As promised, a quickly updated, bigger, better chapter. Not that it was difficult to make it better than that last pile of crap I called a chapter. Sorry about that by the way, I think I ran out of writer juice. But anyway, here you go! Review please, make me happy!
Brooke bent down to take a closer look at the collection of junk her friend Haley called a DVD collection. She thought she'd tell her that.
"Haley, what the hell is this collection of junk you call a DVD collection?"
"It's called my parents DVD collection, my stuff's in my room" Haley replied from the kitchen, rolling her eyes at Brooke's incredible lack of tact.
"Thank god, that stuff in your living room is boooooriiiiing" she sing-songed as she wandered upstairs to Haley's room.
Just then, the doorbell rang and Haley wandered over and opened it to a grinning Peyton on her doorstep.
"Hey Haley, how's it going?"
"Not bad thanks, why are you so smiley? Aren't you usually all grumpy and broody and stuff? What's the opposite of 'what crawled up your ass and died'?"
"Ha." Peyton glared at Haley as she walked past, the small brunette grinning sheepishly at her as she offered popcorn. "Fine I forgive you, but you're on a warning" she joked as she dumped her bag by the front door. It landed with a thud that shocked Haley, who looked at Peyton in mock horror.
"Jesus Peyton, what have you got in there a body?!"
"That's two" she warned.
Meanwhile, Brooke was in Haley's room, trying to find her films which had until then managed to elude her. As she searched around the tutor's room, she found Mr Waffles perched on the end of her bed.
"Aww, that's just too cute!" she exclaimed, picking up the bear to examine it closer. As she brought it to her face, she could smell Haley on the bear, giving her a warm, fuzzy feeling in her stomach that she'd never really felt before. Weird, she thought, but shrugged it off when she saw a pile of movies in the corner of the room. Bingo!
Downstairs, Peyton was explaining the reason for her cheeriness.
"Lucas and I just had a big talk about what's been going on between us… you know, the sideways glances, accidental hand brushes, meaningful looks and silences etc etc blah blah blah. And he told me he has feelings for me and wants to see what would happen if we gave… you know, 'us' a shot! Yay!"
"Oh Peyton that's wonderful, totally worth a yay!" Haley said, hugging the blonde cheerleader happily. She knew Lucas had been building himself up for this for a while, and was happy the two were finally admitting their feelings for each other.
Just then, Brooke bounded down the stairs happily, arms full of DVD's to keep them going through the night.
"Finally I found some decent films in you house Tutor Girl- oh hey there P. Sawyer, how's it hanging?" smiled Brooke happily as she dumped the films on the sofa and turned to give her best friend a hug.
"What's going on?" Brooke asked, sensing that there was something she was missing out on.
"Lucas asked me out."
"Oh god about time! Aw P. Sawyer! Happy for YOU!" Brooke screamed, hugging the girl again, this time so tight Peyton started struggling for air a little.
"Brooke" she gasped, "Air becoming an issue…"
"Oops, sorry, got a little carried away" Brooke said apologetically as Haley giggled. "This calls for a celebration. Hales, choose a movie, Sawyer, grab the popcorn, and I shall set up the living room for slumber party status."
A few hours later the girls were all lazing on the sofas in Haley's living room, deciding whether to sleep or watch one more movie.
"Guys, I honestly don't think I could stay awake for another movie…. I'm falling asleep as I speak" yawned Haley.
"Ok, ok, we'll sleep, I'll grab the blankets" giggled Brooke, amused by how cute the tutor looked when she was sleepy.
Peyton did not miss the adoring look Brooke gave Haley as she walked away to get the bed things, and noted it for later, when she wasn't so tired.
"Here we go Tutor Girl" said Brooke, re-entering, arms full of blankets.
Haley blindly reached out and grabbed a blanket, half heatedly throwing it over herself. Brooke giggled and sighed, tucking the tutor in herself.
"Mmm, thank you Brooke, you're an angel", she whispered tiredly.
