CH.4 Side Thoughts
"Ok so what you are trying to say is that we are going to have a silly string war?" Both of the girls nodded their heads and Nathan just scratched his head, he was still confused, "Why are we going to do this again?"
"Well because we need to enjoy ourselves and try to rebuild some bridges with some people." Rachel made sure to pronounce everything slowly just to annoy Nathan, who just glowered at her.
The war was scheduled to happen Friday after the game instead of a stupid party and they were going to be playing in teams of two, it sounded pretty sweet but he had no idea who the other people were and he was kind of worried.
"Whatever." He left them to get ready before they whipped out their hairspray and asphyxiated him.
" So who are we really inviting?" Rachel looked at Brooke with suspicion.
"Well it's going to be me and you on the purple team, Lucas and Peyton on the red team, Nathan and Haley in the blue and that is it… you think it's a good idea?" Brooke gnawed on her bottom lip as Rachel thought about it and just nodded her head with a evil gleam in her eyes.
"Don't worry we just have to do things as planned." She smacked Brooke on her butt and ran off. "Don't be late for cheer practice." She yelled before slamming the door shut.
Brooke slowly made her way down stairs looking at the pictures that were framed above the stairs of her friends and all the parents. Thinking back on how they had to sometimes spend holidays together when they were in town for the sake of their kids or have to endure their whining. She stopped on the most recent framed picture of just them, Nathan was lying down on the back yard with Rachel on top of his side and Brooke curled in his arms.
Back in that time when the picture was taken Haley was still the tutor and wasn't such a problem, she was the one that had even offered to take the picture for them. Were things ever going to go back to normal? If normal included Haley, well Brooke had no problem with that if it meant that Nathan was good with her and Rachel.
Wishing for things was for fools.
Rachel strutted her stuff while walking in the hallway arm in arm with Nathan on their way to their lockers. Rachel huffed out her annoyance when she spotted Haley already waiting for Nathan; she stopped Nathan and pulled him into a corner.
"Answer me this Nathan, do you love her?" Her eyes desperately searched for an answer in his face and he flinched, the question burned him.
"I think I do. She was there when Peyton broke up with me and guided me through the whole ordeal of Lucas playing on the team…maybe I guess." Even to his own ears he sounded like an idiot.
Rachel mentally jumped with giddy, there was hope maybe after all," I didn't mean Haley I meant Brooke, but I think I might already know the answer though." She walked away and stuck her tongue out when she passed Haley.
Nathan was struck stupid, what the hell could be going through Rachel's head?
Breaking my back to set a path to fame and fortune
This is my life
It's what I want and for this I would die
You wish the best, but still regret,
You're hiding truth behind your tongue
This silence pierces like a loaded gun...
Before opening the doors to the school Brooke took a deep breath and plastered a big cheerful smile on her face and made her way in.
Camera's flashing all eyes are on me
Posing pretty for everyone to see
All eyes fell on her taking her appearance head to toe. Many waved at her others whispered as soon as her back was turned. She hated this, all their eyes ranking her between 1 and 10. One day maybe she could muster the courage to turn her back on this and just focus on her art and even renew her friendship with Peyton. Brooke giggled at the thought, sure when hell freezes over and Nathan leaves Haley.
Now truth be told
It's all I know
I won't trip up
How can I fail my heart is so endowed
You wish that I would change myself
And chase after the dreams you have
My pen and throat will get me all I have
Art, she just loved it and if she could she would hole herself up and with all the supplies of a lifetime and never come out. She had discovered her love for it just recently when Peyton had encouraged her to draw and give it a try. They had spent that afternoon in Peyton's room gossiping and before they knew it they had discovered something more that they had in common. Peyton had been ecstatic and went all crazy art teacher on her that whole day ordering her to draw the simplest things from a tree to the faces of the models on the fashion magazines she like to look at.
