I guessed that some of you might have been confused with the first chapter. Hopefully, this next chapter will clear up your confusion…or just confuse you more.
Thanks for the reviews on the first chapter.
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Haley contemplated on turning around. There was no way that anything could have happened at the party. She didn't have any alcohol and she would never sleep with just anybody. Another odd thing was that she had no memory how she got home last night. It wasn't just how she got home it was the entire night that was a blur. She sure as hell was certain that it had nothing to do with any guy.
She felt a callused hand move a strand of hair from her face. It was a gentle touch. The feeling didn't just worry her but it also made her whole body heat up.
With an exhaled breath, Haley sat up and turned her head to see who was next to her. NO.
"Ahh!" She let out a loud gasp and jumped in surprise. She didn't know how close she was to the edge of the bed, so she ended up falling to the floor. There was just no way that it was him. She was in bed with Nathan. Why the hell was she in bed with Nathan? He was the last person she would ever be in bed with. Actually, she probably wouldn't sleep with him if he were the last person on earth. What the hell happened last night?
Nathan sat up on his side and peered over. "Haley, are you okay?"
She shook her head at the sound of his voice. It just didn't make any sense to her. If she did sleep with Nathan, then they wouldn't be at her house. Would they? Lucas would have given her a ride home. Lucas would never let Haley walk out of the house with this horn dog.
"What the hell are you doing in my bed?"
Nathan shakes his head and chuckles. "I always spend Thursday nights here, you know that. Are you sure that you're okay?"
I do? What? She gave him a scornful look. "What are you even talking about I would nev-"
"Haley, every Thursday night I sleep here. You know that my dad always drills pressure into my head before games. This way I don't have to see him in the morning before a game. It's been this way for months. " He explained to her giving her his own quizzical look.
Months? Haley really had no idea what was going on. The last thing she remembered was Nathan kissing her at Brooke's party last night. She knew nothing about his father, well, other than him being the mayor and being rich. There had to be something going on. Maybe he was just toying with her. That had to be it.
Nathan took off the covers and stood up. This caused Haley to stand up as well. He walked over to her and placed his hands on her waist and massage circles there.
I knew it! He's tricking me. Just like so many times last night, Haley pushed his hands away. "Do you not remember last night when I told you not to touch me?" she asked him annoyed.
"You're acting really weird. I think you might have hit your head on the floor." Nathan leaned in and kissed her forehead.
His lips were soft and warm on her forehead. Haley fought to keep her eyes from drifting shut. There was no way she would fall into Nathan Scott's charm. She moved herself away from his arms.
Haley looked up to him to see if he was still giving her an odd look. He was. Her mind was in a whirlwind. Why was he acting so caring? Last night he was trying to get her to sleep with him. Luckily, they both woke up with their clothes on.
Her eyes glanced over to the clock. It was almost time for her to catch the downtown bus to school. Haley never slept in. With a sigh, she thought of a quick way to get rid of him. She rubbed at her temples "My head is starting to hurt. Maybe you should just leave. I'm practically late for the bus anyway." Please take a hint, please take a hint.
He chuckled again. "My girl doesn't need to take the bus. When you're ready and acting like my girlfriend again, I'll be waiting for you downstairs."
As he left her room, a huge knot in her stomach formed at the horrific thought. YOUR GIRLFRIEND?
Haley walked over to her bed to lie back down. She pulled her covers over her body and placed her pillow over her face. "This is my worst nightmare," she groaned.
~*~
Now, she sat next to her…Nathan in his Mustang. Haley had no idea how Peyton and Lucas would react if the saw her come to school with Nathan. Haley head was still spinning from hearing Nathan say that she was his girlfriend. She tried to put pieces together from this morning: "I always spend Thursday nights here, you know that.", "It's been this way for months.", "You're acting really weird." "My girl doesn't need to take the bus. When you're ready and acting like my girlfriend again, I'll be waiting for you."
This wasn't real. It just couldn't be. She had to know what was going on.
"Can I ask you something?"
"What's going on, Hales? You're not yourself."
