"It's not that bad!" Lucas insisted when he and Haley were walking down the halls of Tree Hill High together before Haley had to go to detention.

"Not that bad? Not that bad?! Are you kidding? It's exactly that bad."

"It's just for a few hours."

"With Nathan. In detention. I had never had detention before I met him."

"You're blowing it out of proportion."

"I am not!"

"Yes, you are."

"Shut up! You're supposed to be on my side."

"I don't take sides."

"We'll see..."

"Look, I know you think that Nathan is a jerk but I promise he's not that bad. Bad, but not that bad."

"Yeah, right. He's like the bastard child of Satan."

"Well, I guess that could explain some things..."

"It could explain everything."

"Think about it this way. At least Rachel's not gonna be there."

"I guess. If she was gonna be there too than I would probably kill myself."

"Well, we wouldn't want that, now would we? I mean, we have grown kind of fond of you."

"Aww. You really like me! Now I actually can die happy!"

"But seriously, I think you've got the wrong idea about her to."

"Give me a break! She's annoying and manipulative and she dresses like a slut."

"She does not. She just dress to impress."

"If she wants to impress than all she have to do is undress. Oh, wait...She already does that," Haley said sarcastically.

"I'm not gonna win with you on this one, am I?"

"Not by a mile," she said and walked away to detention.

'Please God. Don't make them kill each other...' Lucas thought.


"Miss James. Please take a seat and then we'll begin," the teacher said.

"What is this?" Haley asked when she only saw Nathan. "It's just us?"

"I'm afraid so."

'Great. Just perfect,' she thought and sat down as far from Nathan as possible.

"I don't have some kind of disease, you know," Nathan said but Haley didn't answer. "I'm not happier than you about this either."

"You are the one who got us into this mess!" Haley finally said.

"You're giving me too much credit."

"Whatever. I'm doing my homework."

"Yeah, because that is so much fun."

"How about we just don't talk?"

"Fine by me."

"Fine!"

"Great!"

"Perfect!"

'Finally, some peace and quiet. Okay, history or math? Damn. I already did the math. History then. But I'm really not in the mood to read about some dead guys. Hmm...Oh, what now? Why the hell is Nathan staring at me? Probably thinking about the next step to make my life miserable. Not that bad. Yeah right, Lucas. You obviously don't know your brother as well you think you do. Ahh! I can't take it anymore!'

"What? Haley asked annoyed.

"I didn't say anything," Nathan said.

"No but I saw you staring at me."

"I did not!"

"Oh, please! You were to."

"Don't flatter yourself."

"You did and I want to know why!"

"I promise, I didn't. Did you want me to stare at you or something.?"

"No..."

"You totally did!"

"Shut up!"

"No, it's okay. I just didn't know you thought of me that way..."

"What way? There's no way!"

"The important thing is that you believe it."

"I am not having this conversation with you," Haley said and turned her attention back to her history book. Not for long though...

"You're doing it again!"

"I wasn't doing anything," Nathan insisted.

"I wish..."

"Do you always have to have the last word?"

"Only when it comes to you."

"You really know how to make a man feel special."

"I hate you."

"Ditto."

"Now who's having the last word?"

"Still you."

"Oh..." 'Smart move Haley...Real smart.'

"Do you miss it?"

'He just won't shut up.' "What?"

"L.A."

"Why?"

"Just wondering."

"You haven't given a damn about my life before, why start now?"

"Fine. Be that way..."

"My friends..." Haley said hesitantly.

"What was that?"

"Never mind."

"No. What did you say?"

"I said I miss my friends. And my old house and my old school."

"Not your boyfriend? Martin was it?"

"Of course I miss him too. And it's Matt."

"Right."

"And how do you know about him anyway?"

"Believe it or not, I do listen to you sometimes."

"That is hard to believe."

"It's true."

"Why? So you can use whatever I say against me or something?"

"Something like that."

"Good to know."

"Why is that?"

"Because then I can be more careful next time I open my mouth."

"How about you just keep it quiet altogether?"

"You know, before you just said that, we were actually having a real conversation."

"We were, weren't we?"

"Until you ruined it, than yeah."

"So I guess hell has finally frozen over."

"I thought I felt a little cold. Now I know why," Haley said and the two of them laughed. The only difference was that this time he wasn't laughing at her. He was laughing with her...

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