Games, Lies, and Love
Chapter 11
Summary: Could the night get any weirder? A twist on what happened in season 1 episode 6.
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"So he got kicked out?!" Haley exclaimed.
"Both of them." Peyton said. The three of them were hanging out in Peyton's room.
"I should call Lucas and make sure he's ok." Haley replied.
"I already did." Brooke chimed in. "He's not picking up."
"I'm sure he's fine .. hopefully Whitey doesn't kill them. He was really pissed." Peyton said.
"Yeah I bet." Haley replied.
"Well enough about that." Brooke said trying to change topics. "We have to get ready for the classic this weekend… you should totally go tutor girl."
"What? No I can't."
"Why not?"
"You know Brooke is going to keep bugging you until you say yes and I'm with her, you should totally go… I mean what're you going to do this weekend?"
"I was planning on doing some school.."
"Don't finish that sentence Haley James.. you are going and that's final."
"But Brooke, what am I going to do? You guys are going to practicing for your routine."
"Well, we're not going to practice all the time and besides Lucas will also be there."
"Again.. what am I going to do there?"
"Is he still mad about that whole tattoo thing?"
"What do you think? You saw how he flipped."
"I'm sure he'll get over it." Peyton chimed in. "Besides Karen is chaperoning too."
"Yeah, come on tutorgirl, what do you say?"
"Fine." Haley mumbled.
Brooke squealed, she loved road trips.
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Lucas watched the car drive down the road and pulled into a rest stop about half a mile down the road. Lucas ran over to them and hoped that Nathan was okay. He arrived a couple of minutes later and was happy to see that the car was still there along with three passengers, but no sign of Nathan. He looked up into the store and saw Nathan in his boxers with the words "Raven Sucks" across his back. Just great, he thought. He made his way inside through the back enterance and saw that everyone was staring at Nathan, especially the ladies. He walked up behind Nathan and mumbled.
"What the hell are you doing?"
"Getting hemroid oitment and then beer."
"What?"
"Would you card me like this?"
"That's not what I meant."
"Those idiots out there .. they took my clothes and they claim to have a gun, though I don't know if they're just bluffing."
"Well, whatever we have to get you out of here before someone calls the cops." With that Lucas grabbed Nathan's arm and dragged him outside. They went out through the back so that the three stoogies wouldn't see them. Lucas removed his "Dan Scott" sweatshirt and the warm-up bottoms he had on and handed it to Nathan.
"Thanks." Nathan said a little awkwardly. "Are you going to be ok?" He asked considering that Lucas was just wearing a t shirt and basketball shorts.
"Yeah, well since I had to run my ass over to save you, I'll be ok.. now who were those jerks?"
"You mean the three stogies.. just some losers who feel bad that they lost tonight."
"Explains that 'Ravens suck' sign you have on your back… let's just go."
"Wait, not yet." Nathan commented as he peaked through the corner and saw that the three guys got out of their car and was looking for him. "Come on, I got an idea."
Lucas and Nathan around the back and into the front, careful not to be seen. The idiots left the car unattended. The three guys, who called themselves Thing, Thing #1 and Think #3 were out looking for Nathan, waving his clothes around asking where he was. The two brothers found broken pieces of glass on the floor and slashed the tires. One of the guys spotted them and started to run back to the car and Lucas and Nathan immediately took off.
The two laughed as they watched them get into the car, only to realize that they had a flat on all four tires. They took off in the night and ran away until they were out of sight. They stopped at a sign, which showed that Tree Hill was still 10 miles away.
"Great, what're we going to do now?" Lucas asked.
"Well, before we took off I saw this on the front seat." Nathan said taking out a wallet.
"Sweet." Lucas smiled.
"Crap."
"What happened?"
"This broke ass only has $15 and some change here."
"Change is good, there's a payphone here, we can call for a ride."
"Thank God."
They started calling their friends but no one picked up their phone. They made sure to hang up before they lost their money. Tim picked up but he was always a goof ball and ended up accidentally hanging up before Nathan can ask for a ride.
"Forget this, there's enough change to call 411 and get a taxi.. the school is a lot closer from here and that's where my car is parked." Lucas said.
