Disclaimer: I do not own One Tree Hill it belongs to Mark Schwahn although i'm happy to take Nathan off fo his hands at any time...I'm just saying!
A/N: Hello everyone, another apology for my slackness in update or lack of one, I've been extrememlely busy but that's not really an excuse, despite being buggered tired I'm getting this chapter up because oth is back and that deserves a cheer or something. Anyway thansk to everyone who has reviewed or read or favourite there doesn't seem to be as many readers as NGB so I'm really grateful for those of you who have taken the time to stick with this little story of mine. So anyway we soldier on, thanks to my beta who didn't do much with this but it's habit to thank her so there you go, hopefully you'll enjoy this chapter and stick with me as I slowly build this story up, as always please enjoy and let me know what you think.
PS As I'm in aust and we don't have oth so to watch I have to go online and I loved ep 18 but the sound on my computer sucks and I don't know what Lydia's middle name is? I tried to search it but no luck anyone who wants to help me out greatly appreciated!
CHAPTER SIX
Nathan manoeuvred his mustang around the student parking lot next to Lucas's dorm room, ignoring the appreciative glances coming his way. Once he'd safely parked and climbed out of the driver's seat, he hit the keyless remote and headed toward the large building in front of him. Nathan had insisted that he'd drive them to Tree Hill so they could go to midnight madness to surprise their respective girlfriends. He stood outside the main door for a moment as a group of girls made their way out; a few of them looking at him appraisingly and fluttering their eyelashes. Once the door was clear Nathan made his way to the staircase at the far end of the foyer and climbed to the second level. Nathan knocked on what he hoped was Luke's door and raised an eyebrow when it was opened by a tall guy in a UNC Tshirt with the sleeves cut off.
"What do you want?"
"I'm looking for Lucas" Nathan replied ignoring the tone from the other guy
"Keep looking" the guy said annoyed before slamming the door in Nathan's face. Nathan stood amused for a moment before knocking again. The door opened again by the same guy who wore a pissed off expression now.
"What part of piss off did you not understand?"
"All of it considering you're talking out of your ass" Nathan replied pushing past him into the dorm room which was instantly recognisable as Luke's by the cleanliness and the huge piles of books stacked at the end of the bed on the right.
"I didn't say you could come in"
"And I didn't say you could speak" Nathan retorted as a door opened and Lucas entered from the bathroom carrying his toiletries.
"Hey man" Lucas greeted when he noticed the raven haired boy standing in the middle of the room "You just get here?"
"Yeah and home boy's just leaving" Quentin crossed his arms next to the door
"Yeah, you ready to hit the road?" Nathan asked ignoring the other boys rudeness
"Yeah just need to pack these last couple of things" Lucas nodded as he threw his toiletries in the duffle bag open on the bed before zipping it up.
"Good, we need to hit the road if we're gonna drop in to see Whitey beforehand" Nathan said looking at his watch
"Whatever man let's get outta here, Brooke's waiting" Lucas picked up his bag
"Bro I told you pretending to have a ho is not cool, I'm sure she'll be pissed off that a loser like you is jerking off over her picture, if even if she is one hot piece of ass; what I'd do to have those legs wrapped around me" Quentin wolf whistled before slumping against the wall when Nathan's fist collided with his face. Before the shock had worn off Nathan threw Quentin against the wall by his shirt
"If I ever hear you even think about Brooke like that again you'll have worse than a black eye, got me?" Nathan growled in his face
"Nathan let him go" Lucas told Nathan who continued to glare in the other guys face.
"Yeah Nathan let me go" Quentin mimicked Lucas
"Don't push me" Nathan warned throwing him back against the wall
"Nate, don't do this he's not worth it" Lucas pleaded
"No he's not" Nathan conceded letting go of Quentin suddenly causing him to stumble back against the wall where he eyed Nathan for a moment before blowing out into a smirk.
