For All You're Worth

Disclaimer: I do not own these characters. All are Mark's except Aundrea and Kyle.

Chapter 1

"Bitch!" Aundrea walked angrily to her friends and dropped her book bag to the floor and sat down.

"Ugh," Brooke rolled her eyes. "What did I do now?"

"Not you," Aundrea said tucking her long blonde hair behind her ear, "Haley."

"Who's Haley?" Kyle asked.

"Haley James," Aundrea said. "I have like four classes with her! UGH! I hate her! I mean you know how hard I work for my grades. And do you know what she does? Kisses the teachers' asses!"

"Why does that matter?" Nathan questioned.

"Because it's annoying! And she has higher grades than me and it's just because she's a stupid lifeless teachers' pet!"

"I hate those kinds of people," Kyle said.

"Believe me that the way I'm describing her she seems so much better than she actually is," Aundrea said rolling her eyes.

"Relax," Nathan said putting his arm around his girlfriend.

Aundrea nodded and breathed. "It's just that I'm the one that's supposed to be the best in the class, I deserve it, you know?"

Brooke laughed, "of course. School is like your life."

"And Nathan," she smiled looking at her boyfriend and giving him a light kiss.

Nathan smiled at her. How lucky was he? The prettiest girl in the whole school, as far as he was concerned, was his girlfriend. She had long straight blonde hair and brown eyes. The only reason she wouldn't make it as a model would probably be because she was not as tall as most models. But she didn't even consider being a model. She was too smart for that. She took as many hard classes as she could and would never agree to skip classes with Nathan when he asked her too. 'You know how important school is to me,' she would always say when he brought it up. She was also not willing to have sex with Nathan. She said that she wanted to be really in love when she gives it up.

'Why stay with her than?' Kyle asked Nathan when they were talking once.

'Because,' Nathan thought, 'she's perfect.'

"So Nathan," Brooke said, "what's with the whole schedule change?"

"Switching to AP Government you mean?" Nathan questioned.

"What's AP?" Brooke looked confused.

"Advanced placement," Aundrea laughed. "How can you not know that?"

"Because I'm not in those classes!" Brooke rolled her eyes. "Sure that thing, what about it?"

"I still need to go to my counselor today and he'll change my schedule," Nathan took a sip of his water.

"Tell me you're not going to leave me alone in Photography and math!" Brooke whined.

"I doubt I will. It's in the same period so it won't change my entire schedule around."

Aundrea laughed, "AP huh? I really didn't expect that of you Nathan. I mean all your classes are just regular and suddenly 'AP Government'."

"Not all classes, I'm taking Forensics too. But I know what you mean. I guess it's because all my other classes bore me and I don't put any effort to work. But Government, we talk about politics and I don't know, it interests me."

"It's because his dad's the mayor," Brooke laughed.

"I could care less about my dad," Nathan said. He was emancipated and not living at home with his parents but rather in his own apartment. "It's the political scandals and breaking the law that interest me in Government. Politicians always lie, and that's the cool part."

"Watch him become a Senator," Kyle joked.

"So Senator Scott of North Carolina," Aundrea started, "when you're a lying rich politician will you still have time for me?"

"Ugh," Nathan shuddered. "Just because Government interests me doesn't mean that I'm going to become a politician."

"Oh," Aundrea smiled. "So what do you want to do?"

"Probably what Cooper does," Nathan said.

"Hot Uncle Cooper," Brooke fanned herself.

"Don't go their Brooke," Nathan smiled.

"CIA?" Kyle asked. "You want to be in the CIA?"

"Cooper's in the CIA?" Aundrea looked at Nathan her eyes wide.

"Yeah," Nathan laughed. "But I can't have that advertised."

"That's so cool!" Aundrea said, "And don't worry. I won't say a word."

"Ditto," Brooke smiled.

"So who's that Haley girl?" Nathan asked Aundrea.

Aundrea searched the quad and pointed at a petit brunette sitting with Lucas, Peyton and Mouth.

"Lucas?" Nathan questioned seeing his older brother he hated so much. "Is he her boyfriend?"

"Nah," Aundrea said, "best friend or something pathetic like that; don't even ask how I know anything about her."

Nathan's gaze didn't leave the group. He saw his ex-girlfriend Peyton which was taken away from him by Lucas.

"Oh," Brooke said, "she's in my US history class! Second period."

"Only one class with her? Lucky you," Aundrea looked at Haley with hate in her eyes.

"I have no classes with her," Kyle said taking a bite of his sandwich.

"Me neither," Nathan turned his gaze back to Aundrea.

"Filibusters are now more common considering…" Nathan walked into his new sixth period class which was now in the middle of the lesson.

Nathan walked to the teacher and handed her his new schedule. "Welcome to AP Government Nathan," she smiled. "Take a seat behind Miss James," she pointed to an empty seat and gave Nathan back his schedule.

Nathan looked at the empty seat. Miss James? As in Haley James? Yes, it was her. He walked to the seat behind her and dropped his binder on the desk and his back pack to the floor.

