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Nathan smiled to himself as he walked to the school..he usually drove, but he liked walking in the mornings, it helped him clear his head. He was on the way to see Haley, for another tutoring session, he had music blaring through his headphones, he was actually getting somewhere with the tutoring, and he hadn't beaten anyone to a pulp in over a week, he felt like he was serving a better purpose. He sat opposite the tutoring centre, rubbing his cold hands together to wait for Haley. Haley always insisted they came earlier, so nobody saw them together. None of them wanted Brooke to find out that Haley was tutoring him, and Nathan had also harbored a guess that Haley didn't want Lucas knowing. He finally saw her approaching, and shot her a friendly smile
"Woah, you feeling alright?" Haley asked with a giggle
"Huh?" Nathan asked, looking confused
"You look happy and relaxed..no games?" Haley grinned, and Nathan laughed a little
"I am happy and relaxed..kinda" he responded, and Haley got her key out and opened the centre, motioning for him to follow
"Today..its Maths day!" Haley grinned, pointing to a corner of the centre
"I suck at Math" Nathan admitted
"Which is why im teaching you" Haley gave out a kind smile, setting up some books across the table
"You'll have your work cut out" Nathan frowned..he just never understood numbers
"You should see some of the guys ive transformed before..your nothing Scott!" Haley smiled, whipping her pencilcase out
"If you say so" Nathan smirked, and hunted around in his own bag
Brooke was in the common room, watching a sleeping Clay with alot of amusement, with Julian and Peyton, who was twisting her hands nervously waiting for Luke
"Hes only just got here and hes already out..amazing.." Peyton laughed, and Brooke looked at him with a giggle, while Julian also laughed
"I don't know why..he was only staying up last night watching while I did his history essay!" Brooke cackled at this
"I cant believe he got to you first, I was so gonna ask for help on that!" she laughed, and Julian grinned
"What can I say, my brains cant be shared with everyone"
Brooke suddenly noticed Peyton, and sidled upto her
"Someones nervous" she grinned, and Peyton swatted her hand
"Not nervous" Peyton muttered, before going to turn her ipod on
"Relax " Brooke grinned, she wanted to add in more of a pep talk, but Peytons ipod was already on
Julian got up and tapped Peyton, who groaned. Peyton now knew this as her signal that they both had to go to their English class
"Oh don't leave me" Brooke laughed, and Julian grinned
"You could always wake up sleeping beauty!"
"Are you joking?" Brooke giggled. She knew that if there was one thing Clay loved, it was his sleep
"Yeah, last time I woke him up he grabbed whatever he could off the side desk and threw it somewhere..better off just..sitting" Julian laughed, before starting to walk off with a wink to Brooke, who rolled her eyes with a laugh and turned around, watching Clay with a laugh, before settling beside him and resting her own eyes aswell...that was what free periods were meant to be for..catching up.
Nathan and Haley both circled the common room
"Safe to go in?" Haley asked, as Nathan peeked round, and he turned around
"You know, if we walk in together people aren't going to think your tutoring me" Nathan raised his eyebrows
"Precautions!" Haley mumbled, and Nathan sighed
"For what?" he questioned
"One, you just broke my best friends heart, two, ok I don't have a two, but I cant be seen with you" Haley said quickly, feeling a bit harsh
"So you would prefer me to string her along?" Nathan asked, looking at her
"No, thats true" Haley said, with a hint of a smile playing on her features as she looked around
"Oh Brookes in there!" she fretted..what if Brooke started questioning her..Nathan looked
"Haley, Brookes asleep..oh look with her new boyfriend" he added, folding his arms across his chest and raising his eyebrows..so much for "broke her heart"
"They are friends you girl" Haley laughed, and Nathan laughed along with her. She was different to all the others, she didn't throw herself at him, she was classy.
