Author's Note: I'm sorry for the wait, I meant to update on Wednesday but I got some shocking news and it took some time to adjust, my family and I have been going through a really rough time recently, so my update got a little postponed. Don't worry though, when I commit to something I don't back down so I will be updating. I want everything I post to be good quality so I didn't want to just write something for the sake of putting it up, you guys deserve more than that. I really hope you like this chapter. Please leave a review and tell me what you think. I want to thank everyone for the reviews, they were really awesome and totally made my week :)
It was Friday and Haley was now back in the same room where she had first met Nathan the day before. Trevor had arranged another meeting and had told them both that he had important news for them. Unfortunately he had left to go get their "surprise" and that meant that she was now alone in the room with Nathan.
He was sitting at the table across from her and as she looked at him she noticed that he appeared to be checking her out. She pretended to ignore it for a little while but it was becoming hard to ignore. She cleared her throat slightly, hoping to get his attention and was pleased when he looked up at her startled. She raised her eyebrows at him questioningly and noticed him quickly avoid her glance as he busied himself with looking for scratch marks in the table. She had been expecting a witty response or one or his trademark smirks but she was surprised to find that he actually looked guilty for being caught staring.
She noticed him sneak another glance at her to see if she was still looking and when he realized she was he quickly looked back down. Haley tried to suppress a giggle at Nathan's antics but failed miserably and he looked up at her as the sound escaped from her lips.
Nathan's initial response was to glare at her for making fun of him, but as the sound of her laughter reached his ears a smile formed on his face. He revelled in the sound of her laughter, she had a beautiful laugh, but even more than that he revelled in the fact that he was the one that had made her laugh.
He would never admit it to anyone but Peyton was right. He had never had such an intense attraction to anyone in such a short amount of time. She was screwing with his head. When she had caught him checking her out he had actually felt guilty. He had never felt guilty for checking out a girl before.
He wasn't sure what to do about this attraction but he was sure of one thing: he needed to get back to being himself. Haley was messing with his head and he couldn't have that.
Nathan heard a noise coming from the door and looked to see a very sly looking Trevor coming back in with something hidden behind his back.
"I have your surprises for you…" Trevor said softly but instead of looking enthusiastic like he should have, he looked antsy as he stood there shuffling his feet, eyes darting around the room. Trevor glanced up at Nathan before moving to the opposite corner of the room, he took a deep breath and pulled out the surprise from behind his back.
There, in his hands, were two plane tickets. Nathan got up to see where they were to, but as he stepped forward Trevor stepped back, eyeing Nathan wearily. Haley seemed to notice this and motioned for Nathan to stay where he was while she got the tickets from Trevor.
She took a quick glance at them and a smile broke out on her face.
"Really?" She asked looking at Trevor.
"Really what?" Nathan asked, moving closer to Haley to try and get better view of the tickets but she was now hold them against her chest.
"Yup," Trevor replied "The producers think it would be the perfect place to film the movie."
"Where would be the perfect place to film the movie?" Nathan asked but neither of the two payed him any attention.
"Wow that's so amazing! I can't believe it." Haley gushed.
"Can't believe what?" Nathan asked. When he still got no answer Nathan started to get frustrated. "Guys what the hell are you talking about!"
"Nathan, calm down," Trevor said as he looked over at Nathan.
"Well, I wouldn't have to calm down if you guys just told me where those plane tickets are for." Nathan exclaimed.
Haley looked up at him slightly confused. "Nathan all you had to do was ask, you didn't need to freak out." He could tell from the sly look on her face that she had been playing him all along.
Nathan was about to protest but decided it wasn't worth it. "Never mind." He muttered as he reached over and took the plane tickets out of her hand.
"Hey!" Haley protested but all Nathan could focus on were the letters on the plane ticket that read: TREE HILL.
~*23*~
Nathan sat there waiting for the plane to take off. He read over his lines one more time before sticking them under his seat and sighing, he couldn't believe he was on his way to Tree Hill. He hadn't been there in 8 years and he wasn't sure if this trip would be a good thing or not. He turned his head slightly to see Haley making little notes on her script. He looked closer and started laughing when he realised what she was doing.
Haley heard Nathan's laughter and looked up at him. "What?" she asked.
"Are you- Are you fixing the spelling mistakes on the script?" He said between bouts of laughter.
"What's wrong with that?" she asked indignantly.
