im so sorry, this was supposed to be the first chapter as it's before the other ones but i had this one on a different computer. after this chapter, i'll keep going in chronological order, fingers crossed. sorry again, and hope you enjoy.
1x08
*crack*
Nathan picked up another stone and tossed it at the same window. Still nothing happened.
*crack* and another one.
"Tryin' to wake up my parents?" a voice came from behind him. He turned around to see Haley standing behind him, hands on hips. "That's their room," she finished as she walked away. He ran to block her path. "Wait, Haley!" he ran to stand in front of her to stop her walking away. "Look, I need to apologise, okay?"
She wrapped her cardigan around herself consciously. She sighed and looked up at him. "You should buy 'em in bulk, if you're gonna hand apologies out that often…" she said sarcastically.
Nathan sighed. "Look, I just…" he looked away, trying to find the right words to say. "I don't know how to do this," he looked back to Haley, "alright? I'm not like you."
She looked offended, "what does that mean?"
Nathan realised he could've just said the wrong thing. He tried to backtrack, and tried to think of how to make all this better. "Alright, I screw up a lot. Alright? And, being around you, I just…I don't wanna be that guy anymore."
Haley sighed. "Well, who do you wanna be, Nathan?"
Nathan looked at her and said in a small voice, "I wanna be somebody who's good enough to be seen with you."
Haley thought about what he was saying. Nathan knew he had said the right thing, as a look of confusion and intrigue washed over her face.
"Well, you shoulda thought of that last night." She bit back. "You know? I keep…I keep putting myself out there and you keep blowing it, and it's probably a good thing," she laughed sarcastically, "because at this point, there's nothing you can say or do that's gonna surprise me…"
She was cut off by Nathan as he bent down and kissed her gently. He pulled away and looked at her expectantly.
"…cept that…" she managed to get out. She looked up at his face, confused by what had just happened. "You shouldn't have done that, Nathan…" she managed to whisper.
Nathan sighed. "I wanted to." He replied simply.
She studied his face, his sincere face looking straight at her and considered what had happened. "Yeah." She replied, before throwing her arms around his neck and kissing him back.
