Chapter 2

After seven hours of an agonizing coach trip, well in Haley's mind anyway, they had arrived at Sapphire Valley. The coach trip started with Lucas sitting with Haley, but ended with Mouth snoring lightly on her shoulder. Mid-trip, everyone played musical seats, and Luke had started a flirty encounter with Brooke whilst Peyton and Jake remained joined at the hip, and Nathan and Tim sat at the back; Tim inviting the cheer squad up the back for god knows what while Nathan sat burying his head in his hands, laughing at Tim being rejected by the cheer squad. On occasion, Haley turned around to see the commotion, and on occasion, she caught Nathan's eye and he would either wink or smirk at her. She turned back around and closing her eyes briefly, wished something good would come of this ski trip.

After room assignments were doled out, Haley made her way to her room and found she was sharing with Bevin. OK, thought Haley, at least this trip won't be boring.

"Hey, Haley – isn't this great? We've never roomed together for any of the away games, so this is going to be great. Did I already say great?" Bevin laughed as she jumped up and hugged Haley.

"Yeah Bev, this is going to be so much fun. Did you find out what room Skills is in?" She asked, as she settled her bag down and started to unpack.

"Yes! He's rooming with Luke, did you know that?"

"Ah no. I just knew what room Luke was in, but that was it."

"Yeah, they're next door to Tim and Nathan."

Nathan. Dammit, there was his name again.

"Right – I'm unpacked. I heard everyone was meeting at the restaurant downstairs in about an hour or two, but Vegas was trying to find us a place to "drink" before and after. I'm gonna go get Skills and I'll see you later, OK?"

"Sure, no problem. I'll uh, grab Luke and meet you guys later."

Haley sat down on her bed, taking the last of her clothes out of her bag. She breathed deeply, contemplating the weekend ahead. She heard a knock a door, and got up to answer it.

"Nathan."

"Hey Hales. Ah, so the guys are heading out for a bit before dinner. I was just checking to see you got the message?"

"Yeah, Bevin mentioned it before she left to meet up with Skills. Thanks for letting me know, though."

"No problem."

Awkward silence.

"So, do you wanna come in, or are you heading out now?"

"I'm heading out now, but wanted to make sure you were coming."

Haley inwardly blushed, and looked down at the floor. Oh yeah, I'm coming. She held on to the door, and looked back up to Nathan and into his steely blue eyes.

"Yeah, of course I'll be there. I'm just finishing unpacking, and I'll probably meet you all at dinner."

"OK, cool. So…I'll see you then?"

"Sure. Bye Nathan".

With that, she leant against the door as it closed and sighed. Dirty, dirty girl Haley James. You're going to have to do something about that. She pushed off the door and back to the task of unpacking.

The class of seniors quickly filled up a section of the large resort restaurant, and make quick work of assigning their own table placements. The teachers sat huddled over in one corner, rolling their eyes at some of the more boisterous students.

Brooke was simultaneously flirting and whispering in Luke's ear, whilst checking her watch and scoping the restaurant. Bevin and Skills were standing beside the table, sharing a joke with Peyton and Jake.

"Where's Haley?" Brooke asked the rest of the table. Peyton, Jake and Luke looked at the spare chair reserved for Haley.

"I'm sure she's fine Brooke. Why don't you go and call her room or her cell?" Peyton suggested, before returning to her conversation with Jake.

Brooke leant back in her chair to the table behind here, where Nathan was currently holding court with Tim, Vegas, Fedec and a few of the other guys on the team. "Nathan, did you tell Haley about the plans?"

"Yeah, I did earlier, before I met up with you guys at the bar. I think she was still unpacking or something."

"I'm going to go back up to the room and check on her." Bevin went to leave the table, before Nathan got up and motioned for her to stay.

"No, don't worry about it. I have to go back to my room and get my jacket anyway, so I'll just check on my way back"

"OK, thanks. Look, take my room card, just in case she's asleep and doesn't hear you knocking."

Nathan took the room card and put it in his back pocket, before getting up and heading over to the elevators.

Once he reached their floor, he walked down the corridor, mentally checking off each room number. As he approached Bevin and Haley's room, he grabbed the room card out of his pocket.

Knock knock.

"Hales? Are you in there?"

Nothing.

"Hales? It's Nathan. Open up."

Nothing.

