Disclaimer: I donot own One Tree Hill, nor it's characters, nor anything related to, okay this just sucks i need ice cream...
A/N: Hi peeps! Sorry about the wait, I know I suck! I decided to get this chapter up as I have a full on week of work and study ahead and won't have time to update until maybe next weekend if I'm lucky, Now for the good news... After a long and tumultuous relationship with my laptop and in turn my computer repair man I needed to make a clean break and the result of the break up is I got a new laptop in the divorce! Still happy dancing! Anyway hopefully this means so much ease in being able to write as I no longer have to share with the computer hog otherwise known as my sister/beta reader. (even though it is her computer) but that hopefully means I can write more. So anyway here's chapter five, I enjoyed writing this but haven't been able to edit as much as I would have liked, so please disregard my terrible spelling. Also once again thanks to everyone who read and reviewed the previous chapter you guys rock and I'm taking your opinions into consideration for further into the story, so once again i hope you enjoy this chapter let me know what you think!
CHAPTER FIVE
"Wrong Wrong Wrong and more Wrong!" Brooke screeched throwing her pom poms on the floor in frustration. It was only the first practice with the entire squad and Brooke was already going nuts
"What now!" Peyton complained leaning her head over to rest on Haley's shoulder who was slouched next to her.
"I gave you simple instructions feet across, clap, feet together, double clap and then the spin!"
"We got it Captain how about you stop screaming at us for like ten seconds and let us get to that part and we'll prove it to you" Peyton yelled back
"I would if you could get the lead up part right!" Brooke yelled in response
"Okay, FREEZE FRAME!" Bevin yelled "Now what's really wrong Brookie?" she asked placing her hands on Brookes shoulders
"You touching me is first on the list Bevvie!" Brooke snarled back while Bevin continued to smile calmly at the brunette
"There's no need for name calling, the squad is trying why don't you have a little drink of water and we'll take it again from the bottom and then we'll check our asses then, okay Great! Let's go again girls!" Bevin called moving into position while the rest of the squad and Brooke stared at her dumbfounded "Mouth hit it"
Mouth stared between Bevin and Brooke for a moment before shrugging his shoulders and hitting play on the cd player. The squad made it through the routine this time Brooke shrugging and muttering "I guess it was okay"
"Okay? That was awesome" Junk enthused
"Yeah what he said" Fergie added
"Well if you're so awesome why don't you show us a little more of what you've got" Brooke suggested
"Yeah we should work on some stunts" Bevin agreed "Who are going to be the flyers Brooke?"
"Um, I haven't really decided yet" Brooke looked around sheepishly
"We need flyers to do the stunts" Haley pointed out
"Thanks for pointing out the obvious H James"
"I'm just trying to help Brooke" Haley replied annoyed
""Try harder"
"Why don't we take it in turns with the guys and then you can make an informed decision" Lindsay suggested
"If I wanted your opinion whore I would've asked for it" Brooke snarled
"Brooke!" both Haley and Peyton exclaimed
"What she is" Brooke huffed before Haley dragged her by the arm across the gym
"Brooke, you need to put your personal feelings aside for the good of the squad, and stop being such a bitch to Lindsay she's done nothing wrong"
"Except steal my boyfriends virginity" Brooke accused
"That was a long time ago, and FYI he wasn't 'your' boyfriend at the time, which makes your complaint null and void"
"I was supposed to be Lucas's first" Brooke whined
"You're his first love, and she didn't know what was going to happen with you two eventually so get over it and get off Lindsay's back"
"I will when she gets off hers" Brooke snit
"Brooke" Haley threatened
"Fine, I'll do it for you, but for the record I am much better in bed then she is" Brooke stated before turning on her heel and marching back over to the squad "Okay this isn't a soap opera people back to work!"
"MISS SCOTT!" Whitey's voice boomed across the gym
"What now!" Brooke threw her hands in the air.
"What the hell are my players doing prancing around with your squad!" the old man yelled pointing to Junk and Fergie who were practising dance steps with Kenzie, Chelsea, and Ashley.
"Practising duh" Bevin shrugged like it was the most obvious thing in the world
"Why are my players practising with your squad" Whitey boomed again
"Because they're part of the squad" Bevin interrupted again
"Bev could you please go and supervise? Over there" Brooke smiled as she pointed in the other direction
"Sure, bye old coach guy" Bevin chirped as she skipped away to the rest of the squad
"That's Coach Durham" Whitey barked after her
"Look Whitey.."
"That's Coach Durham to you too miss Scott" Whitey ordered
"Whatever," Brooke rolled her eyes
"Do I look like a fifteen year old girl in bobby socks and a short skirt to you Miss Scott?" he boomed with his hands on his hips
"Thank god no" Brooke muttered
"Than don't roll your eyes at me and you'll address me as Coach Durham as my name over the door to this place reads. It may not be in lights but trust me I'm just as important as 25 cent is" he wiggled his finger in her face to make his point
"You mean 50 cent?" Brooke asked confused
"Whatever, or whoever you kids are falsely idolising now, it doesn't matter. What does matter is why two of my Varsity players are getting jiggy wit pom poms over there instead of puking their guts out at my practice!"
"You're not practicing right now Whitey" Brooke motioned to the gym empty besides the cheer squad "Coach Durham" she quickly corrected when she noticed the look on his face.
"I want my players back at my practice now, understand Miss Scott?"
"No sorry Whitey I don't" Brooke crossed her arms over her chest stubbornly
"Excuse me?" Whitey reared back
"Fergie and Junk are members of my squad and as such will be staying in my practice until it's finished" she challenged
"Do you want a detention, Miss Scott?"
"For what, standing up for my squad? Then sure I'll gladly accept. But if you're not going to give me a detention then I have a practice to run, my squad needs to do some work, you don't want us to look bad at Midnight madness now do you?"
