Baley: Destined to be together Part 1

Chapter 3:

We Were Just Hanging out

Now that the group was together at Tric, Taylor began to go over the details of her dream wedding with everyone and glowing the whole time. As Haley thought, Brooke was busy trying to get Taylor to let her design the dresses. Taylor had always been the girl to do everything on her own, but she and everybody else in Tree Hill knew just how talented Brooke Davis was, so Taylor agreed to let her design all the dresses.

"Just not too many ruffles and NO FUNKY COLORS please I'll hate you after." Taylor joked around.

She wanted Brooke to know she hated ruffles and the only funky color she was going to agree to would be purple. Purple was her favorite color after all.

After Taylor gave the group the necessary details of the wedding and the plans, they were free to go. Haley went up to Brooke and asked her to go to the rivercourt, since they had not been there in forever. Brooke nodded and even though she wasn't happy about being back in Tree Hill, she was happy to be spending some time with Haley. Brooke hadn't had much time to really do anything other than study and she knew she needed the break.

"Sure, it sounds good and hey maybe the guys are there. You know I haven't talked to Luke in a while." Brooke finally answered after a few minutes.

Haley cringed upon hearing Lucas' name since she hadn't talked to him a lot lately herself. The first thing she had said to him in weeks was to ask if he could help her at the café. She was still upset about the fight and she knew she should fix it, she just didn't know how to. She knew that words alone wouldn't fix this; it had to be actions, she was just having trouble finding the right ones to help and not hinder her. She didn't want anything more than having her best friend back; the agony was killing her inside. They had never gone this long without talking, and the fight was really starting to get to her as she remembered it.

FLASHBACK:

Haley had just finished cleaning her room when she heard someone trying to come in through her window. She thought it was Nathan, so she quickly opened it only to be looking into the eyes of her best friend, Lucas. They had a quick talk and really it didn't have to be so quick because nobody else was home, she was silently grateful for that at this moment. Haley and Lucas both said something's that the other would take to heart and yet regret saying. Lucas had actually tried to kiss Haley, and without thinking, she kissed him back. That was the start to a long friendship being complicated. Lucas silently cursed himself for kissing her when she was technically still in a relationship with his brother, even though they were filing for divorce. He knew something was going to happen, but he never expected her to kiss him back, since he thought she knew Brooke was into her. Lucas actually got this feeling in his gut that Haley liked Brooke a lot more than she was letting people know.

Haley kicked him out saying she never wanted to see him again. Lucas knew she was going to have a hard time accepting that he had feelings for her, especially after she just told everyone about her divorce from Nathan. Lucas and Haley usually didn't go a day without talking to each other, but now it had been an antagonizing five months. They didn't talk to each other at the café, at school, the rivercourt, or anywhere really. They also didn't want to be around each other. When someone brought up the tension between them, they would both just look away. They both wanted to fix it; they just couldn't find the words to do so.

END FLASHBACK

Haley and Brooke had just arrived at the café for coffee before heading to the rivercourt. Haley noticed a familiar blonde sitting at the back. She walked over to him and started to ask him if he was okay when she suddenly stopped. The voice in the back of her mind was saying this was a good idea while her heart was saying something about waiting for him to apologize for his mistake.

Haley was too caught up in her own emotions to even take notice that he was finally looking back at her. She opened her mouth to speak, but she stopped when he spoke the two words she was about to.

"I'm sorry Hales" He said it quickly and quietly but he meant it.

Lucas hated fighting with Haley and he decided that morning that if she forgave him, they would never have a fight like this again. They couldn't go months without speaking to each other again. They were best friends who had known each other since they were two after all.