He quietly debated using the room card, and then swiped the card watching the green light come on. He slowly opened the door and looked into the room. He could hear the shower running from the bathroom and was relieved to know that she was at least in her room, probably in a rush to get ready for dinner.

He slowly backed out the front door as he heard the shower turn off.

OK, so I'll go back to my room and get my jacket…wait a few minutes…and then come back for her.

Slowly, he tiptoed out of her room, careful not to let the door slam in case she heard it. What he failed to realise in his haste, was that the door didn't quite close as he grabbed and the door latch swung around, leaving the door ever-so-slightly ajar.

Haley wrapped herself in a towel and went back into the room, sifting through her clothes. She pulled out some jeans and a long sleeve top. She sat on her bed and put lotion on her legs, all the while thinking of Nathan and his quick visit to her earlier, checking to see that she was coming to dinner. Her mind again wandered to dirty thoughts about him, and she felt her temperature spike. Stopping for a second, she caught her breath, and then grabbed some more lotion, rubbing it over her entire body, as she sat fully on the bed in the darkness, the only light coming from the bathroom. As she rubbed the lotion over her breasts, she slowed her movements, imagining it was Nathan rubbing into her skin, and that's when she knew she was in trouble. This can't keep happening, I have to do something about this. Her hands trailed down her body slowly, feather light touches tracing a path…

Nathan grabbed his jacket off the back of the chair in his room, and checked his watch. Thinking he has taken enough time, he walked back to Haley's room. He knocked lightly on the door, and noticed the door was open a fraction when there was no response. He opened the door slowly, and heard small bursts of breathing from inside. Taking a few steps, he noticed only the bathroom light was on, but as the rest of the room came into view, he noticed the silhouette of Haley kneeling on her bed, resting back on her heels, naked as the day she was born. Her left hand was massaging her left breast, whilst her other hand was buried between her legs, moving furiously back and forth.

Fuck, this is the hottest thing I have ever seen!

Nathan stood around the corner, staring in wonder as this hot girl pleasured herself. His own travelling south. Rock hard. Haley was so caught up in her own rapture she had no idea she had a captive audience. She moaned a little louder, and Nathan could tell when she stopped rubbing her clit and plunged her fingers into herself. God, I wish I was doing that to her! Haley spiked forward, using her left hand to brace herself, as she continued her movements, moaning louder and louder.

"oh god, Nathan…"

Nathan froze to the spot, unsure if she had seen him. As she began to move her fingers in and out at a frantic pace, her eyes closed in utter bliss, he quickly realised she had no idea he was there. He was so turned on, and found it hard to tear his eyes away, but he knew he had to leave. She would die if she knew he was watching. Slowly backing away again, he moved quietly and quickly back out the door, closing it as stealthily as possible. He too, was seriously aroused and needed to go back to his room to relive the tension which was now straining against his jeans.

Haley made her way through the maze of tables to where Brooke, Luke, Jake and Peyton were sitting.

"Hi guys, I'm so sorry I'm late. I took a nap after unpacking, and only just woke up."

"That's OK sleepyhead, although we sent Nathan up to check on you a little while ago. Did he knock on your door or anything?"

"No. Really, he was supposed to come up and check on me?"

"Yeah, Bevin gave him her room card just in case you couldn't hear him knocking."

Crap. I'm glad he didn't check on me. He would have been surprised to see me touching myself like a nympho.

"Oh, OK. Well, I didn't hear him, and I don't think he came into the room. I would have heard."

As she picked up the menu, she felt someone walk behind her and take the seat next to her.

"Oh hey Nate. We were starting to get worried about you. Thought we might have had to send someone up to get you too" Peyton laughed.

"Ah no, I was looking for my jacket, which seemed to get buried under all of Tim's crap. Took me ages to find it."

Everyone looked at their menus, and Haley sneaked a glance to her side to look at Nathan. He was sitting there looking slightly flushed, and noticed Haley looking, so he smiled warmly back at her.

I hope she doesn't know.

I hope he doesn't know.

Quietly, she leaned over to him and spoke "So, Brooke said you came up to get me. Did you? I didn't hear you knock."

"Umm, no. Like I said, I couldn't find my jacket. I had to rifle through everything and it took forever. I did knock on your door on my way back down, but I guess you left already."

They both smiled hesitantly before looking back down at the menu.