"I'll leave but I'm taking my players with me!" Whitey crossed his own arms across his chest
"That's really up to them, no-one's forcing anyone to be here" she challenged
"Fine" Whitey finally relented "You girls get back to your practice, but you two ballerinas over there I want to see you in the weight room before school tomorrow, urgh!" he dismissed them with a wave of his hand and strode out of the gym.
"Are you okay?" Haley gingerly asked
"Sure, my worlds going down the toilet why wouldn't I be fine" Brooke snapped "Wait were do you think you lot are going?" she yelled when she noticed the quiet exodus over Haley's shoulder
"But Brooke you just said" Ashley said confused
"I don't care what I said, I didn't dismiss you from practice so get your asses back here!"
"You said no-one was being forced to be here" Chelsea reminded her
"Well I fibbed, do I need to get the handcuffs!"
"Didn't Lucas take them to Chapel Hill?" Bevin snickered
"No he gave them to me" Haley replied than slapped a hand over he mouth "Oops. I meant for safekeeping not for anything else okay eww, eww, eww" Haley shuddered as she tried to shake the mental image from her head while Brooke glared at her with her hand on her hip.
"Okay change of plan, you can all go, while I kill Haley slowly and painfully" Brooke turned to fully face Haley
"No-ones killing anybody" Peyton stepped between Haley and Brooke
"Oh I disagree, I'm gunna strangle her with a basketball net"
"Not if I strangle you first" Haley shot back
"Like you could reach the net short ass!"
"Like you can talk" Haley put her hands on her hips "And I'm not short, I'm vertically challenged!"
"Please you have ducks disease" Brooke sneered
"Excuse me?" Haley looked taken aback
"Your ass is too close to the ground" Brooke snickered
"Well yours is too close to the ice cream container, woops you haven't eaten any yet!" Haley shot back
"You take that back now Tutor bitch!" Brooke looked like she'd been slapped
"No, you take it back Cheer Bitch!"
"No, you first!"
"No, you"
"Fine that's it, I'm not talking to you anymore" Brooke turned her back on Haley and crossed her arms
"Finally some peace and quiet" Haley sneered
"What's that supposed to mean?" Brooke spun back around
"Well everyone within the next five counties hears every thought you have on every matter every minute of every day you self centred control freaking screaming hussy!" Haley yelled
"Like you can talk, every one knows more about your issues than their own you over the top morally sensitive poncho wearing hobo!" Brooke spat back
"Haley's gay!" Bevin cried shocked
"No" Peyton patted Bevin on the head
"MeerKat!" Haley exploded
"Walrus!" Brooke retorted
"Turtle!"
"Hamster!"
"Guinea Pig!" Haley yelled triumphant while Brooke stepped back stunned
"Wait what just happened?" Kenzie the newest cheerleader asked Bevin
"This is just what they do, when they fight they yell animal names at each other instead of insults, it makes it easier to make up afterwards, but Haley just brought out the P word that's like dropping a nuclear bomb" Bevin explained
"But a guinea pig is like small and cute right" Missy the other newest squad member asked
"In their language Haley called Brooke a show off, then she retorted calling Haley ugly, then Haley called Brooke slow which Brooke backed up with Haley being immature which caused Haley to call Brooke chubby" Bevin translated
"I can't believe you pulled out the Guinea Pig Hales" Brooke managed to say before she walked calmly over to her gym bag
"Brooke wait I'm sorry, I didn't mean that!" Haley pleaded
"I'm sorry too Haley but you leave me with no choice" Brooke solemn as she picked up her phone.
"Who are you calling?" Haley asked as she watched Brooke hit a few buttons before holding her phone to her ear.
"Nathan it's your sister... no I don't care you're in class, I'm more important... just letting you know that you are no longer permitted to date Haley and you are on Team Brooke, okay goodbye" she hung up and threw her phone down on her bag "How do you like em now bitch" Brooke smiled sweetly
"Um Brooke you better run" Peyton said looking as Haley's face went a dark shade of pink
"What why? Oh Shit!" Brooke turned and ran out of the gym closely followed by Haley
"Bev we better follow them you remember what happened last time" Peyton motioned for the blonde to help her
"Wait what happened last time?" Kenzie asked
"Haley chased Brooke across campus but stacked it in the middle of the library" Bevin explained
"That doesn't sound so bad" Missy replied
"Have you ever played dominoes? With library stacks? Lets just say it took months to sort out the carnage" Peyton smiled at the newest members of the squad before she and Bevin hightailed it out of the gym in the direction the two girls had gone previously.
"Which way do you think they went?" Peyton asked. Bevin closed her eyes and ummed for a minute before taking off towards the music room. They skidded to a stop in front of the door before peeking their heads around to see Haley and Brooke sitting in a mess of instruments hugging each other tightly.
"How did you know?" Peyton asked Bevin dumbfounded
"My fourth eye, c'mon let's go" Bevin pushed the door open and strode across the room "You bitches finished your bullfight yet?"
"I think you mean catfight" Peyton corrected
"Peyton cats don't really fight, bulls do, don't worry rookie mistake" Bevin patted Peyton on the shoulder while the two girls on the floor started laughing.
"You two kiss and makeup?" Peyton took a seat on the floor across from Brooke and Haley who were tangled up in the school drum kit.
"We french kissed and made up, you know me" Brooke snickered
"Laugh it up B Scott" Haley pushed her in the shoulder. "But I think it's about time you tell us what happened with Luke the other day"
"Nothing happened" Brooke dismissed
"Please Brooke, you've been mopey, and angry since we got back"
"She's always mopey and angry" Bevin pointed out.
"More than usual" Haley rolled her eyes "What happened when you talked to Luke?"