"That's all you got?" Quentin taunted
"Trust me next time it'll be a lot worse" Nathan blew out as Lucas herded him from the room
"You're dead homey, you're dead!" Quentin yelled
"Can you just shutup Quentin, you've got a big mouth" Lucas shook his head as he put his arms out to stop Nathan from charging "Let's go Nate Let's go" he tried to calm the dark haired boy who was struggling against him. "Just let it go"
"Argh" Nathan shook himself once Lucas had managed to drag him to the stairwell. "He's an ass" he seethed
"I know, but you have to ignore him"
"Ignore him, what I need to do is go back there and kick his ass"
"What goods that gonna do?" Lucas asked blocking the entrance to the hallway
""I'll wipe that cocky ass smirk of his cocky assed face for a start and send him back to wherever the hell he belongs"
"And lose your own scholarship in the process" Lucas counselled
"It'd be worth it"
"Nate"
"Lucas how can you put up with that? You just let him talk about Brooke!"
"No I didn't"
"Dude you just stood there!"
"Because you'd already gone Mohammad Ali on his face before I'd even got a chance to react. Shit man I forgot how quick you can move when someone provokes you"
"See my scholarship would've been safe as houses, I was provoked" Nathan pointed out.
"It doesn't matter you can't just go around hitting anyone you feel like"
"Yes I can!"
"No you can't. Look just forget about Q. I do the minute I'm away from him"
"How can you just forget that mouth of his?" Nathan asked incredulously
"Practice, I spent the last fifteen years trying to forget your face" Lucas quipped
"And how's that working out for ya?" Nathan snickered
"Better once I'm with Brooke" Lucas wiggled his eyebrows
"Eww sister" Nathan grimaced
"But she's not my sister" Lucas winked
"Urgh" Nathan turned and headed towards his mustang with Lucas smiling brightly as he followed behind
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"Brooke snap out of it already!" Peyton yelled
"Peyton just leave it alone" Haley pleaded
"I can't just sit here and let her act like this!" Peyton exploded to which Brooke rolled her eyes
"Why not?" Haley asked
"Because she's freaking me out!"
"Peyton just put your Ipod in or something" Haley suggested
"My Ipod; although completely awesome is no match for Brooke Scott or whoever that person is" Peyton yelled pointing at Brooke who rolled her eyes again
"Stop being so dramatic" Haley put her hands on her hips.
"I've seen Invasion of the Body Snatchers I know what's going on here" Peyton pointed accusingly at Brooke who smiled sweetly back at her
"Stop being ridiculous"
"I'm not being ridiculous" Peyton looked offended
"Yes you are" Haley said firmly "It's just Brooke"
"That creature is not Brooke!" Peyton exploded
"Peyton!"
"Haley James I'm telling you that thing is not Brooke; she's too calm, and quiet, and smiley, and nice" Peyton shuddered
"So?" Haley asked
"Brooke's angry, and bossy, and aggressive and screaming at the volume of a small jet aircraft. That" she pointed to Brooke "Is just too serene"
"Hey I'm always serene" Brooke claimed
"No you're not, and this, you. IS FREAKING ME OUT!" Peyton yelled throwing her arms up in the air
"Hey cheery people!" Bevin called as she entered the locker room with Ashley and Chelsea
"This is your fault!" Peyton yelled
"What? What is?" Bevin started looking everywhere panicked.
"You turned Brooke into a pod person!" Peyton yelled pointing at Brooke
"How the hell did I do that?" Bevin yelled alarmed "Oh Crap, what do we do? We need to call someone! I know Ghostbusters call the Ghostbusters!"
"Huh?" Everyone looked at Bevin questioningly
"It's okay Brooke, just hold on I'll get you some help!" Bevin tore out of the room leaving the rest of the girls open-mouthed
"Did that really just happen?" Ashley asked wide-eyed
"We have more important things going on here" Peyton shook her head "Brooke needs an urgent exorcism" Peyton proclaimed
"Get over it Peyton" Haley rolled her eyes irritated
"Haley James don't you eye roll me" Peyton threatened
"What are you gonna do?" Haley replied sarcastically
"I'd get Brooke to yell at you but clearly that's not gonna happen!" Peyton gestured to Brooke who was scrolling through her phone will a goofy smile on her face
"I like her like this" Haley shrugged
"Do you think she's stoned?" Peyton posed
"No!" Haley turned away
"Well something funky's going on here"
"She's happy"
"She's brainwashed"
"Okay, I think you need to take a deep breath"
"I think you need a reality check" Peyton grabbed Haley and turned her so she was looking at Brooke directly "And that's' not real!"
