Chapter 3

It was the start of the party. Almost everyone had gotten there. They were just waiting on Stephen and Nathan. Apparently they decided fashionably late was the way to go. Kristen had showed up with Peyton and Alison.

"Hey LC. Why are you staring at the door" Brooke asked.

"Hey Brooke. Just waiting for Stephen to show up. Hows Haley" LC asked.

"A wreck. Luke's over there comforting her. I can't believe he would say that" Brooke said.

"He didn't" LC said.

"What? How do you know that" Brooke asked.

"Well, I asked Jen who's like best friends with Nathan and he never said that Haley was a hoe and that him and her had sex. It was Talan trying to get Haley mad at Nathan and then make his move" LC said.

"Oh" Brooke said looking towards the door noticing that Stephen and Nathan came in.

Brooke walked away and went towards Nathan.

"Hey Stephen.Nathan.Can we talk" Brooke asked.

"Sure Brooke what's up" Nathan asked.

"Ok here's the deal. Supposedly you said that Haley was a hoe and that you and her had sex. Whats the deal" Brooke asked. She was pretty calm and that surprised her.

"Oh that, Look that's Talan. He's pissed at me for some reason and I know he likes Haley and now he's trying to act like me and Haley had sex or something" Nathan said." Where is she" He asked.

"In the back. Theres Lucas. I need some making out" Brooke said walking away.

"Ok, gross Brooke. That's my brother" Nathan said walking towards the balcony.

LC was watching Stephen and Kristen when Stephen finally walked over to her.

"Hey LC" Stephen said giving her a hug.

"Hey Stephen. Whats wrong with you and Kristen" LC asked.

"Don't know. Apparently she's mad cause I told her I would be here earlier and that we would only be here for an hour. But now that I'm here I don't want to leave. So who planned this party? Cause its awesome" Stephen asked.

"Me, Lo, Christina, Brooke, and Morgan. Look if you want to leave go ahead," LC said.

"No. I'll leave in like 5 minutes," Stephen said looking at his watch.

"Why" LC asked.

"Cause in 5,4,3,2,1…

"Stephen lets go" Kristen said from the door.

"That'll happen. Hey come over at like 4 tomorrow ok," Stephen asked.

"Yea sure" LC said giving him a hug and then walking away.

Nathan walked outside to find Haley crying and just looking at the ocean. It upset him to see her like this.

"You know, I hate it when you cry" Nathan said.

Haley looked up and wiped away the tears. She didn't want him to see her. Not yet and not like this.

"You look hot Hales" Nathan said standing next to her.
"Yea if you're definition of hot is me standing here with Mascara down my face then sure I look hot" Haley said.

"Then you do" Nathan said.

"Thanks" Haley said looking at him smiling. Nathan just smiled back and then continued to look at the ocean.

"Beautiful night huh" Nathan asked.

"Yea. Can we finish talking? Cause I'm tired of going around in circles with you Nathan" Haley said.

"Sure" Nathan said looking at her.

"When I told you that the kiss meant something to me you were about to say something. What was it? But before you answer that, I want to know this, how come you kissed me" Haley asked.

"Do you remember that night" Nathan asked.

"Vaguely. Why" Haley asked.

"I remember that night like it was yesterday. In fact I have dreams every night about that night…

Flashback to 2 months ago

"Nathan do you think I'm hot" A drunk Haley asked.

"More than you know Hales. More than you know" Nathan said looking at her.

"How come you don't make a move. I mean if a guy thinks a girls hot then he should make a move. How come you haven't" Haley asked.

"Cause you haven't showed an intrest" Nathan said.

"Well I am now" Haley said sitting on his lap.

"Yea I can tell" Nathan said.

"Kiss me" Haley said

"Are you sure Hales" Nathan asked.

"Yea" Haley said.

And then Nathan leaned in to kiss her

End Flashback

"I had no idea…

"Don't worry about it Hales. It's kind of stupid. I mean you were drunk," Nathan said.

"Uh, Nathan sit down"

"I cant. I gotta go. Im taking LO home and she's pretty trashed so I gotta go. Come over to Stephens with LC tomorrow at 4.OK"Nathan said standing by the door.

"Yea. Sure" Haley said.

LC walked out to the Balcony where Haley was watching Nathan help Lo into his car.

"Funny huh" LC said watching them.

"What's funny" Haley asked.

"That we both got invited to Stephens tomorrow," LC said.

"Yea. By both the guys that we like" Haley said.

"I think its time we got to sleep" LC said.

"Yea I think it is" Haley said walking into the room.

Haley sat on the couch while LC got ready. A few minutes later she came out to see Haley sitting there staring off into space.

"You coming" LC asked.

"In a minute" Haley said.

"OK"LC said walking away.

Haley looked at the room. It's hard to believe Nathan occupied it only a mere 30 minutes ago. The room still smelled like him. Haley looked down at the picture. It was he and she at the Winter Ball. They had decided to go as friends but ended up kissing that night and reveling their true feelings for one another. But the next day he asked out Lo. Haley got up. Put the picture back and went to the light switch. She turned around and looked straight at the picture and whispered" Goodnight Nathan" and then turned the light off and went to bed.