She kept walking being blissed out on the thoughts of going shopping for some supplies when she got out of school and almost lost her footing when she spotted Nathan hugging Haley. They were beautiful together but the fact that it seemed that Nathan was walking away from her and Rachel was a constant fear in the front of her mind. Brooke was terrified of the day he would leave them and that they wouldn't be able to stop him.
You're trying so hard to keep me here
I'm packing my bags
I'm heading off anyway
You're trying so hard to keep me here
I'm packing my bags
I'm heading off anyway
There were pencils, stubby looking crayons, oil and water paints, brushes with all different kinds of heads on them and she had no idea what the heck she was looking for. Rachel huffed out in annoyance, the one time she wanted to buy a gift for no reason just to be nice and she had no clue at what she was looking at. The day before after school Brooke had whined that she needed a poster board for a project and so they had went to a very well hidden arts and craft store that had everything, well, according to Brooke they did.
As soon as they had stepped foot inside she had zoomed everywhere trying to look at everything at the same time like a little kid in a toy store gushing over the materials to Rachel like a love sick teenager, too bad that she hadn't wanted to buy anything else but the poster board. It kind of made her feel a little twinge in her heart when she saw Brooke's dejected face as they rode home so here she was today trying to buy her something.
She whipped out her cell phone and dialed the only one who knew this stuff inside out, Peyton.
Nathan watched the game on the living room T.V. but his mind kept wandering to Rachel's question from yesterday and it hadn't let him sleep last night either. Today he had been so distracted that he had run into Tim head on, so both got sent home early from practice.
He saw a blur of blue and white pom poms and there she was practically on top of him asking him if he was ok and if needed anything. "Brooke your squishing me get off." With a light shove she fell on the floor, letting out a squeak of indignation as she got up and stood in front of the TV with her hands on her hips blocking his view. As he looked at her face he gulped and saw that she meant business," Oh uh", was all that went through his head. She jumped him, Nathan felt like his breath was knocked out of him.
He struggled with her pinching fingers, he rolled and they ended up on the floor him on top. Nathan tried getting her flailing arms pinned down and she kneed him in the stomach," oof!" He rolled away from her. Brooke pounced on him, her hazel eyes glittered from mischief, and she latched on to his shoulder and bit him. All hell broke loose then he screamed and popped her on the butt.
Rachel heard yelling as she walked into the house and came up on the sight of Brooke being carried on Nathan shoulder and then he flung her down and tickled her with out mercy. This was such a Kodak moment! She rushed to the kitchen and pulled out the "family" camera and rushed to the living room. She stood in the door way and click, she took their picture.
Both of their heads shot up and grinned at her.
"So I leave for a few and you guys are almost tearing the house down?" It felt like old times to Rachel.
Both Nathan and Brooke just laughed and tried to catch their breath. Rachel hurried to the kitchen to get Brooke's gift, she had it all gift wrapped in silver and big giant hot pink bow in the corner. When she stepped foot in the living room it was like Brooke's gift radar was on the look out, her eyes went automatically to Rachel's hands.
She squealed and elbowed Nathan off of her and jumped up and down like a little Chihuahua trying to get the present from Rachel's outstretched hands she stood on her tippy toes and threw it to Nathan who easily held Brooke off.
Nathan had one hand on Brooke's face and the other in the air waving the present. He shook the box," What do we got here…is it that face gunk you call cosmetics, a tooth brush, shoes… what could this be?" he threw the box back to Rachel and Brooke launched herself and knocked her down fumbling to get the present and she succeeded.
Brooke ran to the kitchen tearing the wrapper to shreds and when she opened the box her eyes bugged out. There was a lime green sketch book, the kind of lime green that blinds you in the sunlight, with a set of charcoals and pastels. She ran to Rachel hugged her and ran upstairs with the art supplies.
" Well that went well." With that Nathan went to the couch and started channel surfing and Rachel stood there a bit unaccustomed to the warm feeling that made her feel good…whoa.
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