While Haley had gone to the back to see Lucas, Brooke was talking to another friend of theirs, or well not rally a friend as much as a nuisance, that caused the divorce between Nathan and Haley. Chris Keller, he was the one person you could love and hate at the same time unlike most people in Tree Hill. Brooke was talking to Chris when Haley reappeared and she honestly felt something that she realized was a slight ping of jealousy and told herself she shouldn't be feeling something like this, especially for Brooke. She realized she was jealous of Chris for getting to hang out with Brooke when she couldn't. Haley went back to Lucas and decided she wanted to hang out with him for a bit to let Brooke and Chris catch up. Brooke hadn't been home in a while after all. She just couldn't be in that room right now where her friend was flirting with Chris. There was absolutely no way that Brooke could return her feelings if she was out there shamelessly flirting where everybody could see her.

Haley returned to Lucas who was happily texting away on his cell phone.

"Who could you possibly be texting?" Haley asked him and then blushed

"Peyton" He quietly replied.

Haley was embarrassed that she had kept Peyton out most of the night before and she was in no mood to talk weddings or even hangout with the group.

"Lucas, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to keep her out all night." Haley shyly told him as she sat down after getting them both coffees.

"Haley, don't worry about it. She needs to get out and have some fun; things just haven't been the same since everyone wanted to take off for college and not talk to anyone else." Lucas replied then regretted it seeing the pained look on Haley's face.

"Hales, relax I didn't mean it like that." He said quickly

"Then how did you mean it Luke?" she asked feeling like this could start a fight again.

She hoped it wouldn't but with everyone back in Tree Hill, it was about to become Tree Hell again; a place it hadn't been since Rachel Gatina and her crew had moved. Now nobody knew what to expect from the gang.

Haley knew better than to start a fight when she was the reason everyone had taken off. She had left a few months before graduation to work on her music career and didn't think anyone would use it against her; she was as wrong as ever. It cost her ONE thing she never wanted to lose, her husband, Nathan Scott. She wanted everyone to hang out again and she had a brilliant idea. She wanted to have a night at Tric for everyone and knew the one person to plan it; sadly, that person was in the front of the café flirting with Chris Keller.

"Davis!" Haley yelled walking to the front of the café, hoping she was alone.

"We are throwing a party tonight." Haley wanted to have a party alone with Brooke, but knew everybody needed to hangout again.

"Unless, you can't get everyone here now." She sighed when she saw Brooke's reaction.

"Haley, it's not your fault that everyone is back to their old habits. Now come on, let's have some fun just you and me." Brooke finally spoke and tried to reason with Haley. Brooke wanted some alone time with her and she knew how to get it.

"Let's have a movie night like we used to back in high school tutor girl. You can even pick the movie and the snacks." Brooke explained to Haley quietly and knew Haley was ready when she saw her face.

"Yeah come on." Brooke smiled while taking Haley's hand and leading her out the door and back to Haley's house.

Haley had won the house in the messy divorce, but she didn't get anything else she wanted. Nathan even got her car.

It had been about six hours and three movies later when Haley heard her door open. She knew only four people who had keys to her house: Karen, Lucas, Peyton, and Brooke; since Brooke was with her she knew it wasn't Brooke and started to worry. Haley noticed the blonde walking inside the room and she blushed at how close the two girls were.

"Lucas, hey we were just hanging out, wanna join?" Brooke was annoyed at Haley for asking, but she knew why she had. Haley was probably feeling the same thing she was in her stomach and knew if someone wasn't there to distract from the sexual tension in the room, the girls would most likely be making out or maybe even more by the time the next movie started playing.

"Yeah, I'll join, bring on the movies" He said quietly while sitting between the two girls.

Lucas knew something was going on but he didn't want to say anything, so he started looking at the movie they had picked.

"Girls, are we really watching 'old school?'" he asked them with a huge smile; he loved that movie.

"Girls, were are the snacks? Your bowls are empty." He asked shocked they let them get empty.

The girls pointed towards the kitchen and he left to get them. He returned a few minutes later, rejoined them on the couch, and pressed play for the DVD. About an hour into the movie, he started noticing the girls giving each other looks. He figured he had interrupted something earlier and got up to leave; he didn't want to become any more involved than he already was.