Up Against The Wall

Sorry about the long update! Mum keep taking the computer off me to use herself and I've been concentrating on I Wish To Remember whenever I get the chance. But now guess what? I finished I Wish To Remember a couple of hours ago and also a couple of hours ago: Mum go her own computer! Finally :) Expect this story to be updated more frequently. I just re-read it all including the reviews and I'm so touched by them :) I have a lot of ideas for this story, and it should be updated a few times before I publish the sequel to IWTR.

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Haley sighed and pressed her back against the cold tiled wall hesitantly. She had been waiting in the bathroom most of the day for Brooke Davis to walk in and fix her hair. She had even skipped a few classes, classes which Kaylob was in and would let her know how much he 'missed her' when he saw her next. She just hoped he hasn't seen Brooke yet and approached her...

People had noticed her in the girl's bathroom just waiting, and she knew that might of caused some small talk. 'Why is Haley James, the goodie goody hanging out in the bathroom all day?' Lucas had called her twice. Kaylob didn't bother.

"So the rumors are true." Haley snapped her head in the direction of Brooke's voice, and quickly got off the bathroom vanity. "Haley James, what are you up to? Pot? Cocaine?"

Haley rolled her eyes at Brooke's assumptions. "Is that what everyone thinks?"

"Pretty much. Lucas has been off his head worrying about you. It's like he is cheating on me." Brooke and Lucas had been in a relationship for two weeks now. They got together shortly after Lucas joined the basketball team. "I told him I'd check up on you."

Haley shoves her hands in her pockets, feeling a bit guilty. "Thanks Brooke. I was actually looking for you."

Brooke's lips twitch upwards. "And now you've got me. What can I do for you tutor-girl?"

Haley raised an eyebrow. "Tutor-girl?"

"Well, your a tutor... And I'm guessing your a girl?"

"Yeah, I'm deffinatley a girl."

Brooke smiled and looked in the mirror to tidy her appearance. "Tutor-girl it is."

Haley smiled. This time it wasn't fake. "Alright then, tigger."

Brooke smiled and turned to her new friend. "Tigger? Well, tutor-girl it seems like your catching on." Haley laughed. "What did you want me for?"

"I need a favor."

"I kind of figured that one out. C'mon, spit it out so I can tell Lucas your fine."

Haley sighed took her hands out of her pockets. "I need you to pretend I'm tutoring you."

"Why?"

"So Kaylob doesn't find out who I'm really tutoring."

Brooke's face lightened with excitement. "Who are you tutoring?"

Haley gulped. "Can we leave that out?"

Brooke slumped her shoulders. "Fine. I guess we can leave out the whole 'tutor-girl-tutors-tigger' too." She turned around to walk away, but Haley sighed and stopped her.

"Wait," she started. Brooke turned around to face her again with a smile on her face. "it's Nathan."

"Nathan Scott!?" Brooke exclaimed. "No way. You and the other brother!? Does Lucas know? Of course he doesn't know. Does anyone know? Oh, I'm the first one arn't I? I am! Yay I feel special now!"

Haley scrunched up her eyebrows. "You basically just finished our whole conversation."

Brooke shrugs. "That's just how I am. Brooke Davis, super-talker." Brooke pauses to think for a minute. "Wait, you've been keeping this for how long?"

"About two days."

"Two days?" Brooke kinked her eyebrow upwards. "And they are already suspicious?"

Haley bit her lip nervously. "Kaylob is the jealous type."

"I've met him... Once. He seemed nice." Brooke shrugged. "Lucas introduced me after a basketball game. I don't think you were there."

Haley remembered that basketball game. It was one of the nights where the bruises were too large and obvious to hide, and she had to stay in so she wouldn't cause drama.

"Spacing out there tutor-girl?" Brooke said, interrupting the thoughts of the attack that caused her absence. "Are you scared of him or something?"

Haley shifted uncomfortably before quickly shaking her head. "Me? Scared of Kaylob? As if."

Brooke's mouth gaped. "You are so!"

Haley's eyes widened. What had she gotten herself into? "What?"

"What does he do? Drugs? Alcohol? Street-racing?"

"What?!" Haley nearly screamed. She angrily sighed and put her hand on her forehead. "Look Brooke, you've gotten the wrong idea."

"Tutor-girl, please. I know how to read people by a book."

"Can you even read?" Haley retorted.

"I can read well enough, thank you very much!" Brooke said putting her hands on her hips. "I read well enough to know that your hiding something about Kaylob."

"I don't know what your talking about Brooke." Haley said shaking her head furiously. She turned around the bended over to pick up her backpack off the floor. When she turned around, Brooke had her hands on her mouth, with a very shocked expression on her face.

"He- he hits you!"

"What!?" Haley shouted. She dropped the bag from shock. She gulped and turned down the volume on her voice. "What makes you think that? Kaylob wouldn't do a thing like-"

"Your back..." Brooke says softly. Haley turns her head over her shoulder and just makes out that her t-shirt must have been pulled up when she bended over. She hastily turned so her back was facing the mirror and some of the cuts and bruises were in plain sight. "Did he do that to you?"

Haley closed her eyes to try and think about what to say. She nodded and slowly opened them. "You can't tell Lucas."

Brooke took the small frail girl in her arms immediately. Haley felt weird hugging someone she hardly knew, in fact she felt weird telling someone she hardly knew her deepest, darkest secret. One she hadn't even told Lucas. But Haley soon found herself hugging her back, and sobbing into her shoulder.

"Don't worry Haley, I'll protect you."

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Nathan sighed as he listened to Peyton's obsessive arguing.

"Is that all it is with you Nathan? Parties and sex?" Peyton said in a angry tone. "because if it is, I don't want to be in this relationship anymore."

Nathan shook his head and laughed. "You know that if you break up with me, it won't last long. But you never know, it might be a week before one of us comes running back for make-up sex."

She quickly gathered up her books from the table and stood up. "How about forever, asswipe?"

"Fine!"

She turned and began to walk away. "Fine!"

"I don't even care!" Nathan screamed after her, folding his arms and sinking into the chair.

"Well, neither do I!"

"Good!"

Peyton was gone before he could hear her reply. He grumbled and gathered up his own books. Looking around, he noticed their fight had caused a crowd of freshmen. "What the hell are looking at?" They quickly scattered away and Nathan couldn't help but feel lonely. Again.

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That was a short chapter. Maybe some obsessive reviews will get me writing longer ones sooner? -hint-