Get You the Moon Δ One Tree Hill [ON HOLD]

chapter thirteen

Megan is sitting next to Rachel in the student center as Haley tutors the girl.

The toddler is munching on her Goldfish as Haley explains a problem to Rachel.

"No, when the boy buys the balloon it's a total volume of one cubic foot. So, if he blows up the balloon at a rate of .1 cubic feet per minute, how fast is the radius of the balloon increasing when he only blows it up halfway?" Haley questions.

"Are you getting any of this?" Rachel asks the 2 year old who simply giggles, shoving another piece of Goldfish into her mouth. "I don't know about the balloon, but this blows. When am I gonna ever need to know this?"

"I don't know. Probably when you're failing calculus and you want to graduate. Oh wait, that's right now." Haley remarks. She heavily sighs. "Okay, let's take a look at Mr. Miller's last test." She says, getting the keys to the cabinet that holds the tests out.

"Why don't we take a look at Mr. Miller's next test?" Rachel suggests as Haley walks over and unlocks the cabinet. "I mean that's where they keep them, right?"

"How do you know that?" Haley asks.

"I hear things." Rachel replies. "So, how come if you're a student you have access to all the tests? It's no wonder you have a 4.0 GPA."

"Are you kidding me? It's called an honor system. And it's not like I can access tests to my own classes." Haley says.

"You and Nathan need a few extra bucks. I need a few answers. So how about you just sell me the test? Name your price." Rachel says.

"Do you know the meaning of the word "Honor"? Of course you don't. It's your." Haley mumbles. She puts the file back in the drawer and shuts it. "You know, I really... I just can't deal with this right now. Um, let's just pick this up at the game."

"The game? The state championship?" Rachel asks as Haley packs up all of her stuff and some of Megan's stuff. "You really do hate me, don't you?"

"Yep." Haley answers, picking her 2 year old and the Goldfish up. "See you later." Haley walks out.

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They're in the car and Rachel is driving with Brooke in the passenger seat. Peyton is behind Rachel with Haley behind Brooke. Bevin and Megan are in the very back, Megan in her car seat and she has a bottle of grape juice and some sliced up strawberries that she's snacking on.

"I can't believe Whitey wouldn't us ride the bus." Brooke grumbles. "And thanks to Haley, we're gonna miss the game because you had to stop and pee every other mile."

"Brooke, I'm pregnant, and I'm not feeling very well." Haley says.

"I don't mean it sucks because we're gonna be late, honey. I mean it sucks because Peyton's here." Brooke says.

"You guys seriously need to work things out. I mean, when I was in fat girl therapy..." Rachel stops realizing what she just said and everybody looks at her. "Look, maybe role playing. It's when everyone speaks as someone else. It might help. Or it could just make things really horrible. That could be fun, too."