(post by request: HaiyjhLy27)
They
were not friends, they were not even classmates. They were just simply
schoolmates turned cheer mates, turned text mates, turned friends,
turned....,OOPS!
Cheer dance practices days three
years ago, these two strangers had crossed each other’s path; they were Nathan
and Peyton. It all started with just a simple crush, a simple crush that grew
stronger, stronger and stronger with each passing days. Months, weeks, days
have passed; another year for cheer dance competition is coming once again. But
sadly, Nathan was not there anymore. A ‘newcomer,’ a girl who was a stranger
for Peyton’s eyes overheard her talking about Nathan with her friends. Then
this stranger turned to face Peyton and asked, “Uhhm, excuse me, that Nathan
you were talking about, is he Nathan Scott?” Peyton half-smiled and
hesitatingly answered “yes.” The girl smiled as she introduced herself, “I see.
By the way, I’m Brooke, Nathan’s cousin.” Peyton smiled as she blushed. She
didn’t know what will she say or how she’s going to react. Of all the people in
the world, why, why Brooke, Nathan’s cousin was the one who heard about
it?----that she has a big crush on him. Peyton and this ‘used to be stranger’
Brooke turned to be best of friends. Sharing crazy things, secrets and
full-packed stories (of course, included on those stories were mostly about
Nathan). Considering the fact that Brooke is Nathan’s cousin, she can’t help it
but make stuffs and ways (well to be exact, ‘stupid’ sometimes) craps for her
best friend to be closer to her cousin. And luckily, Brooke has Nathan’s
brother Clay as her ‘business partner.’ So eventually, Peyton and Nathan slowly
became close to each other. Unfortunately, there’s one thing obstructing their
way into love. A ‘wall’ that separates them from each other, that even how much
Nathan wants to be CLOSER to Peyton, he can’t. Hmm, nope, he
SHOULDN’T----Nathan has a girlfriend and they were already three years in their
relationship. Peyton knows it, that’s why she’s already contented with what she
is to Nathan----a friend. Just friends.
But no one can tell when love
will strike whether it’ll be an easy or a complex one. No one had a clue that
this night will come. A night when all those witticism turned into earnest
facts, when all those concealed feelings that were long kept revealed. It was
just a warm boring night, yeah, a perfect milieu for a ‘cause-effect tedium’ of
an almost two and a half hour of conversation slash bonding for cousins Brooke,
Nathan and Clay. A conversation-bonding session that centred to one topic (or
should I say to just one PERSON?), to just Peyton. It was all jokes at first,
as Brooke and Clay teased Nathan; “come on, break up with your girlfriend now!
It’s been three years, ‘contract expiration’ already!” “Yeah, Clay’s right! Why
don’t you just tell Jane (Nathan’s girlfriend) that you found somebody else?
That you found someone you think will love and understand you better than she
does, like you said. See what’s going on right now? Aren’t you tired of those
nonsense and ‘same old brand new’ reasons of your arguments? Plus, if you’ll
tell her right now, it’ll lessen the pain she might feel. What’s the difference
if you’ll break up with her right now than with the other days? It’s just the same,
now or the other days she’ll still be hurt, so why protract her woe?!?” Nathan
then teasingly answered, “what if Peyton and me really get into a relationship?
Does that mean that after three years, there would also be ‘contract
expiration’ for us?” “Oh, make it at least four years! By that time, maybe when
I came back here from Tree Hill, I can already bring her along there with me.
At least I would have reason for doing it, that I’m taking my best friend away
from you for her to move on because you might be breaking her so badly with
that ‘contract expiration’ thing my dear ‘heartthrob slash Mr. Perplexed’
cousin!” Brooke answered exasperatingly. A moment of silence shed the
atmosphere before Nathan was able to give his serious comments; “It’s not that
easy to break up with Jane with just those simple reasons. Like you two said,
it’s been three years. I still love her somehow. But yes, I’m already starting
to have feelings for Peyton. Hmm, nope, I do feel something for her now. Because
she’s really different from Jane. Someone sweeter, someone more understanding,
someone more forgiving, someone who will love me better despite of my
imperfections. Yes, someone who’ll get me into a relationship with less
arguments, that it may seem that those stupid arguments are almost impossible
to interfere with us. I want to know Peyton better, I want to be closer with
her but I can’t. I shouldn’t. Because I’m afraid that I’ll just be hurting her.