"So how can you stop a filibuster?" The teacher questioned. Haley's hand shot up. "Yes Haley," the teacher smiled.

"Rule 22," Haley said. "It requires 60 votes to end the filibuster. It governs cloture."

Nathan rolled his eyes as the teacher continued with the lesson. The teacher smiled at Haley, "what was it in the past? Was it always 60 votes?"

Haley's hand shot up again. Nathan decided to raise his hand as well. "Yes Nathan."

"2/3rds of the Senate," Nathan said.

"Correct," the teacher did not expect him to participate in the class since this was his first day in the class. Honors NSL was a totally different class than AP as AP was a college class.

"When was Rule 22 first used to stop a filibuster?" Haley and Nathan raised their hands again. "Nathan?" the teacher loved the fact that he was participating.

"1919, to stop the debate of the Treaty of Versailles," Nathan said knowingly.

"Exactly," the teacher continued with her lecture about filibusters and Rule 22.

'What now Haley James? You've got competition for this class. You're no longer the golden student,' Nathan thought to himself with a smile as he leaned back.

At the end of the period the students emptied out of the class as Haley went to the teacher. "I was reading a book about the Senate in the 18th centaury and I was wondering…"

Nathan rolled his eyes and walked out of the class and towards his Algebra class with Brooke.

Brooke and Nathan walked to Nathan's car where they would meet with Aundrea and Kyle everyday after school.

Nathan drove to his apartment as they talked about their day.

Nathan opened his apartment door as Nathan and Kyle sat in front of the TV and began to play a game on Nathan's play station as Brooke and Aundrea sat on the chairs next to the counter.

Nathan laughed, "you suck man."

"Oh yeah? Then how come I'm winning?" Kyle smiled.

"You're not winning," Nathan said.

"I told you that I don't like him!" Brooke complained. "I really don't want a boyfriend."

Aundrea giggled. "It's really great, I just want you to see how it is!"

"What's the point of having a boyfriend? I mean you're just tied down, I'd rather be free."

"And easy," Aundrea laughed.

"Shut up," Brooke smacked her.

"Aundrea," Nathan called from the couch. "You know how I moved into the AP Government class? You won't believe who's in my class."

"Who?" Aundrea looked at Nathan.

"Haley," he said his eyes still glued to the game.

"What?" Aundrea said. "Why would she…"

"I know, take two history classes in one year, how twisted do you have to be?" Nathan said.

"Isn't she horrible?" Aundrea questioned.

"Pretty much, you have no idea how many times I rolled my eyes in that class."

Aundrea laughed. "I know exactly what you mean."

Nathan paused the game and walked to Aundrea. "We need to do something."

"What are you talking about?" Aundrea looked at Nathan confused.

"I mean she's causing you all this, I hate those kinds of people and you deserve to be on top of the class."

"Well what do you suggest?" Aundrea asked as Nathan put his hands on her waist. "She can't just stop being the best of the class and stop kissing up to the teachers."

"Well what makes you suck at school when you do?"

"You," Aundrea said jokingly and gave Nathan a playful push.

"Good," Nathan said, "then we'll get her a boyfriend."

"Nathan I wasn't serious," Aundrea said. "I mean yeah sometimes I don't finish my work because I'm hanging out with you and…" she trailed off, "oh my god! It's perfect! I want to crush her!"

"A boyfriend won't crush her," Nathan said laughing.

"Oh," Aundrea said disappointed.

"But what we can do is have her fall in love with him. I mean really fall for him and then have him break up with her."

"Perfect!" Aundrea said almost yelling.

"So who's the guy?" Brooke questioned. "You?"

"I'm taken," Nathan said looking at Aundrea and then kissing her.

"Then who?" Brooke asked.

"Kyle?" Nathan asked. "You up for it?"

Kyle paused the game that he continued to play while Nathan left so he could get a big lead. "Umm, complicating a chick's life. Why not?"

Aundrea smiled at Nathan, "I love you!" she kissed Nathan. "I have to finish homework so I'm leaving," she got up. "You coming Brooke?"

Brooke nodded, "sure."

"Thanks so much Nate," she smiled at him and then left the apartment with Brooke.

Kyle stopped the game and walked to the counter where Nathan was at. "Why are you doing this man?"

"What?" Nathan went to take a beer out of his refrigerator.

"You don't know her. I understand that you want to do something nice for Aundrea but Haley did nothing to you."

"You're right," Nathan handed Kyle a beer. "And that's why I'm not doing this for Aundrea. I'm doing it for me."

"For you?" Kyle asked confused. "How is bringing down a girl you don't know good for you?"

"I could care less who the girl is," Nathan took a gulp from his beer. "The point is that she's Lucas' best friend. Watching her slipping away from him and being heart broken would suck. He took Peyton from me, he joined the basketball team and took my position. I want to see him have something taken away from him."

"By having an innocent girl suffer?" Kyle questioned.

"If that's what it takes. Look, if you're so against this why did you say yes?"

"Whatever man," Kyle said, "I'll do it but you have to be the one behind it. I'll do what you tell me to do and that's it."

"That was always the plan," Nathan took another big gulp from his beer.