Always (Nathan Scott Fan Fiction) [2]

Between Order and Randomness

Claudia was sitting on her bed and all she could hear with Chris's song 'Glad' playing. She ran out of room.

"Shut that off!" Claudia shouted as she walked up to Taylor.

"Is this the infamous Chris?" Taylor asked and Claudia nodded as she slammed the laptop shut. The music stopped. "Sounds sexy!" Taylor giggled.

"Nathan is in the bedroom; do you wanna start World War Three?" Claudia asked rhetorically as she took the laptop and placed it on the counter. Taylor smiled as she got a glimpse of Claudia's tattoo.

"Nice henna tattoo." Taylor said amused.

"It's not henna." Claudia replied smirking and Taylor ran up to her and looked at the tattoo more closely.

"It... is real!" Taylor exclaimed and Claudia shoved her away. "23? That how many tequila shots it took you to do it?" Taylor joked, Claudia was not amused.

"Stop it!" Claudia said as she walked into the kitchen and opened a cupboard door.

"Hey, what happened to the whole; tattoos are for sluts and burnouts sermon that you gave me?" Taylor asked as she sat on the counter.

"Uh, 23 is Nathan's jersey number and you permanently marked your body with some random... spider." Claudia shouted back.

"The scorpion paralyses its victims." Taylor corrected. "Nothing random about that." Taylor smirked as Claudia rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, I bet." Claudia replied as she peeled a banana and binned the skin.

"You got a tattoo." Taylor muttered, she wasn't believing. "And, conveniently, it's... in the exact same spot as me. I guess you don't disapprove of your older, wiser friend so much after all." Taylor joked but Claudia was not amused as she peeled her banana.

"Don't flatter yourself." Claudia muttered as Taylor sat on a stool.

"Does this mean you didn't wait for the ring to give it up either?" Taylor asked curiously.

"I waited, until I was in love." Claudia replied as Nathan entered the kitchen, he stood beside Claudia.

"How about you, Nathan? Were you in love the first time you had sex?" Taylor asked curiously. Claudia wanted to know his response considering that Nathan and Taylor didn't know that Claudia knew.

"Tay!" Claudia shouted.

"What we are all friends here!" Taylor exclaimed waiting for Nathan to answer. Nathan looked at her guiltily and uncomfortably.

"It's not really any of your business but the truth is... whoever my first was," Nathan said before he looked down at Claudia, "wasn't nearly as important as my last." Nathan finished and Claudia smiled to herself. She just wanted to shove that up Taylor's ass.

"Thank you." Claudia smiled before he kissed her. Claudia walked into the living room and Nathan's expressions could clearly tell Taylor that he was not happy with her. Taylor smiled contentedly and Nathan looked at Claudia.

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Claudia was sitting at the kitchen counter, typing on the laptop. She looked very shift. She was writing an email to Chris. It read: 'Chris. It reads: 'Chris, how are you? How's New York? Wondering how the showcase went.' Her phone rang and she answered it.

"Hello!" Claudia said on the phone cheerfully, it was Nathan.

"Hey, it's me. Uh... what're you doing?" Nathan asked.

"Oh, nothing, just... thinking of you." Claudia replied smiling as she pressed the sent button on the laptop. The message had been sent and Claudia looked at the screen, torn.