"She's fine" Haley pulled away and moved over to her gym locker and opened the door smiling at the photo of Nathan taped up inside
"I see I'm gonna have to deal with this on my own; cheer pods" she narrowed her eyes at the other girls before squaring her shoulders and walking over to Brooke and slapping her hard across the face.
""Ow what the hell was that for?" Brooke put her hand up to her cheek
"Peyton!" Haley and Ashley both exclaimed
"C'mon lay the insults on me" Peyton stood her ground
"What the hell has gotten into you?" Brooke asked shocked
"Maybe you should ask yourself that Muffin top?" Peyton put her hands on her hips
"Whoa Peyton!" Haley grabbed the taller blondes arm
"Relax Haley" Peyton patted the shorter blondes shoulder before turning to the brunette "Yes I just called you fat, Response?"
"I'm gonna get some ice" Brooke turned towards the door
"Why don't you chip some off of your heart" Peyton called
"Peyton!" Haley exclaimed
"Haley stay out of this, if I enrage her enough she might crack and she can go back to being her usual bitchy self" Peyton explained
"She is herself" Haley argued "Just a nicer, sweeter, kinder, quieter, less argumentative okay I get your point" she conceded
"Good now you can help me bring back the bitch"
"I kind of like this version of Brooke" Haley argued meekly
"Yeah, Brooke's now a great person, but I'm freaking out and I don't deal well with freaking out, so Haley I NEED YOU TO HELP ME!" Peyton screamed grabbing Haley by her cheer top and pulling her towards her.
"Guys the number for Ghostbusters isn't listed!" Bevin ran into the locker room "Does anyone know the number for 911?"
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"Good ol Tree Hill" Nathan nodded as they passed the welcome sign on the outskirts of town.
"It doesn't seem to change does it?"
"Nope, it doesn't" Nathan agreed as he made a left and began driving through town towards the school. They'd hit traffic after leaving Chapel Hill and had taken them a little longer than expected to make it to town but Nathan was sure they'd still be able to catch Whitey before Midnight Madness.
"You know I always loved Midnight Madness" Lucas smiled
"Seriously?" Nathan asked
"Yeah" Lucas shrugged
"What did you love about it, my Dad using it as an excuse to big note himself or the standard punch ups we always seemed to get into on the night?"
"It was fun" Lucas shrugged
"Actually now you mention it, punching you in the face last year was pretty fun"
"Why did you punch me in the face last year?"
"I don't remember" Nathan looked a little pensive
"You don't remember?"
"N-o"
"You nearly broke my nose and you don't remember why?" Lucas looked a little incredulous
"No" Nathan shook his head "Sorry man"
"That's all you can say, so-rry. I had to get my senior photos retaken because I had two black eyes!" Lucas exclaimed
"I said I was sorry!"
"Well sorry's not gonna cut it, my hair is forever immortalised in the Tree Hill High yearbook messy and unkempt"
"How is that my fault?"
"I had two black eyes on the day my hair looked good, and the re-shoot was the worst hair day of my life"
"Re-shoot?" Nathan snickered
"Don't laugh dude" Lucas warned
"No really, I mean the makeup artist on set that day couldn't do anything to help you" Nathan taunted
"You're a dick" Lucas huffed turning to stare out the window as the pair fell into silence.
"So why did I hit you?" Nathan asked after a few minutes of silence.
"I don't remember" Lucas answered
"Wait, you just yelled at me because I can't remember, and you're telling me now that you don't know either?"
"Yeah?" Lucas shrugged
"Dude!" Nathan cried frustrated
"Dude?"
"Dude!"
"Nathan don't Dude me" Lucas warned
"I'll dude you if I want to Dude" Nathan retorted "Hey!" he yelled when Lucas leaned over and punched him on the arm "Dude stop!"
"Stop calling me Dude!"
"Dude no hitting in the mustang!" Nathan warned
"Stop calling me dude!" Lucas punched his shoulder again
"Not in the mustang! NOT..IN..THE..MUSTANG!" Nathan yelled as he evaded Lucas and turned the car into the packed parking lot at Tree Hill High
"You're lucky we're here" Lucas huffed again before unfolding himself from the passenger seat
"You're welcome... Dude" Nathan chirped as he climbed out of the driver's seat and walked to the trunk and opened it
"What are you doing?" Lucas asked as he watched Nathan open his duffel bag and dig through the stuff inside
"I'm changing my shirt" Nathan answered pulling his polo over his head and throwing it inside before pulling another on.
