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Hope you like this chapter...and btw, the text messages that Haley sends, yeah I'm pretty sure even in texting she would be proper using her grammar and english. She is tutor-girl after all. ;)
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"I'm losing her Hales…"
"Luke, what do you mean? Losing who?" Haley asked with concern. She knew who he was talking about, but didn't want to spoil her best friend's chance to get all his frustration out.
"Peyton. I mean physically she's fine," He sighed, "but emotionally…she's pushing me away. Ever since the night of the attack, she started pulling away. And in Honeygrove, she didn't even want to be…intimate or anything." The shorter girl raised a questioning eyebrow.
"No, not like that Haley, just, she doesn't kiss me as much or hold my hand. I mean I get that I'm a guy, and Peyton was attacked, but still, it doesn't mean she has to shut me out. Especially this last week we've been back."
Haley knew she had to choose her words carefully, making sure not to hurt him. "Luke, like you said, Peyton was attacked, but Brooke was too. Is that what this is about? Her spending more time with Brooke than with you?"
"Well partly. I mean, I know her and Brooke are back to being friends, and I truly am thankful that she saved her that day, but I do miss my girlfriend. And plus, Peyton wouldn't even move in with me, but she runs to Brooke when she asked her to move in to the apartment." Head hanging low, Lucas seated himself on the living room couch in the Naley household.
"Ok, I can understand your frustration," Haley stated as she took a seat next the older boy, placing a hand on his knee, "but…they are best friends Lucas. They were attacked together. Of course they are going to be a bit closer because of it. Plus, them moving together is better than Peyton living alone in her house. They are both going to get through this, but they need to do it together," she said smiling. "And as for the 'her spending more time with Brooke,' I do recall you and I being best friends like those two and Nathan never complained about it." Knowing that Haley was right, he just gave her a knowing look and agreed.
"You're right. I'm sorry; I guess I just miss her that's all"
"Just talk to her Luke, that's all you can do."
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"You talk in you're sleep P. Sawyer." The blonde woke up to the smell of coffee and white citrus shampoo. One might think that the two don't mix, but on Brooke Davis, the two became this amazing concoction.
"Then close your ears…" Peyton grumbled as she opened her eyes to see Brooke sitting in the arm chair a few feet away, sipping coffee. She just stared at the brunette for a few seconds, taking her all in. She was wearing a black camisole, with charcoal grey boy shorts. Body nice and tanned, while her legs sat "Indian-style" as one would call it. Brooke Davis looked irresistibly cute.
"I would smack you right now Blondie, but this coffee is too good to pass up," she smirked into the cup. On that ride from Honeygrove to Tree Hill, Brooke had asked Peyton to move in with her. The blonde told her she didn't even need to ask.
It was also on that ride home that Team Breyton, in which Nathan had stated obviously to the best friends, became more and more aware that Haley might actually know about them. The girls were just too nervous and scared to ask. It's not that they didn't want to tell her, they just didn't know how it would all play out since she was Lucas's best friend.
"So what did I say B. Davis?" The last time Peyton had talked in her sleep, she had confessed her feelings for Lucas while with someone else.
Brooke eyed her for a moment before setting her cup of coffee down and climbing in bed next to her curly haired best friend. The blonde shifted closer until her hands rested on the brunette's waist, pulling her closer. "Peyt…"
"Brooke," she said with a broad smile, "shut up, and kiss me." Definitely not going to object, Brooke slowly inched forward, capturing the other girl's lips in a soft and tender kiss. "That's what you said."
"What?" Smiling at the cute look of confusion on Peyton's face, the brunette just showed her gorgeous dimples and playfully slapped her in the arm.
"'Brooke, shut up and kiss me' that's what you said when you were talking in your sleep. P. Sawyer, on anyone else, that would be totally creepy, but luckily, I already know you're weird." Peyton shot her an incredulous look but only received a smirk in response.
"Seriously Peyt, are we ever gonna talk about what happened the other night? When you had that nightmare?" When the blonde found the bed sheets interesting, she felt a hand pulling her chin up so her gaze met Brooke's. "Honey it's ok. I told you before, I'm not going anywhere. I couldn't possibly leave anyone as beautiful as you. It's totally unethical." Peyton marveled at that statement and pulled the brunette into another chaste kiss while snuggling closer and glancing at the clock.
"You're lucky I love you Davis, cuz it's 6 in the morning and I am not about to be awake at this ungodly hour. Let's get some sleep 'kay?"
"Whatever you say missy blonde girl. I'll wake you up in a few hours. Then we can see what to do with you and Lucas's constant need to interrupt our activities." Before the first few words were out of her mouth, Peyton was already asleep.
'*sigh* Guess I can get some sleep too' was the last thing Brooke thought before wrapping her arms around the blonde and closed her eyes into an awaiting slumber.
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"Luke you really didn't have to come with me. I just needed to come to the girl's apartment to pick up some of my other school books." Haley had tried everything she could to get her best friend not to come, but she knew that he wanted to at least get a glimpse of his girlfriend.
"It's fine Hales, I miss hanging with you, and plus, Peyton's here." He said with a smile as they pulled into the apartment parking lot.
'I just hope 'something' isn't going on at this exact moment in time, or else all hell is gonna break loose' Haley thought as they started up the first flight of stairs.
The shorter girl sent a quick text to Brooke warning her that they were coming up, hoping she got the message in time. A few seconds later, she was pulling out her key and opening the door. 'Lord, please..'