"What happened at Brooke's party last night? The last thing I remember is you forcing your tongue down my throat and trying to get me to sleep with you. I can't believe girls find that charming."
"First off, I've never forced myself onto you because I would never treat you like that. You're really confusing the hell out of me. Brooke didn't have a party last night." He took a long pause before speaking again, this time in an annoyed tone. "The party was probably part of your dream."
Haley was about to argue that it wasn't but they were at school. The sooner the car stopped, the sooner she would find Lucas to find out what was really going on. He would never lie to her.
Nathan parked the car and got out of it. He waited for Haley. He really hoped that she would get her act together.
Haley did the same. She walked away from him, without a word.
"Haley!" Nathan shouted at her. She didn't stop or turn around to look at him. He let out a sigh before catching up to her. "Where are you going?"
"Away from you. I don't get what you're trying to pull, but we aren't dating. Brooke's party wasn't a dream. From what I remember you've always been a complete jackass who uses his daddy's money to get girls to sleep with you. Now, I'm going to go find my friends that you've abandoned in your popularity and you're going to go back to your friends and brag about sleeping with me, which will never happen!" She rambled scornfully. "This has to be some sick dream."
She felt his hand wrap around her arm to roughly stop her. "I don't know what's going on with you. I'm not doing anything. You want to know what I remember? We've been dating for the past five months and I've never once pressured you to sleep with me because I know that you aren't ready. Now, you're two friends could care less if you ever gave them the light of day. So when you're done bitching about me being a jackass, come find me." He let go of her.
This morning was nothing she ever thought that she'd wake up to. Why weren't Lucas and Peyton her friends? She was about to find out whether she was going to like the outcome or not.
~*~
Brooke saw her cousin walk into the school without Haley. That was a new thing. She studied his face. He looked confused and pissed.
"Hey, you look like hell." She said as she leaned on his locker. "Where's Haley? Is she not feeling well?"
Nathan wasn't in the mood to talk about his off morning. His cousin would get it out of him anyway. He had no clue what was going on in his girlfriend's head. Why did she think that they weren't even going out? It was never a big deal when he spent the night before. She's never reacted this way to him before. There were so many questions on his plate. He knew that asking them would only make things worse between them.
"Okay, well it must not be that since you look a million miles away. Nathan, you can tell me what's going on. Then I can talk to Haley during cheer practice."
He sighed, "She's just not…you could say that she's…"
"Spit it out already, Scott!"
"She doesn't remember anything and she keeps talking about some party you had last night. She said that I tried to force her to have sex with me. Haley also thinks that she's friends with Lucas and Peyton."
Brooke gave him the same look he's been giving Haley all morning. "Are you sure that you're not the one going crazy? If I had a party, then I'm pretty sure I would remember if. Hung over or not, my parties are unforgettable."
"Yeah, I'm sure. Promise that you'll knock some sense back into my girlfriend alright?"
Brooke gave her cousin a quick hug. "I'll try, but if she doesn't think you're her boyfriend, imagine how she'll react when she finds out I'm her best friend."
~*~
"Thank God, some familiar faces." Haley said as she sat down next to Lucas and Peyton. Neither of them said a word to her. "I've had the worst morning ever. I woke up and Nathan was in bed next to me. I had no clue how they hell that happened. Then, this is the worst part he told me that I was…"
Peyton's staring eyes landed upon the talkative Haley. "What are you doing?"
"I'm, um, telling you guys about my disastrous day." Haley looked over to Lucas. "What happened to you last night? How could you just leave me with Nathan?"
Peyton started laughing. "Whoa, hold on." Peyton turned to Lucas as well. "You hung out with Haley last night? What ever happened to her just being another one of them?"
Haley didn't understand why her two best friends were acting this way. "Lucas and I went to Brooke's party last night. I'm guessing that you don't remember it either?"
This time it was Lucas's turn to laugh at Haley. "I would never step foot at one of Brooke's parties and I would never want to be seen there with you."
"Lucas, what are you talking about? We're best friends." Haley argued.