"Why?"
"Because that one is crushed from the drive this one isn't" Nathan pointed to the Ravens State champions dress polo he was now wearing "Plus it is Midnight Madness" Nathan shrugged
"That's not a bad idea" Lucas agreed reaching in and pulling a shirt from his own bag and quickly changing
"Dude no!" Nathan shook his head
"What? It's Midnight Madness" Lucas excused
"We are not wearing the same shirt" Nathan said firmly
"Well unless you're planning on getting changed then we are"
"Why do I have to change?" Nathan asked angrily
"Because you're the one complaining"
"But I was wearing it first!" Nathan argued
"But I don't care if we're wearing the same shirt"
"Because dressing like me makes you look better, but me dressing like you is just wrong!" Nathan exclaimed
"Get over yourself High School Barbie" Lucas said annoyed before he turned and strode off towards the gym
"Did you just call me Brooke?" Nathan yelled closing the trunk and running after him.
"If the high heel fits!" Lucas yelled back as he strode across the parking lot
"Dude that's just plain wrong!"
"Stop calling me dude!"
"But you called me Brooke, and she's your girlfriend and my sister! You don't like have a thing for me do you? Because man that's just creepy plus we're blood brothers dude, I have the scar to prove it" Nathan held up his hand to prove his point. "And I have a girlfriend who is like totally awesome and you know this because you know how totally awesome Hales is although it sucks to be you; you have to deal with Brookie while I get to hang out with Hales who I have to say is the most awesome girlfriend in the history of girlfriends and she's gonna be so happy to see me although she's probably gonna get mad at first because I didn't tell her I was coming and she hates surprises, something to do with Taylor and a clown but that's besides the point, she'll yell and go Nathan why didn't you tell me you were coming and then we'll just have to makeout so I can make it up to her and then everything will be cool until someone reminds her that I surprised her and that'll remind her she hates surprises and she'll get mad all over again..."
"You've been spending way too much time with Haley" Lucas looked at Nathan amused
"What?" Nathan looked confused
"Man you sound just like her"
"No I don't" Nathan denied
"Yes you do?"
"No I don't!"
"You kind of do"
"Dude I don't, for one I'm a guy and Haley's a girl we've got separate chromosomes"
"Since when do you know what a chromosome is Scott?" Whitey asked with an amused expression
"Hey coach" both boys greeted the old man warmly
"I'm not your coach anymore you don't have to keep calling me that"
"Sure Whitey" Nathan smiled
"It's Mr Durham to you" he barked "35 years of coaching in this damn school and no respect other than my name over the door. I tell you the day I die they're likely to throw a party with the cheerleaders dancing over my grave"
"But on the brightside I'm sure Brooke will choreograph a hell of a show" Nathan grinned
"Don't remind me, all the spare time I have now without you and your trouble is taken up dealing with her"
"Brooke?" Lucas asked with a raised eyebrow
"That girl has been a royal pain in my ass since this year started"
"You kind of get used to it, Brooke's been a pain in my ass for the last seventeen years" Nathan commiserated.
"I get rid of one pain in the ass and I get another" Whitey grumbled
"That's no way to talk about Tim coach" Nathan joked getting a chuckle from the old man
"So what are you boys doing here anyway, they already kicked your asses out of school?"
"Not yet?" Nathan answered
"We thought we'd visit the place, come and check out the new team show some support at Midnight Madness" Lucas answered
"See who you've got in mind to lead the team now that captain extraordinaire is now at Duke" Nathan answered
"Still as modest as ever I see" Whitey said before turning to Lucas "Glad you don't have to play with him anymore"
"Well without his ego in the gym I can actually breathe during my suicides" Lucas replied
"Then clearly you're not doing them right! How much are you bench pressing? I don't know how many times I told you Lucas you're conditioning is"
"Uh Coach" Lucas interrupted him before he could get a roll on
"Right, well since you boys are here; and dressed for the occasion" He looked at their matching State polos "How would you feel about joining in Midnight Madness?"
