AN: Hey guys! First of all I want to thank you all for the nice comments! You guys are awesome! So I'm back with a new chapter and I hope you'll like it as much as the first one. I also wanted to clarify a few of your questions: Nathan and Rachel are not dating they are just hooking up; there is no love between the two. Also someone asked me how could Haley let Nathan be just like Chris, by cheating with his girlfriend, well Haley never knew he was cheating on Peyton. If you have any more questions feel free to ask. Here is chapter 2, Enjoy.
Nathan woke up the next morning, and for a second, he wondered where he was. Then he saw a sleeping Haley next to him and everything from the previous night came back to his mind. He smiled at the sight of his best friend sleeping peacefully next to him and the thought of Chris Keller came to his mind his smile faded. He couldn't imagine how anyone could hurt Haley the way he did, so he got up from Haley's bed slowly, not wanting to wake her and took the piece of paper where she had written down Chris's number. He wrote Haley a little note to tell her to call him when she would wake up and then left the room, and the house to go clarify a few things with Chris.
At the Scott house, Peyton, Jake, Lucas and Brooke were all in the kitchen eating breakfast and talking about the party of the previous night.
"So did you guys talk to Nathan or Haley since yesterday?" Jake asked taking a bite of his peanut butter toast.
"Not me, the last time I saw Nathan, he was leaving to go look for Haley" Brooke said taking a sip from her big mug of coffee.
"I'm starting to get worried about those two, I mean we didn't hear from them since last night." Peyton said looking at Brooke.
"Actually, Nate called me yesterday to tell me he was at Haley's and that he was staying with her for the night because she wasn't feeling well." Lucas said.
"Oh, I hope she's not too sick" Brooke said with concern in her eyes.
"Nate said she was fine" Lucas said to her with a reassuring smile.
Nathan was at the river court. He always went there when he needed to think, or to just get out of all the drama. He was so angry with Chris when he left Haley's house this morning that he would have probably killed him if he didn't calm down. So he went to the river court to breathe in fresh air and calm himself down. He dug his hand in his pocket and took out his cell phone, he took the peace of paper with the number on it and dialed.
"Hello" Nathan was met with a hoarse voice.
"Wake up Keller, we need to talk" Nathan said harshly
"What the hell man, I'm sleeping here can't you see?" Chris said annoyed
Nathan rolled his eyes
"No I can't see since I'm on the phone, and even if I would, I don't give a shit. So get your ass up to the rivercourt in 10 minutes" Nathan said starting to raise his voice, he didn't feel like arguing today especially not with him
"Look man-" Chris started, but he was cut off by a very impatient Nathan
"Look man, if you're not here in 10 minutes, I'll come to you and I don't think you'd like to embarrass your little girlfriend now would you?" Nathan said mocking-kindness
"Alright. Alright" Chris said and hung up the phone
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Haley was sleeping deeply when her phone started to ring
"Hello" Haley said with a sleepy voice
"Haley! Are you feeling better?" Brooke asked concerned
"Brooke, well yea I'm feeling better than yesterday wh-" Haley said but was cut off by an excited Brooke
"Good, cause you are coming with me!" Brooke said excitedly
"Uh Brooke where are we going?" Haley said confused
"Clearly you're still in dreamland, where do you think I'm taking you Tutor girl?" Brooke said sarcastically
"I don't know" Haley said still confused
"We are going shopping. Every girl needs her shopping when she's feeling down and I take it you are feeling down so-"
"Okay, where are you?" Haley asked
"Hum at Lucas's why?" Brooke asked confused at her turn
"Okay I'll meet you there in an hour" Haley said
"Okay see you then" Brooke said and with that they both hung up the phone
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Nathan was shooting hoops when he heard a car coming near. He turned around to see Chris.
"So what do you want?" Chris asked as he took a seat on one of the picnic tables
"I want you to stop calling Haley" Nathan said matter-of-factly
"Why would I do that, were in a free country I believe" Chris said amused to see Nathan getting angry
"Don't mess with me Keller, I'm going to tell you one more time stop talking to Haley okay? She's over you so stop telling her your pitiful apologies." Nathan said abruptly
"She's not worth it anyways" Chris said shrugging
At these words, Nathan punched him hard in the jaw
"Don't ever come back near her or believe me you'll regret it" Nathan promised and then left.
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Haley took a long hot shower and then left her house to go shopping with Brooke. At first, she didn't want to go but she figured it would take her mind off Chris. She loved him so much and when he broke up with her she was devastated. It took her a long time to get over and to be happy again, and when she finally had, he came back into the picture to make her remember all the pain he had caused her.
"Haley!" Brooke opened the door before she even knocked and threw herself in her arms as if it had been a year since they last saw each other
"Brooke, what is going on?" Haley asked suspicious.
"Nothing I just wanted to hug you." Brooke said shrugging
"Ok now tell me the real reason" Haley said rolling her eyes
"Okay, okay, I'm worried about you Hales" Brooke said concerned written all over her face
"I'll be fine Brooke I promise. Now how about we go shopping?" Haley said smiling at the pretty brunette
"I never say no to shopping, we are going to have so much fun today, too bad Peyton has an art class" Brooke said linking arms with Haley and leaving the house
"Well I think Peyton prefers drawing than shopping Brookie" Haley teased Brooke
"So where's Nathan?" Brooke asked, she just remembered that he slept at Haley's and he didn't come to his house this morning.
"I don't know, he left before I woke up but he said to call him when I wake up." Haley said as she took out her cell phone from her purse
Nathan was driving home when his cell phone rang. He saw Rachel's name on the caller id and he didn't feel like talking to her right now so he ignored the call. A few seconds later his phone rang again, but this time it was Haley.