"Nothing he was too busy to talk to me, he had to study with Alex"
"Who's Alex?" Haley asked
"Some guy in his creative writing class, they study together sometimes, I spent more time talking to some random guy while I waited for Luke to show up"
"Didn't he know you were waiting"
"I couldn't get a hold of him, he said he forgot to take his phone to the library, and he didn't think I'd be calling him because we had a Skype date planned that night. But I should be able to call all the time right?" Brooke looked pleadingly at her friends.
"Sure" they all rapidly agreed
"I mean we haven't physically seen each other in I don't know ten days or something you'd think he'd be jumping for some Brookie time but no, he had to go to the library and study with Alex, because that was the only time he could fit into his schedule."
"So you didn't get to ask him about the whole Lindsay thing?" Peyton asked
"No, when he finally showed up I had to leave and there wasn't time to have that fight"
"Who said it was going to be a fight" Bevin asked
"He told me he was a virgin when we got together, and then I found out he's slept with Lindsay. Tall blonde gorgeous, on MY cheerleading squad Lindsay. Yes there's gonna be a fight. Did he think I would never find out?" Brooke ranted
"Brooke, did he ever actually say he was a virgin?" Haley asked
"Who's side are you on?" Brooke asked exasperated
"Yours, I just think, that naturally the thought of Lucas with anyone else is going to upset you. You just have to remember he's not thinking about anyone but you."
"That's all well and good Haley, but we did have the talk, and he said I was his first, and now I find out that was a lie, how am I supposed to deal with that?" Brooke buried her head in her hands
"You need to talk to Lucas" Peyton counselled
"I can't"
"You can" Haley encouraged
"No I can't, I'm not like you
Haley I can't just pour my heart out like that"
"You need to get this off your chest, because clearly it's upsetting you, and unfortunately, Lucas is the only one who can fix it" Haley wrapped her arm around Brooke who buried her head on Haley's shoulder and took a few deep breaths
"I'm sorry for calling you a walrus" Brooke apologised
"That's okay, I'm sorry I called you a guinea pig" Haley replied
"Forgiven" Brooke smiled
"Forgiven" Haley agreed.
"Well it looks like cheer practice is over, how about we hit the mall and then the spa for mani's and pedi's" Brooke suggested with a hopeful smile
"I am not going shopping with you Brooke Scott, nor am I letting any of your so called therapists touch my feet" Peyton shuddered
"C'mon Peyton I really need this please please PUhlease!" Brooke begged
"Fine but only one, I have to be home for dinner with Larry and with the way you shop we don't have time for both" Peyton gave in
"The spa it is!" Brooke cheered standing up
"Brooke did you hear anything I just said, you know I don't like people touching my feet" Peyton protested
"Yeah, but if your gonna have dinner with Larry you have to look oh so fine, and so do I"
"One Larry's my Dad, and two, who said you're invited?" Peyton snapped
"I invited myself, plus as if Larry would ever turn poor little me away, when my parents don't care, my brother and boyfriend are away at college without me, leaving me all on my own in that big expensive house" Brooke fluttered her eyelashes
"Fine you can come to dinner" Peyton relented
"Yay!" Brooke cheered "Tonight is gonna rock"
"I thought you were going to talk to Lucas" Haley interjected
"No I didn't, besides I've got a hot date with Larry Sawyer" Brooke wiggled her eyebrows
"Eww Brooke that's my Dad, it was bad enough that you put his name on the door!"
"Peyton he's my hot Dad fantasy, and besides you put my Uncle Cooper on the door"
"And you made me take him off the door Brooke!"
"Because he's my uncle!"
"And Larry's my Dad!"
"Okay time-out, and Peyton you already took Larry off of Brooke's list" Haley intervened
"Which is rather unfair because I have the least amount of names on my list" Brooke added
"No Haley does, when Nathan found out about the door, he came over with a pot of paint and removed every one that wasn't his and then filled up the space with Nathan Nathan Nathan Nathan Nathan Nathan Nathan Nathan Nathan Nathan Nathan"
"So? We all know that they're gonna get married have multiple babies" Brooke cut in
"That you'll refuse to acknowledge because they refused to name them after you" Peyton retorted
"Brooke is a good name and can be used for either a boy or girl"
"Okay we get the picture" Haley cut them both off before they started full blown arguing "We need to clean up in here pack up the gym and get a move on"
"Why do we have to clean up in here" Brooke asked as she looked around the music room
"Maybe because you destroyed the drum kit and half of the orchestra pit when you dive-bombed me from the top of the piano" Haley said sarcastically
"Fine" Brooke relented picked up a drumstick and placed it on the piano "Looks good, let's go"
"But Brooke" Haley whined as she was dragged out of the room by her three friends.
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"Why are we putting ourselves through this again?" Nathan grumbled as he stepped out of the changing room fiddling with the tie to his black tuxedo
"Because your Mom's making you and Brookes making me" Lucas answered as he studied his own reflection in the full length mirror.
"Stupid Dan" Nathan grumbled again
"Look on the bright side man, it's a masquerade ball you can hide behind your mask all night and when he gets pissy that you were AWOL you blame the roomful of people in disguise, and he overlooks the fact that you were hiding in the kitchen making out with your girlfriend all night" Lucas points out
"I won't be making out all night" Nathan denied
"Sure you won't" Lucas gave him a pointed look in the mirror
"Okay maybe 85 percent of the night" Nathan replied with a smirk
"It will be nice to spend a night with Brooke away from school and Tree Hill" Lucas mused "God I miss her"
"And away from all the Lindsay drama?" Nathan posed
"Lindsay drama?" Lucas turned around and looked at Nathan questioningly
"Dude why do you think Brookes pissed at you?"