"Um Coach we can't play for you we're in college" Nathan looked confused
"I don't want you to play you knucklehead!" Whitey boomed
"Then what?" Lucas asked piqued
"I'm announcing my new team captain tonight, why don't you guys present his C. you know handing it over, that sort of thing"
"Isn't that a little formal for Midnight Madness?" Nathan asked
"For you maybe so what do you boys say?"
"Sure sounds fine" Lucas agreed
"Yeah why not, whoever has the job of taking the Ravens over from me is gonna need all the luck they can get. I might as well give them that luck" Nathan smirked
"Uh get him and his ego away from me" Whitey dismissed them striding off towards his office.
"That was interesting" Nathan shrugged a she thrust his hands into his pockets "Ow"
"Can't you leave your ego at home?" Lucas challenged
"That hurt man" Nathan rubbed the spot on the back of his head that Lucas had just hit.
"I don't know about you but I take my ego everywhere with me, what's up fellas!" A voice called from behind them
"It's not?" Lucas froze
"I think it is. No sudden movements maybe if we pretend not to see him he won't see us"
"Where's the logic in that?" Lucas asked
"I don't know but it sounds good, so on the count of three be a statue"
"You want me to be a statue? Why would there be a statue of us"
"Well we did win state three times, the least they can do is commemorate my awesomeness with a statue!" Nathan explained "Word calendar" he explained before Lucas could ask
"That's not gonna work" Lucas argued
"It won't if you keep arguing and don't hold still just think of that Donald guy"
"Who the hell is Donald?" Lucas asked
"You know the famous naked guy! Be a statue Lucas" Nathan ordered posing as if to take a free throw
"Why do you always order me around? I'm just as capable as you of coming up with ideas and do you mean David?"
"Lucas statues don't talk" Nathan hissed
"Why are you standing like that? You look constipated"
"I'm taking a shot!"
"It looks like your taking a sh…"
"Are you guys done yet with whatever this game is because Midnight Madness is gonna start soon?" Tim said looking curiously between the two.
"Damn it he saw us" Nathan clapped his hands before turning around "Hey Tim what's up?"
"Hey Nate, Luke; you guys look good so alike minds think bright huh?" he motioned to his State champs polo that matched theirs
"I guess so" Lucas replied "Glad to see you dressed up for the occasion man"
"Well gotta let all these high school honeys know what a real college man looks like" he shrugged doing a spin showing off his khaki's, basketball shoes and backwards Wake cap.
"Okay" Nathan rocked back and forth on his heels "Well good seeing you better get inside before the show starts"
"True that, I gotta get me some off the chain seats! Do you think Whitey will let us sit with the team?" Tim asked hopefully. Nathan and Lucas stared at one another for a minute before turning back to Tim "No"
"Damn it I even brought my Ravens finger" he held up the big blue foam finger
"Yeah I don't think you'll be needing that" Lucas stared
"I thought we threw that off the bus on the way to state" Nathan asked
"It's a finger Nate I've got nine more" Tim answered with a snicker before he started walking towards the gym "And you're supposed to be the smart one!"
The boys entered the gym and spotted Whitey talking to Mouth by the announcer's table. The old man spotted them and headed over.
"Boys the cheerleaders are about to do their routine and then the team will be announced, there's the usual speeches they'll be some more cheers, and then a quick game, after that I'll announce the new captain and you'll hand over your C's, and then it's the usual end cheers and blah blah blah, remember you're representing me out there so no crap. What the hell is Smith doing here? Tim have you flunked out already?" Whitey asked
"No sir, The Tim got a C+ on his first pop quiz the other day!" Tim answered enthused
"And by pop quiz he means answering correctly to attendance" Lucas joked to which Nathan snickered
"I wouldn't laugh Scott, I wouldn't put it past you to fail attendance" Whitey warned
"Consistently" Nathan answered "Wait" he said confused to which both Whitey and Lucas chuckled
"Why is that funny?" Tim looked around
"Welcome to Midnight Madness!" Mouth's voice rang out as the gym lights were turned down and spot lights began flashing
"That's our cue, have a seat" Whitey muttered as he motioned to the boys to sit on the team bench "I better go herd the cattle" he grumbled as he headed off towards the locker room.
A few moments later the fast beats of Cascada's Evacuate the Dancefloor began reverberating around the gym and the crowd started going off, the cheer squad then strutted out of the darkness and began to dance to the beat. Nathan grinned broadly as he watched Haley move to the music. God his girl was sexy.
