Everyone Has A Plan: Part One
Rating: PG
Character: Nathan/Haley
Summary: Haley resigned herself to the fact that Christmas had been hijacked.
Notes: Written for Nats as part of the Secret Santa challenge at dareyouto_write.
Part One
This is how Haley James was going to spend Christmas Eve:
First, she was going to wake up at midday - a luxury had not been able to afford since the previous Christmas Eve. Then, at approximately 1pm, she would go to the corner shop and buy herself a turkey sandwich, and spend the rest of the afternoon catching up on next semester’s readings; as a teacher she found it was always important to know just a little bit more than her students. She would have chow mein for dinner, and then watch Seinfeld to her heart’s content (or until 12am).
Haley has planned this day down the minute since November.
The plan did not include her cousin, Brooke Davis, barging into her apartment at the crack of dawn.
“Rise and shine!” Brooke sang as she drew back the curtains.
“Brooke?” Haley mumbled from underneath the covers. “What are you doing here? How did you get in?”
“You gave me an emergency key, remember?”
“…And what’s the emergency?”
“Well,” Brooke said, “you have a difficult decision to make. Will you be wearing the black dress or the red dress to the Scott’s Christmas dinner? I like the red myself, but I know you like to do the whole classic look…”
Brooke swiftly pulled back the covers without disregard to what Haley may or may not have been wearing, but luckily Haley was fully covered in Snoopy pajamas. Pulling the covers off a sleeping Brooke, however, was not a move Haley would have attempted.
“Uh, Christmas dinner? At your boyfriend’s parent’s place? Why would I be going to that?”
“Because you’re invited, of course! When I told Karen that my favorite cousin would be spending Christmas alone because your family are out of the country, Karen insisted that you come.”
“I really don’t mind, Brooke, I’ve actually got a really busy day ahead…”
“Now, Haley, I know you’re trying to be all non-intrusive and all, but I could never forgive myself if you had to spend this Christmas alone.”
This is where alarm bells should have started ringing. ‘Favorite cousin’? ‘Never forgive myself’? Haley loved her cousin dearly, but these were not words Brooke sprouted everyday. Perhaps it was the cold, or the lack of sleep, or the idea of her carefully planned-out day slowly slipping away, but instead of hearing alarm bells, Haley merely resigned herself to the fact that Christmas Eve had been hijacked.
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to be continued...
Character: Nathan/Haley
Summary: Haley resigned herself to the fact that Christmas had been hijacked.
Notes: Written for Nats as part of the Secret Santa challenge at dareyouto_write.
Part One
This is how Haley James was going to spend Christmas Eve:
First, she was going to wake up at midday - a luxury had not been able to afford since the previous Christmas Eve. Then, at approximately 1pm, she would go to the corner shop and buy herself a turkey sandwich, and spend the rest of the afternoon catching up on next semester’s readings; as a teacher she found it was always important to know just a little bit more than her students. She would have chow mein for dinner, and then watch Seinfeld to her heart’s content (or until 12am).
Haley has planned this day down the minute since November.
The plan did not include her cousin, Brooke Davis, barging into her apartment at the crack of dawn.
“Rise and shine!” Brooke sang as she drew back the curtains.
“Brooke?” Haley mumbled from underneath the covers. “What are you doing here? How did you get in?”
“You gave me an emergency key, remember?”
“…And what’s the emergency?”
“Well,” Brooke said, “you have a difficult decision to make. Will you be wearing the black dress or the red dress to the Scott’s Christmas dinner? I like the red myself, but I know you like to do the whole classic look…”
Brooke swiftly pulled back the covers without disregard to what Haley may or may not have been wearing, but luckily Haley was fully covered in Snoopy pajamas. Pulling the covers off a sleeping Brooke, however, was not a move Haley would have attempted.
“Uh, Christmas dinner? At your boyfriend’s parent’s place? Why would I be going to that?”
“Because you’re invited, of course! When I told Karen that my favorite cousin would be spending Christmas alone because your family are out of the country, Karen insisted that you come.”
“I really don’t mind, Brooke, I’ve actually got a really busy day ahead…”
“Now, Haley, I know you’re trying to be all non-intrusive and all, but I could never forgive myself if you had to spend this Christmas alone.”
This is where alarm bells should have started ringing. ‘Favorite cousin’? ‘Never forgive myself’? Haley loved her cousin dearly, but these were not words Brooke sprouted everyday. Perhaps it was the cold, or the lack of sleep, or the idea of her carefully planned-out day slowly slipping away, but instead of hearing alarm bells, Haley merely resigned herself to the fact that Christmas Eve had been hijacked.
***
to be continued...