brooke know I'm leaving." Lucas explained, already on his way back in.
Nathan nodded wordlessly, following him. Too full of pint up rage to even speak.
"Twenty-three thirty-one…Coolidge Lane. Ambridge." Lucas spoke to himself as he wrote the address on a piece of paper in the room he and Brooke were sharing.
"Going somewhere?" Brooke queried from the doorway, leaning against the frame.
Lucas turned, surprised to see her there. "Yeah, Nathan and I have something to do, I- we'll be back in a bit." He stammered, struggling to act like he wasn't leaving to go pummel someone.
"What could you possibly have to do all the way out here?!" She shrieked, holding her arms out. "Lucas, we're supposed to be spending time together."
"We are, we still will." He said, grabbing hold of her arms and rubbing his palms up and down them. "I'll be back in no more than two hours."
"Two hours?!" She shrieked again, looking highly unpleased.
"Brooke…" He started.
"One hour." She compromised in finality, poking her finger in his chest. "And don't be late." She ordered with reluctance, fisting his shirt and smiling before pulling him into a kiss. She backed away with a seductive kiss and perked one eyebrow. "There's a sample of what you'll be missing for one hour." Slipping from his grasp, she walked into the living room.
"Where're you going?" Haley was asking curiously.
"Just to check something out." He shrugged with a nervous chuckle.
Obviously, he was lying. Rolling her eyes with an amused grin, Haley shook her head. "Whatever. Just be safe." She reached up and hugged him, dropping a sensual kiss on his lips. "Don't take forever." She whispered to him.
"We won't." He reassured as Lucas walked from the hall. "Ready?" He asked Lucas.
Lucas nodded. "Yep." He followed Nathan out the door.
Jake and Peyton had been sitting on the couch with Jenny, watching the exchange. Brooke, who stood near the couch, crossed her arms over her chest and smiled knowingly. "They're so up to something." She glanced to Haley. "Don't you want to know what it is?" She half pouted.
Haley shook her head and plopped down in a chair. "Nope. The last time I stuck my nose in Nathan's business, I found lesbian porn and naked pictures of Peyton." She laughed lightly and picked up her cup of coffee.
Brooke stomped one of her feet. "Please, Haley. They probably have like, some surprise for us or something."
"Then why don't you do them a favor and be surprised?" Peyton suggested laughingly, shifting Jenny so that she was sitting on Jake's lap next to her but facing her.
"I'm with Peyton." Haley agreed, nodding her head to the girl. "Just let them do whatever it is they're doing." She waved her hand dismissively at Brooke.
The brunette stomped again, this time twice. "Haley, come on." She full-fledge whined this time. "I like to be nosy." Her bottom lip protruded like a child throwing a tantrum would. "Besides, whatever Lucas' is getting me, I can stop by somewhere and totally get him something better so he can put out." She rambled, her fists balling at her sides. She glared at Jake. "And don't ever mention this conversation or I will do something horrible to you."
He put his hand up in slight surrender. "I won't." He promised.
"Good choice." She looked back to Haley, clasping her hands together. "Please?"
"They're probably too far ahead to follow now, anyway." Haley still declined.
Putting a hand on her hip, Brooke grinned. "Luckily for me, I heard the address when Lucas wrote it down. Twenty-three thirty-one Coolidge Lane. In Ambridge."
Haley shook her head in utter surprise, grabbing a magazine off the coffee table. "You're insane, Brooke. I really don't want to go following my husband around. I'll look like a psycho or something."
"But they won't even see us." Brooke promised, clasping her hands again. "We'll just ride by to see what the place is and then we'll come back. Besides, I'm sure Peyton and her current boy toy want to spend a little alone time together." She winked at the blonde.
Haley sighed, obviously caving. She dropped the magazine and stood up. "Why did I ever become friends with you?" She asked halfheartedly.
"Because you actually wanted to be known at Tree Hill High." She winked at Haley and giddily followed the girl out the door. "See you guys later."
"Bye." Peyton laughed, looking over to Jake. "They argue like a married couple, don't they?"
"Worse." He chuckled, blindly dodging a flailing hand of Jenny's.