"Listen, Haley, why don't you leave us outcasts alone and go back to your jock ass of a boyfriend?" Peyton said rudely.
Haley groaned. She knew that she had to be in some twisted nightmare. All she hoped for was to go to bed tonight and wake up and have everything back to how she knew it was.
"Fine, but whatever happened to us, I'm sorry that it happened. " She said before walking to go sit at a table by herself.
On the other side of the quad, the hazel eyes turned to the blue. "Maybe now she'll realize that this isn't a dream."
"I hope so."
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After lunch, Brooke decided that it was time for her to talk to Haley. She didn't really believe when Nathan told her that Haley thought that this had to be a dream. No, this was her life. She was dating the popular guy, Brooke and Haley were best friends, and she was happy. She spotted Haley walking over to her Calculus class.
"And there's my best friend. I haven't seen you all day. Are you excited to cheer for Nathan tonight?"
Haley turned her head to see Brooke walking right beside her. They were best friends? That couldn't be right at all. She was outgoing and Haley only stuck to her two friends, who weren't too happy with her. "I'm guessing Nathan's making you talk to me? Look, I don't know what he told you but this isn't me."
"There's only one Haley James I know and she cares so much about my cousin. He cares about you, too. Now, hopefully, you can put your negative thoughts aside and make up with him at cheer practice today."
"I'm not a cheerleader, Brooke. I don't go to basketball games. I hang out and do things people like you and Nathan would classify as geeky with my friends…"
"Who don't even know you? Haley, this is who you are. This is who you've always been."
"But I…"
Brooke cut her off, "just be there." She sighed in disbelief.
Haley watched Brooke go. She sat down in the hallway. All day she's been holding in the feeling to cry. "I just want to go back."
~*~
"Did you talk to her?" Nathan asked Brooke. They were now in the gym for practice, both hoping that Haley might show up.
"Of course, I did. Don't tell me you've lost faith in your cousin." She joked. She noticed the serious look on his face. "She doesn't want to believe it. "
"So what do I do?"
"Just give her some time and she'll come around."
"What if she never does, Brooke? From her small explanation of me, I treat girls like objects and not people. She doesn't believe that I've been a good guy to her." He turned his head to sigh. "What did she say? Is she going to come to practice?"
"If she's curious, then I'll say yes. If she'd rather believe her logic, then I wish you all the luck. I've got to get to the squad."
"Kay, thanks Brooke." Nathan looked to the basket, hoping that curiosity would get the best of Haley.
Pacing by the gym doors was, in fact, Haley James. For such a bizarre day, too much has been going on too quickly. She wished that time would slow down. In the back of her mind, she feared that she would never wake up. It was too soon to tell.
She had to make another decision and it seemed that every one she made affected her the opposite way that she hoped. It was because everything was rushed. Her quick decisions based on what she thinks, compared to everyone else, was making her choices rational.
She thought back to the moment she woke up. Nathan was being so sweet and caring towards her. The only thing she tried to do was escape from that. She never once really listened to him. How could she? The only thing she's ever focused on was his playboy and rich ways. She knew that she couldn't just change her mind and just give him a chance. He had to earn it, especially if he really was her boyfriend. There had to be some reason why this version of Haley sees something in Nathan.
With a staggered breath she stepped foot into the gym. The place where all the jocks and cheerleaders were was supposed to be her place, too. This was the life she has always judged. Now, she was going to have to live it.
Haley looked around to see everyone staring at her. After a few seconds of having all the attention on her everyone, but one, went back to what they were doing. The one pair of eyes looking straight into hers were his.
He passed off the basketball to one of his players. Then he walked over and stopped in front of her. "Do you believe me yet?" He asked as his warm breath hit her face.
In the distant, Haley heard Brooke call her over to join the squad. With one last look to Nathan, she answered, "we'll just have to wait and see."
To Be Continued….
Rushed? I'm going to try and slow things down from here. When I started to outline this I had all these ideas. The next chapter won't have so many things happening or quick scenes.
Other than it being all over the place, I'd love to know what you thought. Please leave a review!
