Chapter Three
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The days went by, and Haley and Nathan became closer and closer. Maybe not to the point of being a couple, but they were close friends, and she was slowly trusting, and relaying on him more.
Outside it was really dark, and all the campers sat around a big fire set in the middle. It was story night, the night when all the twins share a story about them and their twin. It could be anything from happy to sad, or even mean, just anything that they had shared together.
A couple of stories had been shared, but not very exciting or interesting. That was until it was the Scott's turn.
"Scott" Gina yelled.
That's when Brooke stood up and began to tell her story, but not before making her brother stand as well. She looked around and clapped her hands together to get their attention. "So" she said with a grin. "About a year ago Nathan and I stole a school bus, well… we borrowed it-"
"Because we returned it after we used it" Nathan added, gaining a laugh from all the girls around.
"Anyways, we got in huge trouble, but our dad got us out of the mess."
"That's it?" Lucas asked, a little shocked that their story was so boring.
"Not quiet, Boyfriend" she said, then turned back to the rest of the campers. "You see, we were arrested." Everyone around gasped, and Brooke nodded. "I got stuck with prostitutes, while Nate here" she pointed to her brother, "got to spend the night with a drunk guy, who vomited all over him."
They received a couple of laughs and some ewws, then Brooke sat down proud of her story and smiled at her brother hitting his arm.
The next set of twins went next and they all listened to their story. It was getting Late, and Haley really wasn't up to listen to anymore stories, or to tell her own. She turned to her brother, who was next to her with his girlfriend on the other side. "I'm gonna go" she whispered, then she wrapped the blanket around her as she stood up.
Jake pulled her down and said something about her being careful and texting him when she got back to the cabin. She nodded and walked around the crowd of people and tired to find the way out.
Nathan noticed her walking away and decided to go check what was wrong. He wanted to be there for her and help her. During the past days he had become close to her, and he wanted her to trust him with her secret, to tell him why it was she jumped every time she heard a door slam, or someone came at her from behind. So many things he wanted to know about the first girl who had seen him for who he was, and not just as a guy to have a good time then leave behind.
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Haley was slowly making he way towards her little cabin, she could still hear a few of the campers talking, and if she turned around she could still see the flames of the fire. The cabin wasn't all that far, but it was far enough for her no to be able to see the flames after a few more minutes of walking.
The trees around moved with the wind, and she flinched at every little movement that came from them. Haley would always think that there was someone following her when she walked alone, and this was no different. She looked around with fear and picked up her pace. She could see the little cabin getting bigger as she got closer, and she just prayed to got that there really wasn't anyone there.
Just as she was about to reach the cabin she heard foot step. She slowly stopped and turned around with her eyes closed, she just wanted all of this to be dream or her mind playing tricks on her. She didn't want anyone to be behind her. Once she was facing that way she slowly opened her eyes and let out a loud scream. The person walked closer to her an pulled her to a hug. Feeling that she began to push him away, she knew it was a guy because he was pretty fit, and there was no way a girl could have those abs.
"Let me go!" she yelled.
But he didn't he just pulled her closer and rubbed her back hoping that she would calm down, "hey it's jut me" he said, still rubbing her back. He felt her loosen up a bit and he was grateful for that, he hated to see the girl in pain, and not knowing what caused the pain he hated even more.
Haley recognized the voice, she knew it all too well, it was voice she had grown to love over the passed weeks. She stopped trying to push him away and just hugged him and let the tears go. Then she felt him walking her towards the cabin, she wasn't sure since her back was facing the cabin and her face was buried on his chest.
The next thing she knew she was sitting on his lap on her bed. The position felt right, it actually felt really good. She took a deep breath and finally raised her head. Slowly smiling at him she mouthed a thank you and kissed his cheek.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
Haley just nodded, she really didn't know what to say.
"Can you tell me what happened?" he asked. He had promised her not to push her to tell him, but everyday there was little things that he noticed. Like the way she jumped every time a door was closed. Or when a guy was yelling she would cover he ears and close her eyes tightly, or how when every time a boy tried to touch her she would flinch. There were only three guys she would let touch her.
"Nathan…" she let out, you could barely hear it, and you could tell that she had been crying by her voice.
He tucked her hair behind her ear, "I know I said I wouldn't ask again, and I know I promised you that I would wait for you to be ready to tell me" he said, never taking his eyes of hers. "But I have to know what happened. Haley, I know this is hard to believe, but I really care about you. I know it's only been two weeks, and no one really falls for someone in that time, but I did. And I need to know what happened. I need to know that no one hurt you."
Haley just looked at him unable to say anything. He had just said he was falling for her, and she couldn't say she felt the same ways. She couldn't say that she liked him, she couldn't do anything about it. Jake would kill her if she got involved in a relationship.
Jake was always watching her, actually the only time he wasn't on her case was when she was doing her activities with Nathan, but she knew that he had someone watching them. He even had Peyton watching her when she went to the bathroom.
"Please" he begged.
"I can't" she said, letting fresh new tears fall from her eyes.