""A number of possible reasons; the weather, global warming, national politics, international diplomacy"
"Diploma what?"
"Diplomacy, nevermind. So why is Brooke mad at me and what's it got to do with Lindsay?" Lucas asked as he faced the mirror again and started playing with his lapel
"You're kidding right?" Nathan looked at Lucas as he continued playing with his jacket. "Luke Brooke just found out that you lost your V Card; to Lindsay"
"No she already knew that" Lucas dismissed not looking up
"No she didn't, hence why the Brookie Monster is planning on killing you"
"Hold up" Lucas stopped and half turned to face Nathan "Brooke didn't know about me and Lindsay?" he asked sceptically
"No, and she's on the warpath. Sucks to be you dude"
"I thought she knew"
"No it seems you magically forgot to tell her, and she's taking it personally. Last I heard she's planning on gutting you alive and feeding your organs to her cheer squad"
"That sounds bad" Lucas winced
"No. bad is the state your gonna be in if you don't fix it" Nathan shrugged out of his jacket and picked up another one and tried it on "You know I like me in white I think I'm rather debonair in this" Nathan said checking out his reflection ion the pure white tuxedo jacket "The length is great with my height too, it really shows off my great ass" he smirked as he put his hands in his pockets and posed with his back to the mirror checking himself out.
"Dude did you just say your ass is great, and call yourself debonair? Who even uses that word?"
"Nathan Scott does because he is debonair" Nathan winked at his reflection
"Dude you need to get over yourself, and don't ever talk about yourself in the third person it's down right creepy and way too Tim like" Lucas shook his head
"Mmm good point" Nathan conceded shrugging out of the jacket to try another one.
"Why don't these things have vests?" Lucas muttered as he went through the rack that had been specially put aside for them
"My mom or Brooke or both requested no vests; I think Brooke's designing one of a kind ones for the ball" Nathan answered as he fumbled with a bowtie. "Besides we were discussing how you're gonna kiss my sisters ass enough that she might consider letting you grovel for her to take your sorry ass back" Nathan smirked again at Lucas in the mirror
"A few Lucas Roe moves and she'll be putty in my hands" Lucas said confidently
"Okay Luke I hate to be the bearer of bad news, actually no, I take that back being the bearer of the bad news is kind of fun especially when it means seeing you get your ass kicked by a ninety five pound girl" Nathan snickered
"Your point?" Lucas looked annoyed
"My point is Brooke is no naïve freshman. She wrote the book on teenage drama and illustrated the pages"
"So?"
"Look, Brooke's really upset and this is not her usual 'some guy spilt soda on my favourite shoes kind of tirade"
"Tirade?" Lucas asked with a raised eyebrow "Debonair? Who are you man?"
"Haleys word calendar, and do you want to be Brookes bitch again or what?" Nathan asked frustrated
"I don't want to be anyone else's bitch that's for sure"
"Good now shutup and let me finish bitch" Nathan gave Lucas a pointed look who motioned for Nathan to continue "Anyway, you're the first real guy she's really ever cared about, and you've known her almost your entire lives"
"So?"
"So, you mean something to her Luke. And not in the 'you carry her shopping' kind of way. Brooke doesn't let her guard down and let people in. It's just not who she is. She has this tough exterior that she's built up over the years and that's the Brooke that most people get to see. But she let you in. she chose you to be that one person that she let all the way in. Do you get what I'm saying?" Nathan implored
"Not really" Lucas replied pensive
"And you're supposed to be the deep one" Nathan muttered "Dude Brooke loves you, like she's never loved anyone else and she thought she was your first and she has just found out she's not" Nathan tried to explain to Lucas who still looked confused " Okay put it this way Brooke thought she was the first person ever to beat Michael Jordan in an epic game of one on one and afterwards after telling all of her friends and the entire world that she's the only person to have ever scored over MJ like that, she finds out Kobe beat MJ the year before" Nathan looked pointedly at Lucas who suddenly turned pale
"I'm a dead man" Lucas gulped
"Yes you are; but on the brightside Brooke just styled your wardrobe so at least you'll look good at your funeral" Nathan turned back to the mirror "And I look good all the time"
"What am I gonna do?" Lucas looked like he was going to be sick "I've got a future mapped out, I was gonna be the next Tarheel superstar, I was gonna graduate with honours, write the next awesome novel on the best selling list, maybe coach the Ravens, buy a boat, or maybe a house with my own basketball court with a pond next to it, so it's kind of like my own personal rivercourt, but that's all shot to hell Brookes gonna kill me and that's gonna be it. My life will be over before it's ever " CRACK! Lucas looked stunned for a moment before shaking his head to remove the last of his daze and looked at Nathan "Thanks man I needed that" he sat down on the couch in the changing area rubbing his cheek "But did you really have to slap me so hard"
"Yes" Nathan replied emphatically
"I guess I did deserve that"
"Just wait for the black eye Brooke made me promise to give you" Nathan smirked
"I thought she knew, I thought everyone knew, Tim wasn't entirely discreet after he walked in on us, afterwards" Lucas grimaced remembering the embarrassment of Tim walking in to the guestroom in the Scotts beach house moments after he'd hooked up with Lindsay.
"Yeah that's what I thought, but Haley asked Lindsay and it seems that she scared the crap out of Tim so he would promise not to say anything, Brooke only found out because Bevin doesn't exactly know when to keep her mouth shut"
"This is bad" Lucas put his head in his hands
"Yeah it is. But Brooke hasn't completely torn you limb from limb; yet"
"That's comforting"
"Well it shouldn't be, pissed off Brooke is scary but when she gets up a full head of steam!" Nathan whistled "Then she's just damn frightening"
"You're really instilling confidence right now" Lucas said sarcastically
"You're welcome man" Nathan grinned "So whatcha gonna do?"
