CHAPTER 6: Torn
Nathan woke up to the sound of birds chirping as the sunshine hits his face, making him blink a couple of times. He looks down and there is Haley, sitting peacefully on his lap. He has never seen a more beautiful girl. He could get use to waking up like this every morning, he thought.
Haley looks like an angel with a halo on her head, resting on Nathan's shoulder. He can't help but smile at her couple of times, wishing he could kiss her. Her eyelashes were long and curly, and her lips were pink and full. He quickly ran his fingers through her hair and combs it gently. Her luscious locks were so soft; it swept through his fingers.
Haley's eyes start to flutter as her big bold eyes open and the first person she saw was Nathan. Her heart beat a little faster, knowing that Nathan was clinching her tightly.
And then she begins to speak…
"Good morning," said Haley softly, still resting her head on Nathan's shoulder.
"Had a goodnight sleep?" Nathan questions with a big smile.
"Amazingly…yes," she replies with a soft giggle.
"Me too" Nathan agrees, looking a little bashful.
As Nathan and Haley enjoy their morning together, they weren't aware of the footsteps marching their way. Frantic looking Brooke walks the hall to find her best friend. She suddenly sees a little dark attic way that leads them to a wine cellar. Brooke takes her cell phone and calls the first person that comes to mind, hopefully to get some more help to find her best friend.
-Knock knock-
"Hello, is anyone in there?" calls Brooke, frantically knocking on the door.
No answer.
"Hey, any trace of Haley?" Lucas said, coming right behind Brooke.
"Oh god!" Brooke lets out a scream, unnoticing Lucas came so quickly. "Don't ever scare me like that"
"Okay, scaring you is the least of my concerns right now. We gotta find Haley," said a worried Lucas.
"I don't know where to start," said Brooke seriously.
"Are you serious?" Lucas stares at her.
"What?" Brooke shot him back a look.
"You're telling me that its Haley's idea to go to a frat party?" questions Lucas.
"Well, she's…I'm…" stutters Brooke, in search for an proper answer. "Yeah, so what. My idea. But I didn't tell her to uhhh…"
"You told her to what?" said Lucas, getting closer to Brooke's face.
"Step back a little, trying to breath here. I, umm, was talking to this guy. And uhh, she said she was going to wait for me in the restroom until I call her, I think! And uhh, I…"
"Let me guess? You didn't call her?" said Lucas, trying to stay calm.
"I was drunk, ok!" shouts Brooke.
"You're unbelievable!" shouts Lucas.
Amidst Lucas and Brooke's arguing, they didn't realize that someone was silently approaching them from behind. A girl with curly blonde hair taps Lucas from behind and flashes him a sweet devilish smile.
"Can I help you guys?" said Peyton, eyeing both Lucas and Brooke.
"Who are you?" said Brooke, impolitely.
"Oh. My apologies. I live here, my name is Peyton," said Peyton, taking out her hand to greet Brooke.
"Wait, your brother isn't…" said Brooke; trying to think of the guy she was talking to last night.
"My brother, he's the one that was talking to you last night," Peyton finishes. "He's mighty fond of you"
"Really?" said Brooke, seems intrigued.
"I don't care about her boy problems. Look, we're trying to look for this girl. Her name is Haley. Have you seen her?" interrupts Lucas.
"My, my, my, you like this girl, don't cha?" said Peyton, acting nonchalant.
"No…" said Lucas with hesitation. "She's a friend…"
"How about I help you find her?" lies Peyton. Her intentions were more than finding Haley.
"More eyes, the better," Brooke said.
"What?" Lucas shot Brooke a look.
"What is your problem?" questions Brooke; having her hands on her hip, ready to do some verbal damage.
"More eyes, the better? Are we blind or something? Just say you need help finding her because apparently, you're not a good friend," said an enraged Lucas, rolling his eyes.
"I am too a good friend! And you don't even know me, know me" said an outrage Brooke.
"I don't want to know you, know you," Lucas said in a whiny voice.