The apartment was pretty tidy considering who was living in it and was very quiet, but considering it was only 7:30 in the morning on a Saturday, all was well.
"You can just wait here Luke, my books are in the room. Don't worry, I'll tell Peyton you're here." Before Lucas could even get a word out, Haley had dashed into the room she once shared with her husband.
Quietly opening the door, the shorter girl peeked her head in to see if the girls were at least decent. Seeing two bodies fully clothed relaxed her for a split second, but remembering Lucas being right down the hall, she shut the door behind her. Noticing how close the two were, reminded her of how they were in the truck from the Honeygrove trip. They were in the exact same position, just lying down. Brooke holding Peyton while both their foreheads were touching. Haley also noticed their legs intertwined and their breathing rather deep. Boots coming down the hallway brought her out of her reverie as she took one last glace at the sleeping girls, a smile forming at her lips and hurriedly opened and closed the door behind her.
"Luke…hey" She said breathlessly.
"Hales, your books were in the living room. I was wondering what took you so long?" Glancing one last time at the door, she grabbed Lucas's arm and pulled him away from the threshold.
"Yeah I know, I completely forgot. Sorry. Must be these hormones." The shorter girl tried to cover up her nervousness, hoping her best friend didn't notice the tinge of uncertainty in her voice.
"Is Peyton coming out?"
"She's in the shower, but she told me to tell you that her and Brooke will just meet us at Karen's around 9 for breakfast."
"Well we can just wait, it's no problem." He stated hopefully.
"Luke, actually it is a problem, see all of you can control your hungry, where as I, being pregnant, can't control it, which makes me hungry right now. Kay? Let's go"
Haley made Lucas grab her books and walk out the door before he could protest. Locking the door behind her, she sent one last text to Brooke telling her that her and Peyton needed to meet them at Karen's at 9 for the apparent breakfast.
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"Brooke."
"Mmm, 5 more mintues Peyt." Rolling her eyes at the brunette's childish ways, Peyton realized she was going to have to resort to drastic measures if she wanted to get her friend up in a timely manner.
"Macy's is having a huge blowout sale today B. Davis!"
"What!" Brooke's eyes shot open as she jumped out of bed faster than Peyton could even blink.
"Hmm, thought that might get you up." The blonde smirked before handing her a cell phone that was on the nightstand next to her. "Haley texted you a few times. I just woke up from the noise of it going off." Peyton said before dashing into the bathroom.
3 texts from Haley? Hmm she never texts this early…wonder what she wants.
[(7:34 am) BROOKE, I NEED TO GRAB MY BOOKS SO LUKE N I ARE COMING UP, WE ARE RIGHT OUTSIDE. JUST WANTED TO WARN YOU - HALEY]
Lucas? Lucas and Haley are coming up here? Brooke started panicking, glancing at the clock to see that it read 8:15 am. She breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that they had already come and gone. 'Wonder what the next message is about…
[(7:40 am) BTW, PUT A COASTER UNDER YOUR COFFEE MUG NEXT TIME. IT'S STILL MY NIGHTSTAND YOU ARE USING GIRLY. DO IT BEFORE YOU READ THE NEXT TEXT. OH, MEET US AT KAREN'S AT 9. SEE YOU THERE - HALEY]
'Put a coaster under the mug?' Brooke glanced at her coffee mug and absentmindedly started walking to the kitchen to grab a coaster. 'Gotta love Hales, always being the- omg, the coffee mug.' Haphazardly turning around, Brooke's face drained of all it's color as she looked at the mug one more time. 'Haley could only know about the mug if she were in the room….oh no, oh no. Ok think Brooke. It's probably nothing right? I mean, it's Haley, and she's pregnant, maybe she didn't see anything.
"Brooke, why are you pacing?" Peyton asked while crossing the threshold from the bathroom back to the bed.
"Brooke!"
"What!"
"Honey what's wrong? You're gonna burn a hole in the floor…"
"Haley was here. Read this." Brooke stopped pacing and handed Peyton the cell phone.
"…put a coaster under you coffee mug? Brooke? What's wrong with- Oh! Oh no. Haley was here? In our room?
"Yes genius, what do we do now?" Before the brunette could start pacing again, the blonde grabbed her shoulders and pulled her into an embrace.
"Brooke, she probably didn't even see anything. I mean we have slept in the same bed before. And we are living together."
"But-"
"No B. Davis." Silencing her with a chaste kiss. "No buts. She didn't see anything out of the ordinary ok?"
"Ok P. Sawyer." She sighed. "Will you check the last text for me? I have to pee now with all this nervousness."
"Of course." Grabbing the coffee mug with one hand, and the phone in the other, she headed to the kitchen. 'Alright let's see what this text of hers says'
Pressing the button to view the next text, all that could be heard was glass shattering all over the floor. Staring at the phone, Peyton didn't even know what to think but re-read the message about 4 times before it processed in that curly head of hers.
[(7:41 am) DON'T WORRY, LUKE DIDN'T SEE YOU IN THE COMPROMISING POSITION YOU TWO WERE IN THIS MORNING. YOU. PEYTON. ME. NEED TO TALK. SEE YOU IN A WHILE. PS. PICK UP THE MUG, I'M SURE YOU'VE DROPPED IT. - HALEY]
"Brooke! We've got a problem!!" The blonde said, dashing back into the bedroom, pieces of the coffee mug long forgotten.
*phew* done. I really like this chapter. Even though it is somewhat short. No worries though. Please leave feedback :) I want to try and get to 10 reviews before my next post
- Rae