Am losing my way with this story so I apologize for the time between chapters, I'm really going to try and get them up faster. I know it can be good if I just plan a little bit. By the way, thank you for your lovely reviews, they put a massive smile on my face! Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Haley was lying on her bed, daydreaming. About Brooke. Wait, what? She sat up suddenly. Why the hell am I daydreaming about her?! She thought, alarmed. She had been doing this sort of thing since the sleepover, thinking about her, being distracted by her, wondering what she was doing when she got bored, and she was starting to get not only more and more confused, but more and more annoyed by it. Haley threw her head back against her pillow in frustration, trying to pinpoint when the hell it all started. She figured it was at some point during the slumber party, that much was clear, but before she could figure it out any more, there was a knock at her door.
"It's open" she yelled, thinking that a robber wouldn't knock, however it probably wasn't wise to scream that information to whoever wants to hear.
"That's not safe" came a voice up the stairs, and Haley's stomach did a little back flip as the cheerleader poked her head round her bedroom door and smiled. "Hey tutor girl."
Crap.
"Hey you" she smiled, softly, moving over on her bed to make room for Brooke, who threw herself down next to Haley. "Whatcha doin?" she grinned playfully.
"Not much, but I have a question for you…"
"Anything for Tutor Girl, but I thought you knew the answer to everything" she said, teasingly.
"Ha ha, gosh Brooke you're just so darn funny!" she joked, lying back on her bed. "My question is, why are you here at 9am on a Saturday when we didn't have plans? Not that I don't want you here, I'm just… just wondering…" she flashed Brooke a sheepish grin as she trailed off, lying back on her bed and waiting for the cheerleaders reply. However said cheerleader had become preoccupied with the toned, sun-tanned stomach that had appeared when the tutor lay down. "Brooke" said Haley questioningly, looking up to see if anything was the matter. Brooke suddenly came to and shook her head, trying to clear her mind of all things Haley-stomach related.
"Umm…. what?"
Haley giggled at Brookes obviousness, and tried to remember what it was Brooke had said to her at the sleepover in the reverse of this situation.
"I'm just gonna use your words here and ask the question- did ya get a good look?"
"And I'll use your reply- breakfast?"
Haley giggled and nodded actually feeling really hungry all of a sudden.
"Sure, shall we go to Karen's?"
"Absolutely."
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The car ride to Karen's was filled with playful chatter between the two. Playful chatter that had become increasingly flirty as the days passed, Haley noticed. As they pulled up to the café and walked inside, Brooke grabbed Haley's hand and stopped her.
"I'm feeling a movie night for tonight, what do you say?"
Haley grinned and nodded "yeah that sounds like fun" she said as she walked up to the counter. "Hey Karen, how are you?" she asked, hugging her.
"I'm great, just great. What can I get you girls then?"
"Pancakes" the both said in unison, looking at each other as they burst out laughing.
"Pancakes it is" laughed Karen, thinking how amazing it was that two people that hated each other's guts a matter of weeks ago could have grown so close.
As the girls sat down in a booth, they began talking about their movie session.
"So I was thinking, loads of junk food, possibly a facial, not sure, a couple of crappy movies which honestly, won't be that hard to find in you house" she giggled, earning a smack from Haley.
"Apart from your smartass comment that sounds great."
The girls sat and chatted away about everything and nothing, at some point Karen brought over their food, but they hardly noticed anyone else in the café, they were both too engrossed in each other to think about anything else. As they cleaned off their food, they couldn't help but sneak the occasional quick look at each other, neither girl noticing the others glances.
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That night, Haley and Brooke were settling down to their movie night, Haley was in the kitchen making popcorn. Brooke had been in the sitting room trying to decide what to watch, but she walked over to the kitchen and was about to ask Haley what film she wanted to see but stopped when the tutor came into view. She was wearing boxers and a button down shirt with her hair messily pulled up into a bun and she was the most beautiful thing Brooke had ever seen. What is going on with me she thought, these strange…. whatever's were happening more and more frequently, she'd never felt them for anyone else, and she –never- expected to feel them for Haley.
"Brooke!" Haley called as she turned round and suddenly realised Brooke was standing in the doorway. "Oh, hey, sorry, didn't realise you were there. The popcorn's ready, you ready to watch the movie?"
Brooke smiled, "Yeah, just let me run upstairs and get changed and I'll be right down." She walked up the stairs, wondering what to wear to get a similar reaction as hers from Haley. Why she cared, she wasn't sure, she was too confused and excited by the new feelings to really think anything through. She settled on boxers and a tank top, she wasn't feeling all that creative and she thought she had nice legs, what's wrong with seeing if Haley agrees?
As she made her way down the stairs, her stomach did a little backflip when she saw Haley. Ok, this is getting crazy! I can't even look at her without finding her frickin adorable. She's curled up on the sofa, if she was Peyton it wouldn't be adorable!
She walked into the sitting room shaking her head and sat down next to Haley.
"Hey you, you ready?" asked Haley, her eyes lingering a little longer than necessary on Brooke's legs. Screw it, lingering on Brooke, generally, a little longer than necessary.
"Yeah, let's watch this movie" Brooke said, leaning back against the sofa and looking up at Haley, smiling.
"Hug?" asked Haley, offering her arm out, and Brooke snuggled into her side, sighing happily.