"Cut my hair, grow a beard, change my name and move to Alaska" Lucas deadpanned
"Could be a plan, you'd be safer with a grizzly than with Brooke" Nathan snickered
"Shut up man. I don't know I have to talk to her she means too much to me" he ran a hand through his hair tiredly
"Or you could move to Alaska, you've been dating Brooke for like six months you've gotta be used to below freezing temperatures by now" Nathan quipped
"You do realise that's your sister you're talking about right?" Lucas glared at his friend
"Yeah, which is why I can say that, I hear you talking about her like that, then it really will be your funeral. Just saying" Nathan grinned before going back and pulling on the original tuxedo jacket he'd been wearing
"You don't know how lucky you are that Haley doesn't have a brother"
"No it's worse she's got Taylor" Nathan shuddered
"Hurricane Taylor; she offered us pot when we like ten" Lucas guffawed "I still can't believe she got in to Duke"
"I can't believe she got into college period" Nathan replied
"Have you seen her much on campus?" Lucas asked
"She's a cheerleader, same as all the James girls, what do you think?"
"At least she'll give you the low-down on all the best parties" Lucas suggested
"True, but it's actually kind of weird she's kind of been looking out for me, it's kind of disconcerting" Nathan faced Lucas who stared back with a raised eyebrow "Sorry word calendar"
"I could use someone who looked like her looking out for me on campus" Lucas grinned
"Dude you're a future star of the Tarheels, which admittedly isn't saying much because they suck, but you're telling me that you need someone holding your hand?"
"You and Taylor hold hands?"
"No and don't be a dick"
"Oh is Natey getting upset, does he need Taylor to come and protect him?" Lucas snickered
'No because Nathan is gonna kick your ass if you ever call me Natey again" Nathan growled
"Where's your cheerleader bodyguard when you need her!" Lucas started laughing
"Probably helping your cheerleader girlfriend plot your death" Nathan snickered
"Point taken" Lucas conceded
"So how is it going, really?" Nathan asked seriously
"The teams cool and classes are great, hard but great"
"And your room-mate?"
"The same" Lucas shrugged
"Treating you like crap, walking all over you on and off the court and generally being a complete an utter ass" Nathan nodded
"Why are you describing yourself Nate?" Lucas asked to which Nathan rolled his eyes
"Wouldn't it be great if you knew someone who was feisty, intimidating and could scare the crap out someone twice their size, with anger issues that would put Q in his place. Maybe even someone you've pissed off royally in the last week?" Nathan smirked
"Somehow I don't think bringing Peyton into this is gonna help" Lucas quipped
"Dude have you told Brooke what's going on with Q?" Nathan asked "And I'm gonna go with no considering she hasn't stabbed him in his sleep"
"Brooke's got enough on her plate without worrying about this"
"Dude, you don't tell her, I guarantee you're gonna piss her off more than you already have" Nathan warned
"She doesn't need to be involved" Lucas argued
"Trust me, she'll want to know"
"Since when are you the expert on the female mind?" Lucas asked
"I grew up with Brooke and I'm dating Haley, enough said"
"So what do you suggest master?" Lucas asked crossing his arms
"First you need to kiss Brookes feet and get back in her good books, your gonna need to make a gesture big enough that she'll forget you banged Lindsay last year but not so much that she completely cuts your balls off, well she already owns them but you know what I mean"
"Dude is there a point to this?"
"You're gonna be Brooke's bitch again and then she's gonna turn your ass of a room-mate into a crying bitch, and my girls gonna be so taken by my sweetness"
"That you'll be her bitch?"
"And it all starts at midnight madness" Nathan smirked.
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Nathan walked into his dorm room and threw his keys, wallet and phone on his desk, grabbed his laptop and dived onto his bed making himself comfortable against the headboard. As he waited for it to connect he kicked off his shoes and removed his polo, then rearranged his pillows behind his back; jumping out of his skin when he noticed the curly haired guy sitting quietly on his own bed on the opposite side of the room.
"Shit you scared the crap outta me?" Nathan caught himself
"Apparently" Jack replied looking at Nathan curiously
"What are you doing here? I thought you'd be out entertaining the student body with frat boy"
"Clay's got swim practice and an afternoon class, besides I had some reading to do for my own classes" he held up the textbook he was reading
"Um right" Nathan stared back at the textbook
"You doing homework?"
"What?" Nathan asked
"Your computer, you gonna do some homework?" Jack asked again motioning to the laptop resting on Nathans knees
"Um not really, I have a Skype date with Hales" Nathan said looking back at the screen that was trying to connect to Haley's computer.
"So I guess I should go then" Jack looked embarrassed as he started gathering his things "You look like you're gonna need some privacy"
"Huh?" Nathan looked confused before he realised he was shirtless "Uh no man we weren't gonna do that?" Nathan replied shaking his head
"Yeah whatever, sure man" Jack started stuffing his books into his backpack as Nathan rubbed his forehead
"Hi Baby!" Haley's voice suddenly coming from the laptop had Nathan jumping out of his skin again.
"Ahh crap Hales" Nathan closed his eyes as she laughed uproariously when she realised she'd startled him.
