for now this is a monday story, but it will soon change to be a tuesday one. I will tell you the chapter before it changes to tuesday. thanks so much to all fo you and enjoy the chapter.
CHAPTER TWO
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The day was finally over. Haley had managed to calmed down after that she took a shower and went straight to bed. She didn't tell Jake about her little episode, he would have flipped and made her talk about it, and that was the last thing she wanted. Nathan had been kind enough to not tell Jake, ands she was thankful for that.
The morning came around and everyone was eating breakfast in the big cafeteria. Haley walked in with her brother, and his girlfriend and walked straight towards the table were the rest of their cabin mates were at.
"Hey!" Nathan said, when he felt her sitting next to him.
Haley just smiled and gave him a nod, she then turned to her.
"I'll be back" Jake said to his girlfriend.
Nathan turned to Haley slowly and began to talk. He didn't really want to freak her out, especially since what had happened the previous day. He just wanted to be her friend, she looked so fragile. "So how are you this morning?"
Haley turned to him and gave him a soft genuine smile, "better."
Peyton sat right next to her and listen to their little interaction, she wonder what Haley meant by better, and how was it that Nathan took her answer so calmly, like he knew that there was something wrong with her.
"I'm glad" he said, smiling at her. "You know, I'm still here if you want to talk about it."
She nodded, "thanks."
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After breakfast they had all been sent to their cabins to get ready for the day's activity, tenis. Part of the camp, was to have twins join different activities, and to have them share time with other without their twin.
"Alright campers" Gina, the counselor yelled. "Today we'll be doing tennis, I have pared you with someone that is not your twin, and this person may or may not be in your cabin. Okay…" She said plenty of names, but none of them had yet been selected. Then she finally called Jake, "Jake James, and Lindsey Strauss. Lucas Sawyer, and Brooke Scott. Peyton Sawyer and Alex Dupre. Carrie Strauss, and Jason Francis. And last but not least, Haley James, and Nathan Scott." She looked up from her clipboard and looked at all the teens "okay, let's get going. Also, this person will be your partner throughout the whole camp, so make sure you get along."
Everyone went to meet up with their partners, and most of them hoped that their partner wouldn't make camp a living hell for them. Nathan on the other hand was kind of glad that he got paired up with Haley. He would never tell anyone, but he actually though she was cute when he met her. He still didn't know why Jake was so protective of her, or why she had that reaction when the door was slammed the previous night, but he wanted to know. He wanted to know everything about her, and this was just another way for him to find out more.
"Hey partner" he said walking up to her.
Haley smiled, she was about to say something when Jake interrupted her.
"You touch my sister, I kill you…" he began to threaten Nathan, but Haley went over to him to cool him down, she knew what he would do if he got out of control.
"Jake, I'll be fine."
"Okay" Jake said, and kissed the top of her head. "If he does anything, you tell me. Okay?"
Haley nodded to her brother and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.
Jake turned to his partner and left with her, along with the rest of them. Everyone had been assigned a court, and they were getting ready to.
Nathan walked closer to her, "you ready for this?"
Haley looked up at him, "not really, I'm not much of a sports person."
Nathan looked at her shocked, he had never heard her say more then two or three words at the time. This time she actually formed a sentence, he couldn't believe that she had actually said more words.
"What?" she asked when she saw his look, she touched her face "is there something on my face?"
Nathan shook his head, "no, your face is great."
She blushed just a bit and turned to look forward. Haley didn't know what to feel. She knew he was cute, and she actually found him attractive but she couldn't tell him. She also didn't know how to react. She didn't know if she could trust him, or if she should actually let him in, last time she did that it didn't really turn out all that well.
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The tennis matched had gone great, sure Haley didn't know much about it, but Nathan was there to help her. After the match they had gone to get some lunch, and back to finish their matches before dinner. The whole day was devoted to Tennis, that's how it would be the whole summer. One sport per day, they started with the partners ones and they would finish with team ones, in hopes that the teens would choose their own teams.
They were now back on the court and Haley was ready to go. She didn't know why, but Nathan made her feel comfortable about being there. In a weird way, he made her feel more comfortable than her own brother. Maybe it was that Jake was always trying to protect her, and he never really let her do much.
She grabbed her racket and a ball and serve it to him. He was actually impressed at how hard she hit the ball. For someone who wasn't very good a sports, she was doing just fine when it came to hitting the ball.