Haley was getting right into it. Brooke had outdone herself with the choreography and the whole dance was so much fun. The entire crowd went crazy when suddenly Chelsea was thrown in the air doing a couple of twists before being caught in the cradle. Haley grinned as she moved into position and was lifted into a shoulder stand next to Brooke as Chelsea was thrown up again. At that moment she noticed Nathan sitting in the front row watching her mesmerised. Haley was grinning like the Cheshire cat as she was lowered to the floor and danced the step part of the routine telling Brooke that Lucas was there as they danced past one another to get into position for the next stunt.
Nathan couldn't help smiling as he watched Haley dance. But the smile was wiped from his face a moment later when she was lifted by two guys and thrown in the air before being caught in their arms.
"What the hell?" Nathan narrowed his eyes as the three danced a few steps together.
"What's wrong?" Lucas leaned over asking Nathan not removing his eyes from Brooke "What the hell?" Lucas then yelled when Brooke was lifted and thrown in the air as well
"What the hell!" Both Nathan and Lucas yelled at the same time.
"Why is that guys hands on my girlfriends ass?" Nathan seethed as Haley was dipped by Junk and then spun away where she started dancing in a small group with Ashley, Peyton and a brunette he didn't know.
"And why is that guy groping my Cheery?" Lucas yelled pointing to Brooke who had just spun away from Fergie and was dancing with Chelsea, Lindsay and the girl who had joined the squad last spring.
"Since when did they have guys all over them on the squad?" Nathan snarled
"And were the uniforms always that small? Lucas asked as Brooke did a spin
"I'm gonna cut that guys hands off, Luke you might want to get some bail money ready"
"Sorry Nate, it's gonna be hard to bail you out from the same jail cell" Lucas narrowed his eyes at the guys who were dancing with his girlfriend
The girls moved back into formation dancing as the two guys did a tumbling line on either side of them landing at the front on one knee. The girls all together did some more intricate dance steps before splitting again into two groups. As Haley spun around and moved into her position for the pyramid she smiled at Nathan and instantly realised he wasn't smiling back at her. In fact he looked like he was scowling. Haley glanced at Lucas and realised he too looked as unhappy as Nathan. Haley quickly glanced to Brooke who was leading the routine oblivious to the look on her boyfriend and brother's faces. As Haley was lifted on to Junks shoulders she smiled at Nathan but he seemed even angrier. He looked like he was ready to rip someone's head off, she glanced to his sides and saw his fists furling and unfurling. Yep. Nathan was definitely pissed.
"I'm gonna kill him. I'm gonna kill him. I'm gonna kill him I'm gonna kill him" Nathan chanted under his breath. "Did you see that? What the fuck!" Nathan yelled when Haley dropped off the guys shoulders and was immediately grabbed around the waist and flipped so she was sitting on his shoulders.
"Please wake me up" Lucas pleaded staring at Brooke who was in a parallel position to Haley
"What the fuck!" Nathan exclaimed again
"Man can I borrow your car to run this asshole over?" Lucas seethed
"After I do" Nathan answered glaring a hole through the guys skull.
Haley danced the final part of the routine trying to keep the smile on her face while she stressed out about Nathan. He was angry right now, and for the life of her she couldn't figure out why. She couldn't wait for the song to end so she could kiss all of his troubles away.
"Ready for the big finish!" Brooke winked as they completed their tumbling lines and ended in their final pose.
"Thank god that's over" Lucas released a deep breath
"Now I get to rearrange that asshole's face" Nathan flexed his hands
"That was horrible" Lucas said in disbelief
"That was awesome!" Tim cheered "YEAH GO RAVENS! GO RAVENS! YEAH! GO GO GO RAVENS! WOOP WOOP WOOP WOOP" he started dancing as Nathan and Lucas both turned to stare at him
"SHUTUP TIM!" they both yelled grabbing him and pulling him back down onto the bench,
They finished the routine and moved off the court leaving a couple of the girls and the two guys to grab the mats, Haley nudging Brooke and pointing to Nathan and Lucas as they walked. A huge grin spread across Brooke's face and she waved enthusiastically to Lucas
"Hi Lukey!" she called out
"You cannot tell me that's normal!" Peyton turned to face Haley who shrugged and continued to watch Nathan who seemed to be getting angrier by the minute.
