reputation | one tree hill

four

jordan stood at the edge of the gym, beaming as lucas' shot went into the basket; the winning basket of the game. she instantly ran over the congratulate him, the two of them engaging in a hug as if they were best friends.

"nice shot."

"nice legs."

jordan pushed him playfully at his comment as they walked towards the locker rooms. "looks like somebody got their dick back," she teased. "guess i need to rub out all that graffiti on the bathroom walls."

"funny," lucas retorted, and jordan laughed. "thank you, by the way. what you said to me the other day really made a difference."

jordan couldn't help but smile at his genuineness, even blushing a little. "i think you're really talented, luke," she responded in a soft voice, and the pair shared an intimate moment. "and i think you're gonna do amazing."

"well, i think you're kinda hot," lucas teased her.

"did lucas scott just make a joke?" jordan feigned shock at his words, and the two laughed as they arrived at the locker rooms. "see you later dickless."

jordan was about to enter the locker rooms, but she was stopped by nathan and his impressively muscular arm. "move nathan," she demanded with an eye roll.

"i wanna apologise for what i said in english."

"it's fine," she told him, and nathan furrowed his eyebrows, making him look dumber than he actually is. "come on, you don't think you're the only person who's ever called me that?"

"that doesn't mean it wasn't out of line," he continued, showing jordan a rare glimpse of sincerity. "i'm sorry, i guess i thought the guys would find it funny."

"it was funny when lucas sucker punched you," jordan smirked, and nathan glared at her. "look, i really don't care about what you said nathan, and i appreciate you apologising, but you really should think about being less of an asshole."

she walked away from nathan after that, and he took a second to ponder her words, looking momentarily deep in thought before walking into the locker room.

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jordan walked into her house after school, throwing her backpack on the ground and went into the kitchen for a snack, where she found skills talking angrily on the phone.

"somebody's gonna get beat," he threatened, and jordan watched with furrowed eyebrows. "i'll be there in five," he promised, lifting his car keys off of the counter before noticing jordan.

"what's going on?"

"the guys on the team trashed the river court."

"you're kidding," jordan scoffed, and skills shook his head. "i'm coming with you," she told her brother, following him to the car.

the siblings arrived at the river court and it was worse than jordan expected. trash covered the place, the hoops were broken, and the words 'you suck' had been spray painted on the backboard.

"jordan, you tell your boyfriend to come find me and i'm gonna beat his ass," skills threatened, and jordan responded with an eye roll at his claim nathan was her boyfriend.

"leave it, skills," lucas sighed, and jordan frowned at how upset he clearly was. "can you go get some trash cans?"

skills nodded, getting back into the car and driving off. jordan was relieved, having found herself wanting to spend more time with lucas lately.

"i'm sorry about this, luke," she stated, and lucas just shrugged in response. "what else have they done?"

"took my clothes, soaked them, i can deal with that. but this is just his way of being a jackass."

"he's always a jackass," jordan scoffed and lucas nodded in agreement as the two started to lift trash together. "but he has a lot of people on his side. if he's willing to get personal he's probably willing to get violent. be careful."

"i'm not afraid of him, jordan."

jordan smiled at his statement, feeling that she'd mistook lucas for a pushover. "look who's getting less and less dickless by the second," she commented with a smile, and lucas chuckled. "speaking of...i heard brooke was naked in your car."

lucas blushes slightly at the reminder, and jordan laughed loudly. "i just drove her home."

jordan raised an eyebrow. "the hottest girl in school is naked in your car and you just drive her home?" she pries and lucas nods in confirmation. "any wonder you're still a virgin, even i would've slept with her."

lucas shoved her playfully, the two of them laughing a little as they continued to clean up the mess. the pair were quickly forming a friendship, something jordan appreciated, though she started to ask herself whether friends was the end goal for her or not.

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jordan sat in her bed, doing homework and thinking about lucas, when the door opened and revealed nathan. jordan furrowed her eyebrows. it had been at least a year since he showed up at her house uninvited.

"what are you doing here?"

"games let me in," nathan shrugged, taking a seat on the edge of jordan's bed. "he doesn't seem to like me."

"skills," she corrected with an eye roll, finding it hard to believe nathan didn't know her brother's name after all this time. "and that's not what i meant. why did you come here?"

"i need to talk to you."

jordan sat up a little. his voice sounded serious, a rare occasion when it came to nathan, and as annoyed at at him as she was, she didn't like to see him upset.

"okay," she stated softly, giving him a warm smile. "what's up, nate?"

"i've been thinking about us," he started and jordan furrowed her eyebrows. "i think i made a mistake choosing peyton over you. i think we should try again."

the words shocked jordan, and she tried to decipher his facial expression to decide if he was playing a game or not. his face was serious, however, and he looked uncharacteristically vulnerable.

she struggled to find the words to respond. there was always chemistry between jordan and nathan, that was true, but he was cheating and sneaky, and she knew she didn't want to endure that again. not to mention, she really could see herself falling for lucas.

"nate," she put her hand on top of his, and something changed in nathan's facial expression as she did, to one of victory. a lightbulb went off in jordan's head when she realised what he was doing. "get out."

"what?"

"i know what you're doing," she seethed, and nathan tried to look clueless, but she could tell he knew he'd been caught out. "you're doing this to mess with lucas."

"i'm not-"

"i know you, nathan," jordan continued, and nathan struggled to respond. "get out, now, and leave lucas alone or i'll tell peyton about last week."

"or maybe i'll tell lucas," nathan challenged her, and jordan raised an eyebrow. "skills just watched me walk into your bedroom at ten to midnight, you don't think that's gonna get back to lucas. how do you think he'd feel if he thought you were leading him on?"

jordan was furious at the words coming out of nathan's mouth. in the space of a week, he'd went from being an arrogant liar to some kind of cartoon villain. she refused to speak to him, going back to her homework as if he wasn't there, and nathan eventually left the room at his own will.

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idk how i feel about this lol. also just started two new stories, one gossip girl & one nathan scott :)