Nathan shook his head in disbelief as he stared at the wood floors of the little room they had, then he lifted his head and watched her. He couldn't wrap this whole thing around his head. How was it that she couldn't tell him, why? And why did she not say anything when he told her that he had been falling for her. He shook his head once more and felt her hands on his face.
She looked at him in the eyes, and just that brought a smile to her face. Just looking into his blue eyes melted her. That was it, the hopeless look he gave her made her do what she had been wanting to do since that first time he had helped her, and had grown more every time he helped her. She slowly leaned close to him and collapsed her lips with his. At the touch of his lips she immediately moaned. She had been waiting for that kiss since he helped her. The one thing she never thought possible was now happening.
Nathan didn't feel any different. Sure he had been the stupid jock in the beginning. But after seen her so broken he felt bad for her, he wanted to know what made the girl that way, and why she was so closed all the time. But now she was letting him in, not completely, but a kiss always meant something. The feel of her lips tingle through his body, and he hope that she felt the same way.
They had both been getting lost on their kiss, which wasn't a long one, but when you wait for it, it sure feels good. They immediately pulled away when they heard the door slam. But the way it had been slammed they could tell that the person was pissed, or at least mad. They pulled away and turned to see who it was and Haley gasped.
"What do you think you're doing?"
"I… We… Please don't tell Jake" she begged.
"What makes you think I wont" the blond said, crossing her arms. She looked at her and stared at them when she saw Haley on his lap.
That's when Haley reacted and jumped of, she slowly walked to her brother's girlfriend and begged once more. "Peyton, please. You know how he is, he's going to get so mad."
"What are you doing?" the blond demanded once more. "Haley, you're still not over the whole Damian thing and you start making out with other guys. You're such a slut, no wonder Damian treated you like that!" Peyton yelled.
That was it. Sure he didn't know what had happened with this Damian guy, but Peyton had crossed the line. He didn't know how Jake was still dating her after the way she had just treated Haley. Jake always said how his sister was the most important thing to him, and how he would never let anyone hurt her again. There it was, again, what did that mean. What had happened to her with the Damien guy that no one wanted to tell him.
Shaking his head to remove all the thoughts he walked towards the blond. He stood between both girls and began to speak, hatred coming out with each one of them. "Don't talk to her like that. You have no right. She's a good girl, and it was just a kiss."
"Move!" Peyton yelled.
"No!" he yelled back, he didn't care that she was a girl, right now all he cared about was the girl hiding behind him. Plus Peyton was acting like a complete bitch.
"Fine" she scolded, "but don't expect me not to tell Jake, he'll know all about your little secret friendship." With that she left the cabin slamming the door once more.
That's when he turned around to see that she was once more crying. He pulled her to a hug and once more walked her to the bed. But this time he sat her on hers and he sat on his right across from hers. He took her hands and notice her lifting her head to face him. The tears were slowly running down her face, and she bit her lip every once in a while.
"I can't do this anymore" he said, then he notice her eyes widen. "You have to tell me what happened with this Damian guy, I need to know, Haley."
She nodded and pulled one of her hands away from him and wiped her face with the back of it. "Damian was my ex" she said softly. "I loved him. Or at least I thought I did." She looked at the floor for a second then looked at him, "I was blind, so I never thought anything about it. Anyways, one time after a game we went to a party. I'm not a party girl and I told him I didn't want to go. My Parents weren't home" Tears started to fall down her face again, and he hated himself for making her cry.
Flashback-
Haley was walking to her room, Damian following close behind. They both entered and she went to sit on her desk to start typing a paper. It was a school night, and she had a paper due the next day.
Damian saw it as an excuse. He hated when she was difficult, when she didn't do what he wanted. He walked over to her and grabbed her by the arm.
Haley winced in pain, "Damian, you're hurting me" she said, as he dragged her and pushed her to the bed.
Haley sat up and looked at him, she could see the fury in his eyes and it all scared her a bit.
"Get dressed" he demanded.
"I don't want to go" she said, rubbing her arm.
"I said get dressed!" he yelled, but this time he slapped her across the face.
Haley touched her check and stared at him in fear. He had never really hit her before. Sure he yelled at her, sometime he pusher her and a few times grabbed her a little hard, but he had never hit her before.
"Damian, I don't want to go, can't we just stay here?" she asked, you could hear the fear in her voice.
"I said NO!" he yelled, "now get dressed."
Haley shook her head and stood up, she began to make her way towards the door and that's when she felt him. She felt her hair being pulled out of the scalp and winced in pain letting a few tears fall.
He pulled her back to him, once she was next to him he pushed her to the bed. Then he walked towards the door and locked it. He knew her parents weren't home, and he knew that Jake would be home late since he was probably at the party, the party he should be at right now.
Haley was frozen, she didn't know what to do, and even if she did her body didn't move. She let a few more tears run down her face when she saw him lock the door, then saw him walking back to her. She shut her eyes hoping that it was all a nightmare, but it wasn't. When she opened them she saw that he no longer had a shirt on and was climbing on top of her.
