Games, Lies, and Love
Chapter 18
Summary: Brooke works her magic.
Thank you for the reviews and sorry for taking so long to update. I kinda put myself in a hole after Chapter 16, I used up all my energy with the whole basketball weekend tournament to Nathan and Haley hooking up. The whole Carrie thing and my other stories also had me distracted, but these last few chapters will certainly tie up everything, especially the title of the story. Enjoy and please review!
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Haley slowly turned into the hallway. She'd tried to avoid Lucas because she couldn't stand lying to him. She tried to avoid Nathan because he won't stop kissing her. He really had to stop pulling her aside in some empty classroom or closet. Lastly, there was Brooke, who was always kept asking her about the type of guy she's looking for. She took it upon herself to find someone who would take away her "flower." She shuddered at the thought. She took one another quick look and realized the coast was clear. She started to walk, when an arm linked to hers.
"Oh my God, Peyton.. you scared me!"
"Haha.. sorry." Peyton laughed.
"God, I thought you were Lucas .. or worse.."
They both turned to each other and muttered. "Brooke."They started to laugh. Brooke was not only hounding Haley but Peyton as well.
"Oh God, we spoke to soon." Peyton whispered and their smiles left them as they saw Brooke walking right up to them.
In her gleeful manner, she put herself right in between them.
"So my lovely ladies, how much do you love me?" Brooke asked.
"Is this a trick question?" Haley replied.
"A comedian.. that's great, Pete will love it." Brooke responded.
"Who's Pete?" Haley asked.
"Your date tomorrow night." She simply replied.
"What!?" Haley had a mortified look on her face. Peyton couldn't hold back her laughter.
"I wouldn't laugh P. Sawyer.. Chris is your date." Brooke simply responded.
"What?!" Now it was Peyton's turned to look completely flustered. "Who the hell are these guys?"
"I'm glad you asked.. so me and Lucas were hanging out at Tric and then this band played and they were so good and then I remembered how much you love music (turning to Peyton and then to Haley) and Lucas mentioned how much you love music .. so why not date a musician .. I know, I'm a complete genius .. just promise me the maid of honor position at your weddings."
"Brooke." Haley and Peyton both protested.
"Fine at least a bridesmaid in Haley's but I swear to God P. Sawyer, I better be yours.. and oh I get to make the dress got it!?"
"Brooke, I don't know." Haley whined.
"Guys, come on.. you need to shake things up."
"I don't know Brooke.. I mean I know what you listen to..." Peyton added.
"Shh! Not another word from both of you… give them a try, they seems really interesting.. Pete plays bass and Chris plays guitar and lead vocals… but fear not if you don't like them, there are two other members of Hilton Fallout."
"What?" Haley asked.
"Hilton Fallout." Brooke responded. "That's the name of their band."
"What the hell kind of name is that?!" Peyton shot back.
"What? It's cute."
"A band's name is not supposed to be cute.. it's supposed to be cool, inspirational.."
"Oh get off your high horse P. Sawyer.. I think it had something to do after that whole Paris Hilton arrest thing .. at least I think that's what they said (Brooke looked confused).. but you can ask them yourselves tomorrow at 8 pm!!" Brooke clapped her hands.
Suddenly Peyton and Haley had a sinking feeling in their stomachs.
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Nathan did not have a good practice. Besides the glaring looks he got from Lucas, his mind was on Haley and how he wanted to strangle Brooke. He didn't think that Whitey could yell any more than he did. Nathan was now all alone in the locker room, gathering his things. He sighed, the thought of Haley with another guy was making him boil.
"I guess Haley told you about their dates."
Nathan turned to see Jake next to him. He's known Jake for a while but never really talked to him, until now.
"How do you.."
"Peyton." Jake responded. Duh! Of course he would know, Nathan thought to himself.
"If it makes you feel any better, I'm not happy about it either." Jake added.
"That's reassuring." Nathan responded nonchalantly, he turned back to Jake. "What I don't get is why you and Peyton keeping your thing a secret?"
"Truthfully.. I have no clue."
"Well .. I mean I was her last boyfriend.. I mean it's like riding a Benz and then switching to a Kia.. you have to give people time to adjust to the downgrade." Nathan smirked.
"You really are an ass." Jake looked heated. Nathan laughed. "Relax man, I was just kidding.. I'm glad Peyton found you.. I know you'll treat her good .. at least better than I did."
"I think anyone could treat Peyton better than you did." Now it was Jake's turn to smirk. Nathan laughed, he did have a point.
"So why are you and Haley? Big time jock meets small time bookworm..?"
"Haley's cheating on Lucas with me apparently." He said with a heavy sigh.
"What?"
"Exactly."
"Women." They both muttered at the same time and shared a laugh.
Jake grabbed the rest of his stuff. "Hey if it makes you feel better.. maybe she's just ashamed to be seen with you." Jake joked and took off. But Nathan stood there for a moment and thinking that maybe he was right.
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(The scenes will change back and forth between Haley and Peyton's date)
-- Haley --
She sat at her table and wondered why in hell did she agree to do this. She really needed to talk to Lucas and get this whole thing over with. She was just glad that Nathan was very understanding about the whole thing. She was actually really surprised that he didn't freak, of course he had his objections but for the most part it went really smoothly. She was glad that she didn't have to worry about an over jealous boyfriend. She smiled as she thought about him, he really is great and every day she fell more and more in love with him.
-- Peyton --
Peyton squirmed in her seat. How do I let Brooke talk me into these things, this is probably going to end like the last time when she posted my pictures on Peyton's headache seemed to only grow. What made matters worse was that her and Jake got into a fight before this. She thought back to their last conversation.
"I still don't understand why you agreed to this."
"It's Brooke.. I told you.. she has like this weird control over me.. looks its just going to be one night."
"One night.. what about tomorrow night.. I don't understand why you can't tell your friends about us."
"I just.. I just don't want people to know just yet."
"Why?"
"…"
"Is it cuz of Nathan?"
"Nathan.. what does he have anything to do with this?"
"You still have feelings for him!?"
"No of course not, he's with Haley.."
"Yeah.. I don't get those two either… then are you what.. afraid to be seen with me?"
"What?"
"I don't know your last boyfriend just happened to be one of the most .. if not most popular guy at school.. it's no secret every girl likes him.."
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"You've obviously downgraded from starting point guard to the bench.."
"Jake.."
"No.. you know what forget it.. have fun on your date!" Then Jake took off.
-- Haley --
Haley looked over and saw a dark haired guy, with tattoos, piercing, and what she could only describe as mascara on his face. Great, I get the goth.. this soo should've been Peyton's guy.
-- Peyton --
Peyton looked over and saw a dirty blone, spiked hair guy, wearing something she'd seen from a bad Las Vegas variety show. Great, I got the emo.. this so should've been Haley's guy.
-- Haley --
"Hi, I'm Pete, you must be Haley." Pete gave a warm smile and stuck out his hand and she shook it. They sat down and started to talk. He seems friendly and harmless enough¸ Haley thought.
-- Peyton --
"Well well." Chris said as he took a seat across from Peyton. "Tonight's your lucky night, Penny .. Chris Keller has arrived."
Peyton immediately rolled her eyes. "It's Peyton you idiot!" What an ass! Peyton thought.
To Be Continued . . .
Sorry for cutting it short but this chapter ended up waaay too long and I figured that this was a good place to end it. Fear not, most of the next chapter is already written up, so send me your feedback and it might make me work faster (hint hint).