"Sorry, you looked like you were ready for me" she said innocently
"Yeah I think I really should leave" Jack muttered as he fumbled with his shoes
"Jack you don't have to go" Nathan called out
"No I think I do"
"Yeah Jack, Nathan doesn't mind people watching" Haley insisted
"Yeah definetly time to go" Jack muttered again speeding up his movements
"Jack this is your room too" Nathan reminded him
"Nathan is good at sharing and it's not like we've got anything to hide" Haley added "It's perfectly normal these days lots of couples do it, although we didn't do it as much before Nathan left for college but then we were physically with each other and could just do it, we didn't need the computer"
"Gotta go gotta go gotta go where are my keys?" Jack searched his desk
"Jack you don't have to leave" Nathan said again
"Yeah Jack, Nathan won't take long" Haley assured him to which just made Jack more flustered and embarrassed "You can join in if you want?" Haley suggested to which Jack nearly fell over
"I don't really think it's his cup of tea Hales" Nathan shook his head
"He can't really say that til he's tried it it's not so different from using the phone and everyones done that?" she argued "Besides it could be a way for us to get to know one another, I mean if you don't like me than I understand but you seem like a nice guy, and it might help you guys break the ice"
"Thank god" Jack breathed a sigh of relief when he found his key ring "I'm outta here, you guys um enjoy yourselves" he waved as he made his way towards the door. As Jack put his hand on the door handle the door flew open revealing Clay. The motion sent Jack sprawling backwards to the floor landing heavily on his ass, Nathan jumping again
"You gotta watch that man, chicks don't dig the clumsy vibe, what's happening Nate?" he asked with a grin.
"Will everyone stop doing that?" Nathan huffed as he tried to catch his breath.
"Do what? Oh Hi my once golden goddess, how's my other dark princess doing?" He grinned boyishly at the screen when he noticed her image smiling out from the laptop in front of Nathan
"Hi Clay" Haley smiled back and waved
"Right back at you beautiful. Wait hold on a minute. Are you two?" Clay trailed off as he gestured between Nathan and the screen "And with Daniels in the room? Wow you two are kinkier than I thought. Nice" he grinned approvingly
"What?" Nathan looked confused as Jack sat on the floor near the door trying desperately to hide his flushed face "Wait you guys?" Nathan looked accusingly between the two before a surge of realisation flooded through him and his features turned angry. ".!" he hissed through gritted teeth
"Hey I'm gonna get me in on this" Clay smirked "Where do you want me?"
"Clay get your ass out of my room before I throw you out!" Nathan threatened
"C'mon Nate, just think how this will improve our working relationship" Clay teased
"Do you plan on swimming with two broken arms?" Nathan glared at the blonde
"Nathan calm down. What's going on?" Haley asked confused
"Haley he doesn't want to Skype share you" Clay answered which did nothing to diminish the look of confusion across her features "Which is kind of lame since he was happy to do it with Daniels" he added
"Skype share me? What are you talking about? What the hell does that mean?"
"OUT OUT OUT OUT!" Nathan put the laptop down and started dragging Clay towards the door
"But I wanted to hang with"
"No!" Nathan said emphatically as he closed the door in his face
"Hey there's a party tonight and I told the gymnastics team that you'll be there, and you know what that means for me! Dude they're gymnasts you've seen what those girls can do on the floor can you imagine what they'd do on me?" Clay yelled through the door
"GO AWAY FRAT BOY!" Nathan yelled
"Fine but I'm coming back later! Bye Hales!" he yelled back as Nathan rubbed a hand over his eyes
"What the hell was that?" Haley asked dumbfounded
"That was Clay, are you sure you want me to play nice now?" Nathan asked
"Of course I do, if you make an enemy of your neighbour than it's gonna be a long year" Haley counselled
"It's already gonna be a long ass year. And after that! Haley you heard what he said" Nathan argued
"He's probably just lonely" Haley shrugged
"He wanted to have Skype sex with you, right next to me!" Nathan exploded
"Don't be ridiculous!" Haley scoffed
"He practically propositioned you!"
"Nathan he was being friendly and you're too overprotective we've discussed this before"
"Haley I love you but sometimes you are so naïve"
"I am not!"
"Please think about what he said" Nathan crossed his arms as Haley racked her brain thinking back over the conversation that had taken place only minutes earlier.
"What he thought it was kinky we were chatting with Jack in the room and you're shirtless OH MY GOD!" Haley shrieked
"Bingo!"
"Nathan! He thought we were, and that Jack was and that you were and that I would OH MY GOD!"
"Calm down Baby!" Nathan soothed
"Clay thought we were having Skype sex and that he could, oh eww eww eww eww!" She shuddered
"I'm gonna kill him" Nathan seethed
"I'd help but I'm too mortified to ever show my face around your dorm room ever again. And OH MY GOD! I told Jack he could join in! OH MY GOD! NATHAN!" Haley shrieked "How could you let me do that!"
"It's not like I knew what they were thinking Hales" he defended "I'm not as dirty minded as you people seem to believe"
"Nathan I practically invited him to have a Skype three way! This is horrifying no this is worse! That's it I'm gonna have to move to Siberia. That's all that's left for me to do I know you're gonna miss me and I'm gonna miss you but I'm sorry it's my only choice I'll leave Brooke a note letting her know it's alright to replace me on the squad, because state comes first. I'll miss them and I'll miss the squad but I have to do this there's no other option unless we can find a way to magically erase both their memory banks and pretend like none of this ever happened and you'll need to wipe your harddrive because who knows what was recorded on there oh and check the room for hidden cameras and listening devices because could you imagine what would happen if this got around Duke OH MY GOD Nathan my sister goes to Duke she'll tell everyone and she'll tell my family and then my grandma will die from the shock and I won't be able to go to her funeral because I'll be in Siberia Nathan why are you laughing?"
"Babe after Taylor was arrested for being a high school madam I don't think there's much hope of this shocking your Grandma"
"That's exactly why, Taylors' weakened her heart, I'm telling you this just might kill her, and for the record, Taylor wasn't a madam, the girls on her books didn't actually have sex with the clients, and the police dropped the charges"
"Yeah after they found out the chiefs son was her number one client, and you'd know since you were doing the books"
"I tried to tell her she needed a town permit" Haley defended
"Anyway no-ones gonna know about this"
"Nathan, Taylors arrest is a matter of public record"
"Not that miss easily distracted, the apparent three way with my room-mate and neighbour"
"Geez Nate, did you have to remind me I'd just forgotten about that" Haley complained
"Yeah, but it's okay I promise no-ones gonna find out"
"How can you be sure of that?"