"Hey" Nathan greeted
"Hey what's up?" Haley asked
"Nothing much, how about you? You feeling better than yesterday?" He asked with a sweet voice
"Yeah, thank you so much for staying with me. I really needed a friend. I don't know how much more I can take" She said the last part in a low voice not wanting Brooke to hear. Brooke was her friend but she didn't feel like talking about this with her, not today.
"I'm here for you Haley, okay?" He said convincingly
"Yeah" She whispered
"So what are you doing?" He asked changing the topic
"Actually I'm in the car with Brooke, she's taking me shopping" Haley said with a louder voice
"Oh cool" He said
"Yeah. Where did you go when you left my house?" She asked curiously
"Hum, I had something to do, I'm on my way home now though" He said
"Oh, okay…"She knew he was hiding something but just brushed it off
"So I'll see you later?" He asked after a moment of silence
"Yep, Brooke and I are going to come back to your house when were done at the mall" Haley said glancing at Brooke driving
"Ok bye" They both said and hung up
"So where was he all this time?" Brooke asked ripping her eyes off the road to look at Haley
"Hum he said he had something to do, but he was going back to his house now." Haley said
"Okay we are here Tutor Girl, you ready to shop?" Brooke asked as if they were going to go do some extreme sport
"As ready as ever" Haley said laughing
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When Nathan got back home, the house seemed empty. He climbed up the stairs to go to his room and rest. When he got there he saw Rachel sitting on the edge of his bed
"Rachel, how did you get in?" Nathan asked abruptly
"Lucas was here when I came" She said looking at him with a smirk
"Oh, what do you want?" He asked, he really didn't feel like making out or be with her at all for that matter
"God what is wrong with you?" She asked desperately
"Nothing, I just want to know what you're doing in my bedroom when I'm not there" He deadpanned
"Oh I get it… you've missed me too much since yesterday." She said sexily while unbuttoning her shirt and walking towards him slowly
"Rachel, no, you should go" He said annoyed
"I know you want me Nathan" She whispered in his ear
"Look Rachel, I'm done, were done." He said and sighed
"Are you saying were not together anymore?" Rachel said angrily
"We were never together Rachel" Nathan stated simply
"Ohh okay, I see, your little friend Haley finally gave it up didn't she?" Rachel said
"No, it's ju- it's none of your business" Nathan said harshly
"Whatever" Rachel huffed. She took her purse and stormed out of his room. He threw himself on his bed and closed his eyes.
Haley had finally managed to convince Brooke that they had shop enough for the day. They arrived at the Scott house with hands full of bags.
"Luke" Brooke called Lucas from the hall
"Gee, what did you buy?" Lucas asked looking at all the bags surrounding the girls
"Things" Brooke said smiling as she gave him a quick kiss on the lips and then turned back to Haley
"Hey Haley" Lucas said sweetly
"Hey Luke, is Nathan here?" Haley asked when she didn't see her best friend
"Yeah, he's in his room" He motioned the stairs as if she never went to his room before Haley thought to herself
"Oh, ok I'll go see him" Haley said walking towards the staircase
She had an awesome day with Brooke, but it didn't change the fact that she felt anger and sadness, because she did. She climbed the stairs to Nathan's room. She could hear the TV behind the closed door. He was probably watching ESPN she thought to herself. She knocked on the door.
"Come in" Nathan said obviously concentrated on the TV
"Hey" Haley said opening the door. He was sitting in his bed watching a basketball game on ESPN, she smiled to herself, she knew him too well.
He diverted his eyes from the TV to look at her. She was so beautiful. She had gorgeous blond locks framing her little face. Her eyes were the most beautiful shade of brown and her smile was just perfect.
"Hey" He said smiling at her
She took off her shoes and came sitting next to him on the bed
"So what'd you do today?" She asked nonchalantly even though she really wanted to know where he'd been all morning
"Not much, did you have a great time with Brooke?" He asked while watching the game
"Yeah, it was fun" She said and looked at the TV even though she didn't really watch. After a moment on silence she couldn't take it anymore so she talked
"Okay this is awkward" Haley said shifting in her position on the bed. They never had those awkward silences where both of them didn't know what to say
He watched her carefully, he didn't want to see her smile fade but he knew he had to tell her.
"I saw Chris today" He said quietly
At the mention of the name, her smile faded as he predicted it to. He took her in his arms and started to talk again
"I told him to stop calling you"
"What did he say" She asked worry written all over he pretty face
"He said okay" Nathan said stroking her arm
"I'm sorry you have to go through all this trouble for me" She said tears threatening to spill
"Hales, don't be. I already told you I will always be there for you. Everything will be fine" He told her looking at her in the eyes
She nodded and looked at him looking at her, and in this moment, she felt love.
"You hungry?" He asked after a few minutes
"Yeah, starving" She said rubbing her tummy
"Okay let's go see what Luke and Brooke are up to" He said releasing Haley from his hold and getting up from his bed
"Probably making-out" Haley said laughing
"Yeah" He said joining in her laughter
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"You guys are hungry?" Nathan asked coming in the kitchen
"Actually we were about to order pizza do you want some?" Lucas asked
"Sure" They both said
"Pizza it is" Lucas said
"Hey lovers" Brooke cheered coming in the kitchen. Something about the way Nathan and Haley looked at each other told her that there was much more than just friendship between the two. She talked about it with Haley but she always told her that they are only friends. She knew one day or another they will both realize that they are meant to be together.
Nathan and Haley rolled their eyes, but deep down inside they both liked the thought of them being together.
So what did you think? Someone requested spoilers so here's a little hint of the next chapter: Nathan and Haley experience new feelings towards each other, and maybe a kiss. Until then don't forget to tell me what you think.