They hit balls back and forth for a couple of hours. Nathan knew that if they were keeping score she would lose, since she managed to throw the ball out all the time from how hard she hit it. But he didn't care. He understood that there was something in her that made her want to hit so hard, a pain and frustration that was just waiting to come out. He just let her hit ball after ball as he hit them back slowly to let her have enough time to hit it back.
Once a bell rang announcing that it was time for dinner he walked over to her and took the racket, he walked with her towards the door of the fenced court and place both rackets in the closet. They then began to walk towards the cafeteria to get their dinner, both hoping that it was something good.
"So, what made you hit the balls so hard?" he asked, as they walked together.
Haley shrugged a little embarrassed, it's not like you can just go ahead and tell a guy that you just pictured your ex's head and hit it as hard as you could. "I don't know, I guess I just wanted to let it all out in a safe way."
"Let what out?" He hoped that she would at least tell him something, but he knew that she probably wouldn't.
Haley looked up at him and smiled, even though her smiled was forced she tried to make it look genuine, "Nathan" she said, stopping. She looked up at him and hugged herself, "When I'm ready, I'll tell you. Just not now, okay?"
Nathan nodded and began to walk again, he understood. She probably had lots of problems, and at the moment she didn't trust him enough to just tell him all of it. Maybe with time, she would be able to trust him. That was something he really hoped for.
They walked to the cafeteria and towards their friends. They were all there, Jake, Peyton, Brooke, Lucas, even Lindsey was sitting with them. Nathan and Haley walked to them and sat, Haley next to Peyton, who was next Jake, and Nathan sat next to Haley and across form his sister.
"I'll go get my food" Nathan said standing up again, then he turned to Haley, "do you want me to bring you some?"
Haley looked up at him and smiled, she nodded "yeah, thanks."
Nathan gave her a nod and began to walk towards the serving area.
"So, what's the deal with you and my brother?" Brooke asked from across the table.
Haley looked up at her with a shocking expression, "Excuse me."
"Brooke" Lucas said, he like Jake was also very protective of Haley; he had been there when everything had happened to her with her ex.
She turned to him, "what? I just want to know."
"Nothing" Haley said softly. It's like she crawled right back into her shell. When she was with Nathan she would just come out and be as close to herself as she could, but when other people were involve she went right back to her shell.
"Well" Brooke said, "I think he likes you, trust me when I say he's not nice to every girl he meets." With that she smiled at Haley and turned to her friend, or boyfriend, or whatever it was that they were.
Haley just smiled, when she felt a someone next to her she turned to see Nathan sitting and setting to trays down. She smiled at him, and murmured a soft thank you before she began to eat. She took a small bite of her turnkey sandwich, and turned to him and smile. She didn't know where all the smiles were coming from, it had actually been a while since she had actually smiled.
"Did you like it?" he asked, and received a nod from her. He put his own sandwich down, "so, why are you so shy all of the sudden?"
She shrugged, she didn't really want to answer that. She put her sandwich down, "I wanted to thank you for last night." She said it as soft as possible; she didn't want anyone to over hear.
"Hey, don't worry about it. I would just like to know what made you act like that."
"Nathan-"
"I know" he said understanding, "you'll tell me when you're ready."
She nodded and smiled, "thanks. And thanks for not telling anyone, I don't really want Jake to find out about it."
He nodded and picked up his sandwich once more, he took a bite and waived in front of him as Haley did the same.
Peyton had heard all of it, form her thank yous, to the not telling Jake part. She really couldn't believe Haley was hiding this form him, he was her brother, and all he wanted was to protect her. She didn't know how Haley could just sit there and act like nothing was wrong, when she was clearly hiding something form her own brother.
Across the table Brooke had been paying close attention to her brother's body language. She couldn't hear anything they were saying, but by their body language he could tell that they were talking about a sore subject. She smiled at the sight of her brother actually smile, and happy with a girl. She had seen him with plenty of girls, but most of the time he was just sleeping around with them. This time, well it was different. She could see that he actually cared about her, and that he was just trying to be the nice guy.
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A/N- WOW you guys, the story did awesome, I didn't expect to do so good. I actually thought that it would get five reviews MAX, but it tripled it. I am so glad you guys liked the story and I hope you guys liked this chapter. I know it's not the best and I promise that the ones to come will be better, but I wanted to get something out to thank you all for your great reviews.
Okay, I want to know what you guys think so don't forget to drop me a review. Also tell me what you think Peyton should do with the information she's having, and don't worry, Brooke will become more involved in the story. Thanks again.
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