"You're very welcome cutie" giggled Brooke, kissing Haley on the forehead as she stood, taking her own blanket and curling up on the floor under the sofa Haley was lying on.
Peyton noted once again the cute behaviour between the two, wondering how they became so close so suddenly. She sighed and shook her head, I'll figure it out in the morning, she thought, before drifting off.
The next morning came and went, the girls fast asleep until the first clash of thunder came at around midday.
"Holy crap!" screamed Peyton, sitting bolt upright at the noise, which then woke the other girls, causing Haley to fall straight on top of Brooke.
Haley cleared her throat. "Ahem.. hello…."
"Good morning, Tutor Girl! What a wonderful way to wake up…" said Brooke, unconsciously licking her lips. Both girls giggled a little, until Brooke noticed Peyton rushing around the room collecting her things and chucking them in her bag. "Blondie, what the hell are you doing?"
"I need to go home, I hate thunderstorms, I only feel safe in my house, I'm really sorry to be weird. I'll see you guys later" blurted out Peyton, slamming the door and running out to her car. Ok, now to wait for the developments to begin she though.
"Oooookaaayy…. That was weird" muttered Haley.
"Um, Hales?"
"Mmm?" she smiled down at the brunette.
"Could you um…" Brooke pointed to the lack of distance between them. "You're still on top of me…"
"Oh! Right, sorry!" she exclaimed, climbing off Brooke. Both girls stood up uncomfortably, not really knowing what to say to each other now Peyton was gone.
"Can I have a shower?" Brooke suddenly blurted out, having nothing else to say and wanting to end the uncomfortable silence between the two as quickly as possible.
"Sure sure sure! I'll just go get you a towel" Haley said. Brooke smiled and nodded, unable to stop herself from checking out the tutors ass as she left the room. Hmm… this is new… but damn, that ass…
Haley returned to the room with a towel and smiled at Brooke as she saw the glazed over look in the taller girls eyes.
"You OK there Tigger?" she grinned, knowingly.
"Mmm, fine" she said slowly, coming back to earth and smiling down at Haley guiltily, grabbing the towel being offered to her.
"Thanks Hales, won't be long" she said, walking away to the bathroom, putting a little something extra into her step as she walked, hoping the smaller girl was watching.
Oh crap both girls thought at the same time.
Brooke re-appeared half an hour later and began to look for Haley, who she soon found laying on the sofa watching cartoons. She smiled to herself and walked over, gently placing both hands over the tutors eyes.
"Guess who?" she smiled, looking down at Haley's face which quickly spread into a big grin as she realised who it was.
"Hmm, I dunno, but judging from that sexy voice" Brooke smiled, "I'm gonna say... Peyton?"
"Hey!" exclaimed Brooke, as Haley burst into a fit of giggles, screaming as Brooke climbed over the sofa and started tickling her. Haley's breathing started getting more and more laboured as she realised what Brooke was wearing and how the towel perfectly followed every contour of her body. Snap out of it, woman, you're staring she thought to herself, snapping her vision up just in time to see Brooke grinning at her.
"Get a good look?" she laughed, her smile growing ever bigger at the massive blush that covered Haley's cheeks.
"You're freakin adorable you know that?" she said, causing Haley's blush to only grow a deeper crimson colour at the compliment. "Especially when you do that" she smiled gently.
"Brooke..." Haley complained, getting uncomfortable. "I'm gonna make some breakfast, you want some?" she asked, desperately trying to change the subject. Brooke nodded, not wanting Haley to be uncomfortable.
"I'll help you" she said, following the tutor into the kitchen, wondering where these feelings were coming from, because they were getting stronger by the day and Brooke had a feeling she wasn't going to be able to control them much longer. Little did she know the tutor was wondering the exact same thing.
OK, so I hope you all enjoyed this, there were several places I was inclined to stop but I promised a bigger chapter. I know it's not massive, but I thought this was a good place to stop, and I was running out of ideas lol If any of you have any suggestions then I'd be more than happy to hear them, as I said before, it's just as much your story as it is mine! Review review review!