I’m afraid we’ll seriously fall for each other. Fall for each other right at
this time that I’m caught in between her and Jane, right at this time that I’m
still in state of confusion, right at this time that I still don’t know how am
I going to fight for her, for the feelings I have for her. Those were also the
reasons why I was not communicating with her anymore. That was a hard thing for
me to do, pretending that I was just ignoring her, when the truth is I was
always longing for her messages again. That if only given a chance, I would
love to see her again, but I know that I shouldn’t.
But sometimes, fate will play up
on you. One typical Saturday at the mall, as Peyton and Brooke were waiting for
their friend, Brooke left Peyton for a while and headed to the restroom. While
she was on her way there, she saw Nathan with his girlfriend. That was also the
first time that Brooke saw Jane in person. So Nathan introduced his girlfriend
to his cousin, “hey Brooke, this is Jane. My girlfriend.” Brooke hypocritically
smiled and said, “Finally. Nice meeting you. I didn’t expect you to be that
prettier in person,” when in fact, the real words in her mind were “ERRRR! She
looks like a levelled up maid! What the hell Nathan?!? You chose this ‘ewwww
girl’ over my best friend?!? Really!?! Well, your lost my dear cousin. My best
friend is still prettier than that Jane. Hmm, nope, I guess this is more
apposite—my best friend’s good-looking, Jane’s not!” When Brooke returned to their place, the only
thing in her mind was “Peyton shouldn’t see them. I know she’s aware that
Nathan has a girlfriend, yes, but of course, actually seeing them together is a
capital O-U-C-H Ravens!!!! So she told Peyton, “Hey best! Shall we go elsewhere,
please?” And she also asked her not to look at the direction where she saw
Nathan and Jane (which was kinda lame because of course, it was getting obvious
that she’s hiding something!) They went somewhere just like Brooke suggested so
that Peyton won’t see them. But crap, as the two of them were about to go down
to the next floor, Nathan and Jane were on their way up! “Nice one! Earth
calling to fate! You really want my best friend to see them, aren’t you??”
Brooke was secretly freakin’ out already so she just made an excuse and told
Peyton, “Wait best, I forgot, I have to look for something at the record bar
(Gaaaadd! Panicked much!).”
Brooke succeeded keeping that
secret to Peyton; that she saw her cousin with his girlfriend. What she didn’t
know, Peyton already had a clue with what was really happening that time. One
night, Peyton asked her best friend, “best, I want to ask you something and I
want you to be honest with me regarding this. I know you saw something or
someone that day. Who or what is it best? If you’re already sleeping right now,
I want you to answer that tomorrow, okay?” But still, Brooke didn’t tell Peyton
and just let that thing fade away. Until one day: Peyton and her classmate also
went to the same mall where Brooke saw Nathan and Jane. They were just walking
around, as Peyton turned back and....”BOOM!!!!” Nathan was there. They got to
see each other face to face, as in face to face! Yes, imagine that moment and
picture it! As shocked as she was, it took Peyton how many seconds to be able
to move again and recover from being shocked when she realized that....,Uh-oh,
he wasn’t alone, he was with the ‘moment wrecker’ again!----Jane! So Peyton
just hesitatingly smiled (even if she wasn’t sure if Nathan noticed that smile)
and walked away. See how fate could be so playful sometimes? That whatever you
do to shun something or someone, if it’s bound to happen, it will happen.
From perfect strangers to
friends, from nothing to a hidden feelings that have been built up between
them....two hearts that beat for one common feeling, but in different ways on
how to show, or maybe fight for it. But whatever the differences and similarities
present in this love of theirs, there’s only one, one pair of factors that will
never be expunged; COMPLICATION-WAITING.
COMPLICATION,
that if Nathan chooses one, the other will get hurt so badly. WAITING, for both
Nathan and Peyton;
“If I’ll ask her to wait, will
she really wait for me until I’ve fixed everything okay? Will she still wait
and stand for the feelings she has for me, like the way she’d waited until
before we’ve known each other for real?”
“If I’ll wait for him, will it
worth it? Will it really worth the wait and pains with it while I’m waiting? Or
I’ll just end up broken into pieces, that I’ve just waited for nothing?”
“If we’ll both wait for the
right time for us to be together, will it guarantee us a ‘happily ever after?’
No hindrances, no more ‘significant other,’ no more villains? If we’ll wait,
will it be no longer ‘Status: It’s complicated?’”
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