Haley chatted with the girls as they each anxiously awaited their turn with the infamous Nathan Scott. "He's sooooo hot," Cindy squealed for the thousandth time. Haley rolled her eyes. She had had enough with the gushes of the ditzy girls about Nathan's appearance. Unfortunately, she knew they were right. She had been trying to ignore the butterflies she still got whenever she saw him, but she couldn't help but stare when he came out in his tight black polo and baggy jeans. He was and would always be a sex god in her eyes.

"Haley, I don't want to pressure you into anything. We've only been dating for eight months and I don't want you to feel like you have to do this." Nathan peered sincerely into her eyes.

She pressed her mouth firmly to his, and reached down to unbuckle his pants. "Nathan I want this, I want you."

"I love you, baby." He breathlessly moaned as her hands worked their way down deeper and further into his pants.

In the afterglow of the moment, Haley and Nathan lay wrapped in each other's arms when he leaned over, a serious look in his eyes. "Marry me?"

"What? Marry you? Are you serious?" Haley inquired. A million thoughts were running through her mind. After all they were only seniors in high school.

"Haley, I've loved you since the moment you became my tutor, and I haven't stopped. I'll never stop." Nathan twisted his head to the side and gave her a light kiss on the lips.

"YES, Yes yes. Of course I'll marry you, but I think that we should wait until we graduate from college. I mean, you have potential to achieve your dreams and I would like to figure out my life before we jump into anything." Haley replied and returned the kiss, deepening it by tilting her head back and opening her mouth allowing his tongue access. They kissed and kissed until they were both breathless and they spent the rest of the night and the following day in bed, enjoying their newfound status: Engaged.

Haley thought back to that night with a sigh. She had been unable to resist Nathan then and she still had trouble now. Looking back, she was glad that they never had gotten married, but she also thought that Nathan may have stuck around longer, if he was legally bound to her. She felt a tap on her shoulder; she turned around and was met with those sexy blue eyes. "It's your turn, Haley," he smiled and grabbed her hand pulling her to follow him into the secluded area. He released her grasp and Haley felt a small piece of paper in her hand. She looked at him questioningly, but he just raised his eyebrows.

She grasped the paper tightly in her hand and looked up at him. "So, Nathan, tell me about yourself."

Nathan smirked slightly, "What do you want to know that you don't already?"

Haley shot back, "I guess you are the famous Nathan Scott, who doesn't know your life story, seeing as how you're the main focus of my thoughts, day and night."

Nathan smiled. This was the Haley, he knew and loved. She hadn't changed a bit. He shook his head. Snap out of it. She cheated on you with Chris Kellar, of all people. Nathan didn't know if he could bring himself to look past that, but he wanted to give it a try. "So Haley…it's Haley right? What do you do for a living?"

"I'm a schoolteacher Lucas…I mean Nathan," she perpetrated, knowing his insecurities about her relationship with his brother Lucas. And with that she got up and walked away.

The host, Chris walked over to Nathan. "What's the deal with her?"

Nathan glared at him, "Look man, don't insult her." He stalked off to find the next girl, leaving a confused Chris behind.

Haley left the party for a minute to go to the bathroom. She slipped into a stall and looked at the paper that had grown wrinkled in her hand. Meet me at midnight, down the road about half a mile is my house. I'll send a driver. Haley smiled, she couldn't help herself. Nathan Scott wanted to meet privately. Maybe he would finally apologize.

As Nathan sat down with the next girl, Haley's roommate Shannon, he thought about meeting Haley that night. Maybe she would finally apologize.