I walked after the café after meeting Luke, knowing that I had to see Nathan. At the exact moment I was pulling out my phone to text him, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I knew who the hand belonged to without even having to turn around; there was only one person on the planet that sent sparks through my entire body. I knew by the fact that he had grabbed my shoulder, rather than shouting me, that he had seen what had occurred between me and Luke.

I closed my eyes, still keeping my back to him.

"It's not what you think," I virtually whispered.

He walked around so he was now stood in front of me.

"Then what is it like Haley, are you still with my brother even though you know that there is something between us still!"

I knew that I would never be able to shake the connection that Nathan and I had, that we had always shared ever since that day on the River Court. Nathan had never let me forget how I always went back to him no matter how hard I tried to stay away. I couldn't help myself, his touch made me weak, his eyes were a beautiful baby blue unlike Luke's murky blue/grey colour. I needed to stop comparing the two, stop thinking about what I thought was best for me and what I actually wanted or needed. Ever since we first met, Nathan had been a breath of fresh air. He challenged me, he excited me, he changed the way that I viewed life.

Flashback…

"You're late."

"That's because Hales, I took the liberty of getting you your favourite, a hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows as well as a banana nut muffin and a packet of brown sugar," Nathan said, passing me my drink before placing his bag at the table and sitting down.

"Teacher's pet," I said, sticking my tongue out.

"That's your job nerd, lets just get started hey? Lord knows I need as much help as I can get, I'm failing in more than this."

"Nathan, I'll help you, whatever you need, okay?"

"All this just for helping you put a ball through a hoop?"

"No," I said, "All this because we're friends and I know how much basketball means to you and how much you need to get your academics up in order to be eligible."

"Thanks Hales, and thanks for letting me vent to you the other day about Dan, he just drives me a little crazy is all."

"No problem, so where do you want to start?"

"Well, I was reading the play we were assigned last week and I mean I just don't get it? Why does Valjean pay the Thenardiers' in order to look after Cosette?" he asked, pointing to the relevant part of Les Miserables.

"Valjean feels guilty because Cosette's mother, Fantine, had to become a prostitute after Valjean's foreman fired her from his business. When Fantine became a prostitute in order to pay for Cosette's care, she caught syphilis which is what killed her. I think that Valjean feels responsible for the fact that Cosette is without a mother and wants to provide her with at least one stable parent figure."

"I thought maybe he was just weird."

"You're weird!" I retorted.

"Says the one who knows the book cover to cover!"

"Les Mis is a classic musical okay? I had to learn it cover to cover, I performed it!"

"So does that mean you like sing and stuff?"

"Yes Nathan, I sing and stuff."

"Well, looking like that, I'm sure you have the voice of an angel."

End of flashback.

"Not here, can we talk back at my place?" I asked.

"Lead the way."

We walked in an awkward silence for the few blocks it took to get back to mine and Brooke's apartment. I threw my handbag down, and took my coat off before turning to look at Nathan. His eyes raked over my body, even though I was only dressed in skinny jeans and a grey tank top with a lace trim, Nathan was drinking me in.

"I don't want him," I said, looking him dead in the eye.

"But I thought…"

"I know what you thought, it's what Luke thinks too," I said, gesturing for him to come and sit beside me.

He walked over to me before sitting down slightly out of reach.

"I…" he began, before I cut him off.

"Just let me say this. Yes, I have said to Luke that I will stay with him, and no, it's not what you think. I am only doing this because right now Luke is stressed about publishing the second part of Ravens, with it being on demand because of the movie being made. I don't want to be the reason that he can't finish his best seller. Do I love Luke? Yes. Am I in love with Luke? No. I don't think I ever have been and I don't think I ever will be. I just wanted to be so bad. I wanted to be distracted by him because I'm scared. I'm scared of you and the way you make me feel and how I don't think I can control myself around you. I will break it off with Luke when the time is right and when I know he won't hate me. I know that's selfish of me how I'm with him while I want you but I just need you to know that I'm not in love with him, okay? And I don't want to be with him in a romantic sense, because at the end of the day he isn't you!"

I took a deep breath and looked into his eyes which were shining back at me. I saw them darken before giving him a nervous smile. In one movement, he had pushed me onto the couch so I was lay on my back before kissing me with everything he had.

"You are the sweetest, most considerate person ever," he said. "I'm the complete opposite, sleeping with my brother's girl, not only that but falling for her in the process!"

"Nathan, I'm anything but considerate. There was a me and you before there was ever a me and Luke, and there would have been an us this entire time if it hadn't been for that fucking Rach-ho."

Authors note: Sorry for the short chapter, i just wanted to post an update. Thank you for the reviews and don't worry it is a NALEY fiction so they will end up together eventually. We are going to be finding out more of their history as well as hearing more from Brooke/Owen and Peyton/Julian plus be prepared for another member of the show to make an appearance within the next few chapters.