"Because I'm gonna kill both of them and you're gonna help me" he deadpanned
"That's not a solution that's a life sentence" she retorted
"Look I'll go find them and talk to them I promise that no-one will ever know and that no Frat boys will be purposely harmed in the process"
"Thank you"
"Anything for you babe"
"I mean for promising not to hurt Clay"
"I said purposely harm, I can't be held responsible for an accidental flying elbow"
"Nathan"
"Or tripping and saving myself by pushing him in front of a bus?"
"No"
"Of my hand slipping and instead of hammering an imaginary nail I hammer his head?"
"Nathan"
"Well it won't be my fault that his car brakes will spring a leak"
"Nathan Scott if you as much as damage one strand of perfectly styled hair on his blonde head then so help me I'll tell your mom what really happened on Spring Break two years ago" she threatened
"No harming Clay's hair got it"
"Nathan!"
"Fine" he relented "But this so going against the supportive boyfriend code" he grumbled
"Whatever, just go and find him and fix my reputation NOW!"
"On my way!" he blew her a kiss "Right after I tell you how beautiful you look right now"
"Aww that's sweet, you're so romantic when you want to be. BUT MOVE YOUR ASS!"
"God your bossy when you're embarrassed"
"Do you want our next date to be in Siberia?"
"I'm going, Love you babe"
"Yeah you too, now go!" she ordered before disconnecting the connection.
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Haley walked into Brooke's room and threw herself down on the bed where Peyton was drawing in her sketchbook while listening to the argument that was currently underway between the other three occupants of the room.
"Brooke I think having an introductory song for each player would a great way to start off the year; it will help the fans get to know the new players and Skills as captain" Bevin was arguing
"One, we don't know who will be captain yet. And two do you know how long it will take to choreograph an extra ten routines not to mention teach them to the squad and perfect them. Midnight madness is this Friday I don't have the time" Brooke said frustrated "We stick to the routine we have"
"C'mon Brooke it'll be great. Just think of how much it'll pump up the crowd" Ashley pointed out.
"And think of the crowd laughing their asses off when you fall over after messing up the steps"
"Please Brooke" Bevin begged "I can just imagine Skills taking the floor to the sounds of "Whatta man" she said dreamily "Or Let's talk about sex"
"Eww" Peyton grimaced
"Can we please not talk about sex" Haley grumbled putting her pillow over her face
"You're not included in this discussion" Bevin dismissed "Ooh how about Sex on fire"
"Bevin I've told you repeatedly that no-one wants to know what you and Skills get up to in the bedroom" Brooke chastised her "And Ashley I don't care what Fede did or said or why you guys are fighting I'm not using our first performance of the year as a Screw You to your boyfriend"
"But it's genius he comes out expecting the cheers of the crowd to hear everyone laughing as he enters to Teenage Dirtbag, or You make me sick" Ashley rubbed her hands together mischieviously
"Radioheads Creep" Peyton suggested not looking up from her drawing
"I don't know about a radio with a head but it still sounds good" Bevin said excitedly
"No" Peyton stared at Bevin who was nodding fast
"Stay out of this P Sawyer" Brooke threatened
"Oh my god You're So Gay" Ashley suggested
"Hate everything about you" Bevin yelled
"Or Fat Lip and them I give him one" Ashley exclaimed throwing an imaginary right hook
"NO NO AND NO!" Brooke shouted over the top of the girls
"We don't mean you Brooke" Bevin patted her on the hand
"No, I'm the captain and this is my squad, I say we stick with the original choreography, and the original song, anyone who doesn't like it can get out right now!" Brooke exploded
"Geez Louise, it was just a suggestion" Bevin huffed
"Well you know what you can do with your suggestion" Brooke threatened
"Brooke can we please stop the dramatics for ten minutes" Peyton asked
"I'm sorry am I bothering you?" Brooke put her hand on her hip as she stared down the blonde
"Yes"
"Well you know where you can go"
"When did you get here Hales" Bevin suddenly noticed the other girl on the bed
"I'm not here" came out from the pillow she was hiding beneath
"Yes you are, aren't you?" Bevin looked perplexed
"I thought you had a Skype date with Nate" Brooke asked
"Date with Nate" Bevin giggled
"He had to um go do something" Haley mumbled
"Oh eww, Hales please try and remember that's my brother" Brooke grimaced
"Get your mind out of the gutter B Scott" Haley huffed before storming out of the room, thumping down the stairs and slamming the front door behind her
"What did I say?" Bevin asked
"What don't you say Bev?" Peyton asked
"Ignore her, everytime the S.E.X word is brought up Haley gets pissy and runs away" Brooke explained
"What do you think is going on there?" Peyton asked a little worried
"Well as far as her aura goes she's still as pure as angel wings" Brooke shrugged "And as far as I know Nathan 's not pressuring her plus he's away at Duke, So I'm stumped, which is weird because I usually have an answer for everything" Brooke mused
"Yeah you do" Peyton shook her head at Brooke
"Remind me to talk to her about whatever's bothering her" Brooke asked
"Bothering who?"