"Fine do it." After 10 minutes, a taxi came and dropped the two boys shy of 3 miles away from Tree Hill High.
They walked in silence until Lucas started chuckling to himself.
"What's so funny?" Nathan asked.
"Why the hell did they call themselves, Thing, Thing 1 and Thing 3?"
"Haha.. cuz the last one was the third one.. what a bunch of morons." They laughed as they recounted the look on their faces when they saw them and that their tires had been slashed.
"You know, you didn't have to come get me .. Thanks."
"Yeah, well we still need you if we're going to make it to the play offs.. so technically I did this for team."
"Haha.. you're a real saint .. crap I almost for about that."
"What?"
"The game… my dad is going to flip."
"Why, we won?"
"Not that.. how I got kicked out .. I can hear him now talking about how it's going to lower my point average and how scouts don't like a player with a short temper."
"He's that bad?"
"Worse.. I remember this one summer, I was playing little league baseball and I was the pitcher and my dad was the coach. Anyway, this kid Billy Lyons, he was a great hitter. Everything he hit was a homerun. So, you know, he got up to the plate and there was nobody on base so I just walked him. Four straight pitches, nothing even close to a strike. So my dad calls a timeout, comes to the mound, and I'm thinking he's gonna say like, Smart move or Good thinking son, something like that. But instead... instead he grabs me by the arm, and he kicks me in the ass as hard as he can. I mean, he literally took me by the arm so that I wouldn't like, go flying, he kicked me so hard. Then he brought Stevie Planking into pitch, sat me on the bench, never mentioned it again."
"That sucks."
"Yeah… so just think about that the next time you're feeling sorry for yourself… be glad he didn't raise you."
Did he just acknowledge that they were related? Lucas pondered.
"Look.. I'm sorry about that whole thing with Haley.. I'm just protective over her."
"Whatever.. it's not like I didn't deserve it .. she's lucky to have you watching out for her."
Lucas nodded and the two walked in silence and then they finally reached the high school. Lucas took out his keys and started his car, the drive to Nathan's was also quiet and Lucas pondered whether or not he had mistaken Nathan Scott. He stopped in front of Nathan's house.
"Good move with the wallet.. if not we would've been walking for hours."
"Don't sweat it .. thanks for the ride." Nathan got up, a little weirded out that the two actually didn't strangle themselves tonight. He closed the door behind and was about to walk to the front door when Lucas rolled down the window and called out for him.
"Nathan!"
Nathan turned around and looked through the open window.
"The tattoo .. it's not fake."
"What?" Nathan asked confused.
"You really don't have a clue do you." Lucas said laughing to himself. "Goodnight Nathan." He said as he drove off.
Nathan watched as Lucas turned the corner. He put his hand to his forehead and shook his head, "Could this night get any weirder?"
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The next day at school, Haley walked up to Lucas just as he was closing his locker.
"Hey, I heard about last night and that Whitey kicked you off the bus, are you okay?" The two started walking to class.
"Yeah, I'm ok."
"Are you still mad about that whole tattoo thing?" She whispered, not wanting anyone to find out.
"No.. I'm just tired.. it was a long night last night."
"Well you're still here, which means that you and Nathan didn't kill each other."
"Yeah." Lucas smiled. "So I hear you're going this weekend, it should be fun."
"Oh this is my class." Haley stopped. "Yeah, they convinced me to go."
"Well I gotta go, see you later…. Brooke Peyton." Lucas greeted as he walked away. As he walked, he bumped into Nathan. Immediately all eyes were on them, especially the three girls who were by the foot of their classroom. "Hey" They both said at the same time, nodded and continued to walk.
"Did I just see that?" Brooke commented first.
"Yeah, is anyone else feeling cold because I think hell just froze over."
Just then Nathan started to pass them. "Brooke, Peyton.."
"Hey Nate." The two responded a little confused.
"Haley." Nathan said with a huge grin and continued to walk down the hall.
"Seriously, what the hell happened last night?" Haley muttered.
To Be Continued . . .
Note: Please review, it might help me write the next chapter a lot faster, especially since Lucas and Nathan seemed to call a cease-fire. The weekend classic will definately be interesting.