"Nathan's here?" Junk said into her hair so she could hear him above the noise
"Yeah, I didn't know he was coming. But somethings wrong" she said eyeing Nathan closely who was glaring past her.
"I'm sure it'll be okay" he smiled stepping back
"Yeah I'm sure, Thanks" she smiled back
"That asshole is whispering in her ear, why the hell is he whispering to my girlfriend and what is he whispering and why the hell is he smiling, C'mon Hales don't smile back don't smile back" he begged under his breath "NO!" he slammed his hand on his knee watching them interact.
"Hales, cover me I'm gonna sneak Luke out for a bit" Brooke winked as she started to move across to the other side of the gym
"Wait for me, I want to see Nate" Haley started to follow
"Bevin, watch the squad" Brooke ordered as they moved to the edge of the court
"Okay" Bevin agreed turning and facing the squad and fixing her eyes on the group in a steely stare
"She didn't mean literally" Peyton groaned
"My boy is so hot" Brooke enthused as they walked quietly towards the guys
"Whatever" Haley dismissed as she followed Brooke without removing her eyes from Nathan.
Nathan spotted Haley and Brooke making a beeline for him and he nudged Lucas to get him to follow him. Nathan stood up and strode towards the nearest exit with both girls following behind as expected. When they'd reached a quiet spot in the hallway outside the locker room both Nathan and Lucas turned to face the girls, crossing their arms over their chests.
"Hey Luke!" Brooke greeted enthusiastically to which Lucas stayed silent
"What's wrong?" Haley asked Nathan concerned. Nathan stared back at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Let me turn that frown upside down" Brooke said to Lucas who continued to stare back
"Nathan what's wrong?" Haley demanded putting her hands on her hips as he stood still with his arms still crossed
"Do you really need to ask?"
"You're clearly mad about something, you've had that angry scowl on your face since the start of our performance" Haley pointed out as Nathan shook his head
"Nathan whatever it is, get over it, Lucas made me incredibly happy the other night and I refuse to let you ruin my buzz" Brooke said grinning at Lucas
"Ewww" Nathan shuddered
"Are you sure I gave you the buzz?" Lucas asked sarcastically
"What?" Brooke said eyeing him closer "You have no cause for complaint"
"Right" he sneered
"Okay what is wrong with you two?"Haley exploded
"What's wrong with us? What's wrong with you?" Nathan exploded back
"Whoa!" Brooke reared back
"Don't act innocent Brooke" Lucas spat
"Excuse me!"
"You heard me Captain" Lucas continued
"Clearly you two have some kind of problem so I'm gonna leave you to sort it out before I say something I'll regret" Brooke turned to leave
"Oh for Pete-sakes, cut the crap B Scott" Haley huffed
"Excuse me!" Brooke turned to Haley
"You heard me and you heard Lucas so do something about it" The two girls stared one another down
"Fine" Brooke finally relented "Broody I don't appreciate you're tone but I'm willing to overlook it if you make it up to me anyway I wish later, now what's crawled up your ass and died?" she asked sweetly
"That's more like it" Haley approved fixing her eyes on Nathan once more
"I don't appreciate some guys hands on my girlfriends ass!" he retorted
"What guy?" Brooke looked confused before turning to Haley "Did some guy touch my ass and I missed it?"
"I don't know" she replied perplexed
"Don't play dumb" Nathan snorted
"Don't call her Tim" Brooke yelled putting her hands on her hips
"Yeah don't call me dumb!" Haley added
"I didn't call you dumb I said you were 'playing dumb' Nathan protested "God you're impossible you know that!"