"Lucas?" Brooke spun around shocked
"Hey!" he smiled softly at her
"Everyone out!" she ordered not taking her eyes off the blonde boy next to the open window
"But midnight madness" Bevin protested
"I think she's gonna be mad until way after midnight we should go" Ashley nudging Bevin
"Yeah c'mon they've got alot to talk about" Peyton grabbed her stuff and started pushing the two blonde girls towards the door
"But we haven't seen Luke since he left for college and then the whole Lindsay thing"
"Bev shutup and let's go, I'll see you tomorrow B" Peyton called as she closed the door behind them pushing Bevin towards the stairs
"I know I'm probably the last person you want to see right now, but I had my tux fitting with Nate and we talked and I knew I couldn't have you be mad at me anymore so I came to grovel on my knees and beg your forgiveness, I'm sorry about Lindsay it was a long time ago and I thought you knew, and It's not something I'm remotely proud of so I didn't bring it up but I know I should have told you and.." Lucas's apology was cut off by Brooke diving on him wrapping her arms and legs around him and kissing the life out of him. "Brooke?" he asked between kisses
"Kiss me" she pleaded as she smothered his face
"But Brooke"
"No Lucas, I missed you so much, I need you, just kiss me" she begged
"But Brooke" he tried again was stopped by Brooke's lips assaulting his own a moment later he felt Brooke pull him down on the bed and shift so she was straddling him. Lucas looked shocked as she swiftly removed his shirt and then her own "God I missed you" he breathed before reaching up and pulling her down and connecting their lips once more.
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Nathan walked into the irish pub just off of campus. He'd searched high and low for Clay and Jack until he'd run into Tia one of Taylors sorority sisters and a Duke cheerleader. She'd said that everyone was at two buck chucks at the bar and she was sure she'd heard that Clay was joining them. Sure enough on his first sweep of the bar Nathan spotted the blonde holding court with a group of cheerleaders which included Taylor.
"Hey little brother in law" she greeted when she noticed him.
"Naate" Clay slurred "How was your Skype sex?"
"We weren't having Skype sex" Nathan winced feeling for sure that Haley was going to kill him when she saw him.
"Couldn't follow through without me" Clay patted him on the back "Wait that didn't sound right" he looked confused as the girls giggled
"Okay Clay I think that's enough for you" Taylor took the shot off of him
"Hey I wanted that" he complained
"And I'm pretty sure that Kylie said something about wanting you" Taylor suggested his eyes lighting up
"The lingerie model?" he asked
"Yep" Taylor nodded
"Sorry to love and leave you, kind of like Haley last week huh!" Clay joked "But I'm needed elsewhere, and don't worry about what happened earlier man, Client to agent privilege" he said seriously "Ohh Kylie" Clay ran away when spotted the tall blonde on the other side of the room
"What just happened?" Nathan questioned
"You just got dumped for my sluttiest pledge" another slim girl interrupted snagging the shot that Taylor had confiscated from Clay moments earlier and downing it in one, wincing when the alchohol hit. "Miranda Stone" she introduced herself
"Nathan Scott" Nathan replied raising an eyebrow at Taylor who was grinning behind her
"Yeah I know, Taylors future brother in law, and newest star of the Blue Devils" she dismissed "It's nice to meet you and all but there's a new bartender here who is just screaming to be added to the notches on my bedpost" she smiled seductively
"Is there room?" Taylor teased
"I'm willing to make some, he is something else" she said dreamily staring at the bar
"You mean the scruffy guy with the dishcloth?" Nathan pointed him out
"I'm gonna feel so dirty in the morning" Miranda enthused "Bye kids, oh by the way Carrie and her sorority slappers are here you might want to keep an eye on this one" she pointed to a confused Nathan "Bye" she smiled sauntering off to the bar pushing her breasts up as she left
"Miranda Stone huh?" Nathan watched her go
"Our president" Taylor put her hands in the air
"If it's not Tyler" a shrill voice came from behind and Taylor rolled her eyes
"It's Taylor, which you know perfectly well" Taylor turned around to face the slim brunette that Nathan recognised as the one who had been hitting on him at practice
"Hi Nathan" she smiled seductively to which Nathan rolled his eyes "Want to come play some pool?"
"No he doesn't?" Taylor spat
"Who's asking you?"
"Nathan doesn't want anything to do with you so why don't you and your skanks hurry along"
"Who are you calling a skank?"
"You; skank!" Taylor stood up from her stool
"Pot calling the kettle black don't you think Taylor?"
"No, it's me calling your kettle ass a skank because you are, now hurry along you don't want to miss you evening shots at the STD clinic"
"You're going down bitch" Carrie threatened
"Oh I think you've gone down enough today for the both of us" Taylor smirked to which Nathan laughed
"Is there a problem here?" Clay walked over with Kylie who put a hand on Taylors shoulder in support
"Hi Clay?" Carrie smiled at him and winked
"You're winking? Really?" he laughed "At the toga party last week I told you not to wink at me, I prefer girls" he winked at Kylie who winked back at him
"Urgh" Carrie grimaced
"So why don't you and your little mole patrol piss off" Kylie suggested
"Whatever, Bye Nate" she smiled before glaring at Taylor and leaving
"That was…strange" Nathan said
"Yeah and left an unidentified bad taste in my mouth which suggests that it's time to get out of here" Clay suggested leisurely slipping an arm around Kylie's waist.
"You want to go back to my room?" Kylie suggested to Clay as the foursome made their way out of the bar.
"Sure how about Naked twister" Clay grinned
"Sounds fun" she winked
"Can you discuss this out of earshot of me please I don't want the mental image" Nathan grimaced
"People would pay to see us playing naked twister" Clay defended "Oh my god, that's got to be an untapped endorsement market, can you imagine the royalties!"
"Just go" Nathan rolled his eyes
"We will but first I need to stop at my room to pick up the game"
"You have Twister?" Taylor asked as they walked across campus
"Nah it's Nate's I swiped it from his closet a few days ago"
"Wait what?" Nathan yelled
"Dude relax I'll clean the mat before I give it back"
"What were you doing in my closet Clay?"
"Stealing Twister!" he grinned before running off with Nathan hot on his heels.