"Lets go" Nathan said, giving her a gentle push "ladies first" he said, with a cocky smile, as Haley shook her head and walked in, getting herself a coffee before heading back to the tutor centre, as Nathan swaggered in and took a quick position in his group of followers, including Tim.
Clay woke up and smiled fondly as he saw Brooke sleeping peacefully next to him, he slowly rose and tapped her shoulder, she stirred softly
"Someones just as tired as me!" he chuckled lightly
"Someone stole my history tutor!" Brooke giggled back
"Yup, hit my Julian speed dial as soon as I saw the essay!" Clay shot back, laughing with her
"But Julian told me that you just stayed up watching him do the essay!" Brooke grinned
"So whats your excuse for sleeping then?" Clay retorted, and Brooke laughed hollowly
"You wanna know honestly?" she asked, and Clay nodded
"I was facebook stalking Nathan to see who his new girl was..pretty..desperate isn't it" Brooke crossed her arms over her chest, in despair
"If he has a new girl, shes not gonna be half as pretty as you" Clay said with a smile, and Brooke smiled and put her head back down
"Lets sleep" she said, smiling to herself..she was tired of talking about Nathan
"Lets sleep" Clay repeated, laughing a little and putting his head back down
Peyton grinned as she crossed to Haley in the tutoring centre
"Don't you have anything better to do then stalk a innocent tutor?" Haley asked, with a laugh, and put her hands up
"I am not stalking!" Peyton replied, with a pretend shocked face
"Your fishing for some sort of gossip, I can see it in your eyes!" Haley replied, packing up some books
"Haley have you got make-up on" Peyton started, looking at her more closely
"There really was no need for the tone of surprise!" Haley retorted, rubbing her bronzer into her cheeks a bit more
"It looks nice!" Peyton said, with a grin, then carried on "there must be a reason" she pryed, and Haley shook her head
"I was just thinking new season, new look" Haley smiled, collecting up some discarded leaflets
"New season..new boyfriend!" Peyton grinned, and Haley shook her head again
"Peyt, last time, no guy involved!" Haley said, putting down her piles of papers with a force to accentuate this
"Ok, im giving up..Im going to unleash Brooke on you!" Peyton giggled, and Haley's head snapped up
"What do you mean?" she asked, sitting down
"As in your not telling me about mystery man, so Brooke can get it out of you" Peyton said, clapping her hands at her plan
"Don't Peyton..theres nothing going on..now lets go" Haley said, making sure the last bit sounded more determined, as she stood up and started to head out, frowning
Lucas sat with Peyton at lunch, while Peyton stared at Haley
"Definitely something going on.." Peyton sounded out loud, and Lucas turned down his ipod slightly and motioned for her to elaborate
"Haley..she looks..different" Peyton smiled
"She got make-up" Lucas said, as a typical boy.
"She seems happier" Peyton replied
"Good for Hales..she deserves it" Lucas grinned
"I think shes met someone" Peyton shot back, and Lucas looked at her
"A guy someone?" Lucas asked
"No..a girl" Peyton sarcastically laughed, and Lucas laughed with her
"Julians gonna be gutted"
"Julian likes Haley?"
"Well he hasn't said it yet, but me and Clay kinda figured.."
"The same Clay who hasn't admitted he likes Brooke yet?" Peyton raised her eyebrows
"People are allowed to be friends Sawyer.." Lucas wisely said, and Peyton nodded
"But Haley has a more-then-friend..I think I need to consult Brooke" Peyton grinned..
COMING UP_
Things get a whole lot more complicated for Haley as she finds herself getting male affection from every direction
Clays protective behaviour over Brooke leads him into a whole new world of trouble..
Julian finds himself having to hold the group together
Under immense pressure from Dan, Nathan decides to start popping pills..how will this end up?
Dan tries to reconnect with Lucas, angering him and causing him to lash out, but can he fix what he did?
Peyton has to face upto a heartbreaking reality as Larry falls ill
A face from Brooke's past appears and manages to screw up the one thing she was getting right..