"I'm sorry to interrupt this seemingly wonderful conversation you guys are having, but here's a thought, let's check the wine room. Your friend, Haley is it? She is probably locked inside, people tend to," said a suspiciously sweet Peyton.
"Thank you! I should've called you!" said Brooke, looking at Lucas angrily.
Peyton leads Brooke and Lucas to the wine cellar. Immediately, Peyton knew the wine cellar was locked so she took out her keys quickly which Brooke finds absolutely curious.
"How did you know the door was lock?" said Brooke, staring straight at Peyton.
"Oh, um, my brother, he, um, doesn't allow people to come down here a lot. He is very protective of his wines," said Peyton, kind of shaking, hoping her cover is not blown.
"Really?" said Brooke, suspiciously.
"I'll save you the embarrassment Brooke. I mean you must get it a lot. Look, Peyton, right? She wants your brother's number, so give it to her and save yourself the trouble of listening to her," interrupts Lucas.
"Did you know he has S-T-Ds?" Brooke said loudly.
"Okay, I'm opening the door now," Peyton announces.
Nathan and Haley were on there feet, scramming around the wine room to see if they can find any food. Before Haley went into little cabinet above, Peyton opens the door and she stares evilly at Haley. Haley turns around excitedly when she saw her best friend.
"Brooke!" Haley runs to her.
"Oh god, Haley!" said Brooke, grabbing her best friend and squeezes her tightly.
"Hi" Nathan interrupts.
"Wait…no! Hales you were locked in here with "him?" said a shock Brooke.
"Yeah, um, this is Nathan," smiles Haley.
"Haley…" Lucas said softly, stepping into the room. His heart sank.
"Lucas, you're-you're here, why-are-you-um-here?" said Haley, nervously.
"Brooke called me and she said that she didn't know where you were. And I was, um, I was um…" Lucas said with hesitation.
"Haley is it? Your friend Lucas was so worried about you," Peyton interferes.
"Thank you Lucas. That means a lot to me," said Haley shyly.
"You don't need to thank him, Hales," Brooke said selfishly. "We should go home now, you smell like a rat," said Brooke, linking arms with Haley and dragging her out of the room. Haley turns her head and look at both Nathan and Lucas, sweetly.
"Okay, I guess my work here is done," said Peyton, stepping out of the room, trailing behind Brooke and Haley.
Lucas stares at Nathan. His pulse was running like wild fire. His fists were clinched and he was ready to do some serious damage.
"I'm sure you have questions," Nathan said, trying not to act almighty.
"How the hell did you lock yourself in here with Haley?" said Lucas angrily.
"I didn't plan this," Nathan responded honestly.
"The hell you didn't. If this is your grand scheme of getting back at me, you won!" shouts Lucas. "I'm done keeping this promise."
"A promise is a promise bro, you know what happens when you break a promise," said Nathan, evilly.
"What are you going to do Nathan? Tie Haley up so she can't see me? If Haley wants to see me, she will. No one is going to stop her," said an outrage Lucas.
"Did you know Haley sat on me throughout the rest of the night?" smirks Nathan.
"What do you mean?" said Lucas. His pulse begins to race.
"Haley was afraid of rats and so I said she can sit on me throughout the rest of the night. Man, it feels good having her legs wrapped around me. She has soft legs by the way" Nathan shares.
"You son-of-a-bitch!" shouts an outraged Lucas. Without hesitation he runs directly at Nathan and with major adrenaline rushing through his body, he punches Nathan in the face.
"Thanks for punching me on the lips bro. I forgot to mention how soft Haley's lips were," said Nathan with an evil laugh.
"You're lying," said Lucas, reassuring himself what Nathan said is not true.
"I remember the exact words, 'Nathan, kiss me, harder, harder,'" Nathan giggles.
"Shut up!!!! She will never fall you and you know it," said Lucas, clinching his fist.
"She may not now but she will. No one kisses Nathan Scott and forgets about it," said Nathan, angrily.
Peyton was outside listening intently. She smiles devilishly and thought to herself: "My, my, my, I got myself a wonderful bait. Lucas. This is going to be one hell of a trap."
Author's Note:
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