"I am not!" both girls yelled
"Clearly since you let some random asshole grope you in front of me!" Nathan yelled clenching his fists
"Some guy groped you and I missed it, Wow I'm way off my game tonight" Brooke said
"Is that your excuse for Mr Grabby Hands? And when the hell did cheerleaders start dancing in their underwear?" Lucas seethed
"What? Haley please tell me that Bevin remembered to put her skirt on" Brooke yelled panicked
"What the hell is in the water, why are you acting so crazy?" Haley asked Nathan
"Me? Crazy? What about you? The Haley I know would never let some guy touch her like that never mind wear that" Nathan pointed to her blue and white cheer uniform
"Firstly I have absolutely no idea what guy you're talking about Nathan"
"C'mon Hales stop playing dumb"
"I'm too smart to be play dumb, you dumbass!" she screamed at him frustrated. "Don't you eyeroll me Nathan Scott, I mean it! Don't eyeroll me, STOP IT!" she grabbed him by both cheeks
"What's wrong with my uniform?" Brooke asked
"The lack of it for a start" Lucas pointed out
"It's regulation size" she argued
"It barely covers you're tiny ass!" Lucas yelled
"Yes it does, wait you think my ass is tiny? You're so sweet Luke" Brooke smiled
"Focus Brooke he's not complimenting you, he's being an ass!" Haley yelled letting go of Nathan to snap her fingers in front of Brooke's face.
"Hey Captain, the speeches are almost over and they're about to announce the team" Junk called as he stepped into the hallway
"You!" Nathan growled
"Hi Nathan, Lucas" Junk smiled
"Don't hi me" Lucas narrowed his eyes
"Um what then?" he looked confused, glancing to Haley for help
"DON"T LOOK AT HER!" Nathan yelled throwing his hands across her bare midriff in a bid to cover it from Junk
"Nathan what the hell are you doing?" Haley exclaimed
"My Haley and My Haley's stomach" he growled as he glared at the boy at the end of the hallway
"Ok-ay. I guess I'll see you out there, but yeah, um they're almost finished so okay bye" he turned on his heel and fled down the hallway to the gym.
"Nathan what the hell has gotten into you?" Haley exploded
"He has, how could you let him touch you like that?" Nathan yelled
"Junk hasn't touched me at all. Nathan stop it" she smacked his hands off of her belly
"Alright we have to go" Brooke glared at her brother pulling Haley towards her "The masses are waiting"
"So am I" Lucas crossed his arms again
"What for?" Brooke asked
"For you to put some damn clothes on!"
"You've never complained before" Brooke smirked in response
"Ewww, Brother in hearing distance" Nathan protested
"Shutup Nathan Lucas's seen and loves my naked fabulousness, Deal with it!" Brooke spat back
"And deal with whatever it is that's up your ass!" Haley glared at Nathan
"As soon as that creep gets his hands off yours! No-one touches your ass!" Nathan exploded again
"As you love to remind me. This is ridiculous we have to go" Haley said turning around
"We have heaps of time" Nathan protested
"The speeches are almost finished "Haley said
"It's my Dad, he'll ass kiss himself for another ten minutes or so" Nathan dismissed looking at his watch
"How do you know? "Lucas asked
"Because it's Dan, I read the program" he shrugged "No cracks about me not being able to read" Nathan glared at Brooke
"My mouth is sealed" she winked
"Well you can just unseal it and tell me what the hell was going on out there?" Lucas yelled
"Midnight Madness" Brooke shrugged with a sarcastic smile
"I'm about to get mad" Lucas warned
"Save it Broody"
"Brooke!"
"Lucas!" she mimicked
"Don't laugh Hales" Nathan spoke curtly
"God what is wrong with you!" Haley yelled out in frustration staring at Nathan challengingly. Nathan just held her stare. Haley held his stare finding herself getting lost in the deep blue pools. His eyes bore into hers and he found himself being almost knocked off of his feet a moment later when Haley threw herself into his arms and attached her lips to his in a passion fuelled kiss. Nathan was shocked seconds later when her momentum made him stumble backwards into the wall.
"Not again" Brooke groaned "This time I don't want to see tongue"
"It's okay, I don't really want to see this either" Lucas grimaced as he let Brooke burrow her head into his shoulder. Nathan was losing himself in Haley as her lips ardently attacked his. Their lips duelled and Haley ran her hands through his dark locks as their tongues battled one another. Haley and Nathan continued to devour one another for a few minutes until with the same speed in which the makeout session started Haley pulled away and stepped back glaring at Nathan
"You're an Ass!" she said before turning and striding off to the gym
"So are you Luke" Brooke removed herself from him and followed Haley.
Nathan and Lucas stared at one another before looking at the door in which the girls had just retreated before turning again to each other "What the hell just happened!"