reputation | one tree hill

five

jordan felt uneasy as she sat in nathan's beach house. it was game night, which meant party night, but the news that lucas might've been coming made jordan nervous. she hadn't properly spoken to nathan since he came to her house a few nights prior, and she was petrified that he would tell lucas how she'd been behaving.

she knew how badly nathan wanted to get at lucas, and she knew he knew that jordan and lucas were getting closer. she just wondered if he cared more about his relationship peyton or about hurting lucas.

she sat in the kitchen, drinking vodka cranberries and waiting for lucas to show up. her plan was to intercept and drag him somewhere private before nathan even got the chance to speak to him.

as jordan poured herself her third drink, lucas and haley walked into the room, looking just as nervous as jordan did.

"hey, guys," she beamed at the two of them. her and haley still weren't on friendly terms, but jordan made a note to work on it. "welcome, it's nice to see you guys here. you want a drink?"

the words were coming out of her mouth as if it was her house, and lucas began to question just how much time she'd spent there. "i'm driving," he said with a small smile.

"haley?"

"uh, no thanks," the brunette replied, not smiling, but with a softer look than jordan had expected.

jordan tensed when nathan came into the room, and the pair made intense eye contact that made her stomach sink. "uh, you guys wanna go to the beach?"

"it's freezing out," lucas said with a chuckle.

"it'll be fun," she shrugged, trying to mask her desperation. "come on." she took them both him and haley by the hand, but they were stopped by a mischievous looking brooke.

"come on, we're just about to play i never," she announced, but jordan shook her head. "why? what are you hiding?"

"yeah, jordan, what are you hiding?" nathan chimed in, handing her a cup. she knew if she left then it would look to suspicious, and so, with a sigh, she accepted the cup and invited lucas and haley to play.

haley quickly excused herself to go to the bathroom, but lucas, seemingly in the mood to torture himself, stood beside her and lifted a cup.

"i'll start," said theresa. "i've never... had sex with anything made out of plastic," she finished, a clear aim at brooke, who took a drink with an embarrassed laugh.

"my turn," announced brooke, and she looked at jordan as if she was about to expose her. jordan furrowed her eyebrows, unaware of anything she had did to make brooke be annoyed at her. "i've never... gave a guy nude polaroid's of myself in exchange for something."

jordan's face heated up as she was forced to take a drink, and she could feel lucas judging her, and she felt the need to explain herself. "it was a really big favor. besides, they were tasteful."

lucas just shrugged it off with a laugh, but he remained visibly uncomfortable as nathan took his turn. he looked between lucas and jordan, then once at peyton, and jordan took a deep breath to prepare herself for what was coming.

"i've never..." he began before trailing off, looking at jordan one more time. "had a dad who wished i was a stain on the bedsheets."

the room filled with tension as the words left nathan's mouth. as selfish as it was, however, jordan couldn't help but breathe out a sigh of relief. the feeling soon faded a second later when she noticed the upset on lucas' face as he walked over to his brother.

"then you're welcome to mine," he uttered, setting a drink in front of nathan, who looked pleased with himself at the entire situation as lucas walked out of the room.