"Damian, please" she begged, "please don't do this."
"But you love me" he said as he rested his wait on his forearm and pushed her hair out of her face.
"Please" she begged, feeling his lips on her neck. Even though she loved him, or at least thought she did, she felt so dirty when his lips were on her.
"Shut up!" he yelled.
By then she was scared, the fear took over her and she just let him proceed. Still she felt dirty, and used.
Damian pulled away and looked at her, "why are you crying?" he asked sweetly. "don't you love me?"
Haley nodded, and let a few more tears fall.
"Then smile, this is it Haley. The moment we have been waiting for, don't you want this to happen."
She just laid there, she didn't want this to happen. She wanted to shake her head but then he would probably just hit her again, and if she nodded he would just proceed with it.
"I asked you a question."
She said nothing once more, then she heard something and let out a sigh of relief but you could still see fear. "Jake's home" she whispered.
"Haley!" she heard her brother's voice, and she had never been so grateful to hear him in her life.
"Don't" Damian said.
"Haley, are you home?" Jake yelled again. "You're car is here."
That's when she heard him knocking on her door, she felt Damian cover her mouth and she tried to yell for help. That's when she felt something inside her taking over, she tried to open her mouth, but when she closed it she grabbed his hand with her teeth and she saw him pull the hand away, that's when she yelled for Jake to help her but felt Damian's hand slap her once more. This time it was a lot harder as she felt lightheaded and slowly saw everything fade away.
Flashback over-
"That was the last thing I remembered, the next thing I know I was in the hospital with tons of machines hooked up and Jake sitting right next to me."
He felt his blood boiling. There was nothing he wanted more than to kill Damian right now. How could he have been so cruel. He didn't understand. He brought his hand to a fist and hit the chest that was in between their beds. He saw her jump and could see the fear in her eyes. He apologized and went to sit next to her on her bed.
"I'm sorry" he said once more. "I just…. Ugh! I don't know why he would hurt you." He turned to face her and shook his head, "that's why you don't like guys touching you" he concluded, "that's why little sounds scare you."
She slowly nodded.
He scooted closer to her and pulled her to a hug once more. "I promise not to hurt you" he said.
"I know, thank you" she said.
Nathan just sat there with her and rubbed her back. He loved how it felt to sooth her, to help her calm down, and he loved that she let him be there for her.
Pretty soon he notice that she was sleeping, so he slowly lifted her and laid her on the bed and began to put the covers on her. Once that was done he walked into the bathroom to get ready to go to bed himself. He knew that the rest of the people in the cabin wouldn't be back until later. Their little story telling night usually went till one or even two in the morning.
He was ready to go to bed. Brushed teeth, changed and all. As he turned towards the door to go back to the room he saw her standing on the door. He jumped back just a bit as she startled him. Then he saw a small smile on her face, smile that made him happy to see.
"What happened?" he asked worried that she might have had a nightmare or something. Then he noticed that she had changed, so she must have not been in a deep sleep when he left. "You changed" he pointed out.
Haley nodded, "I can't sleep with close" she said.
Nathan coed his eyebrow, and immediately dropped it when he saw that she was still scared, or at least it looked like fear in her eyes. "What's wrong?" he asked, walking towards her.
Haley looked at him with pleading eyes and with hope, "I can't sleep."
"Well come on" he said, pulling her to the bed, making sure not to hold on to her too tight.
Haley sat on her bed and saw him get in his and smiled, her cheeks rosining of embarrassment. "Can I ask you a favor?"
Nathan sat up and nodded, he also noticed her blushing.
"Can you sleep with me?" She blushed once more.
He pushed the covers of him and walked towards her, "of course" she said opening her bed. "Plus, you're cute when you blush."
That only made her blush more as she went to lay next to him on the bed. The bed was a twin so she had to lay on her side since he was on his back, and he was so wide.
Nathan brought his hand around her and rubbed her back to help her sleep, that's when he felt her relax and he saw her slowly lifting her head to rest on his chest. He smiled when he felt her on him, and continued to rub her back.
"Thank you" she said.
Nathan didn't know what she was thankful for, but he still said your welcome. The next thing he knew she was asleep, and that was his cue to go to sleep as well. He knew he had to be up in a couple of hours to go to his bed. He didn't want to be laying down with her when Jake walked in with the rest of them, then again, they probably wouldn't even be able to tell.
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A/N- Okay so I know this is like WAY late, and I am really sorry for that. I've been so busy that I didn't even have time to check my emails, with the kids' registrations and tons of things going on. I wanted to update on Saturday but I went out to celebrate my birthday and got home really late.
I really hope you guys liked this chapter, I know I liked that she finally told him about Damian. I also wanted to speed it up so that we get Naley together soon. Hahhaha. I was also wondering if you guys want Peyton to be the bad guy, and to disappear from Jake's life. If you like her I get it and I will keep her in the story.
Thanks to all the reviews, they were amazing, and I am really sorry I didn't respond any of them, but they all mean the world to me. Thank you so much to all of you, and I am really glad you are enjoy this story. =D
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