Nathan just shook his head and continued to laugh.
Haley gave a little huff and went back to correcting the script.
After about five more minutes Nathan looked over at her again. She was looking intently at the script was she penciled in her corrections. Nathan smirked to himself, he had an idea. He reached under his seat, pulled out his script and waited. Right when Haley was about to write something he dropped his script on her hand so that she messed up.
"Nathan!" Haley screeched, making the other first-class passengers turn. Haley quickly lowered her voice and whisper-yelled. "What the hell are you doing?!"
"Well…" Nathan smirked, "I figured you could correct my script as well. You know, since you're such a nerd and all."
"Well I won't" Haley huffed as she picked it up to hand it back to him. "And I am not a nerd!"
As Haley lifted his script off her own she noticed that her script was covered in brown splotches. "What the…? She muttered as she turned Nathan script over to look at the backside.
"Nathan!" Haley exclaimed, once again earning annoyed looks from the other passengers. "What is this?" She asked as she motioned towards the brown goo that covered back of his script.
Nathan looked over at it thoughtfully before dipping his finger in it and putting in it his mouth. "This" Nathan smirked "Appears to be sauce," he then looked at his meal tray before looking up at Haley with an innocent smile "I must have accidentally put my script on my prime rib before I gave it to you."
Haley looked up at him with fire in her eyes and Nathan couldn't help but think how sexy she was when she got all fired up.
"Well then I guess I should give you your script back." Haley said as she shoved the script against his chest, getting sauce all over his shirt in the process. Nathan pulled the script off of himself and when he looked up at Haley she was surprised to see him smirking. Why is he smirking? He should be angry, very angry.
Haley was broken out of her thoughts as she saw Nathan pulling his shirt over his head. "I knew you wanted me Haley, but you didn't have to spill food on me just to get me to take my shirt off. You could have just asked." Nathan drawled.
Haley would have responded if she hadn't been so busy staring at his chest, his well defined, toned, muscular chest. She wanted to look away but she couldn't. She just sat there looking like an idiot as she blatantly stared at Nathan's ripped body.
When Haley didn't respond to his teasing Nathan looked down to see her sitting completely still. He wondered if maybe he had taken his joking too far and she had gotten upset. "Haley, look I'm sorry, it was just a joke."
Haley shook her head slightly and looked up at him. "It's okay," she said stiffly and quickly turned her head to look out the window. Nathan looked at her strangely, her voice sounded different. It sounded almost strained. Nathan thought back to when she was staring at him and a mischievous smile spread across his face.
"Were you checking me out?" Nathan asked.
Haley turned to him looking shocked, her cheeks bright red. "What- no- of course not!" Haley stuttered.
"Yes, yes you were. You were checking me out. Haley James was checking me out." Nathan looked over at her. "I can't say I blame you, I am pretty sexy."
"No, you're an ass." Haley retorted.
"An ass that you find incredibly sexy."
Haley turned her head towards the window so he couldn't see how red her cheeks were. She couldn't believe that he had caught her staring. The two spent the rest of the ride like that, Haley with her head turned towards the window while Nathan boasted on and on about how much Haley wanted him.
By the time they arrived Haley couldn't wait to get off the flight. Sitting this close to Nathan was messing with her head. As soon as the plane landed Haley moved to get past Nathan and off the flight. As she did this her hand brushed Nathan's chest and she felt a tingles run through her hand and spread through her body like wildfire. She looked up at Nathan and found a bewildered expression on his face. He'd felt it too.
This just reinforced the fact that Haley needed to get away from Nathan. There was no way she could ever be remotely attracted to this jerk. Was there?
~*23*~
Brooke and Lucas stood there at the airport waiting to see Haley. When they found out that Haley's new movie would be filmed in Tree Hill they decided to come as well, they figured it would be a nice break from Hollywood. Brooke had been thinking about setting up a franchise in Tree Hill anyways and Lucas thought it might inspire him to write a new novel. They had taken an earlier flight and had already gotten unpacked at Lucas' house. Brooke was bouncing around looking over numerous people's heads in order to try and find her best friend. Lucas suddenly jumped as Brooke let out and excited squeal.
"There they are, there they…OH MY GOD?!"
"Brooke, what the hell?!" Lucas put his hands over his ears as he looked around to see what had make Brooke shriek like that.
There walking towards them was a shirtless Nathan followed by a very flustered looking Haley. Brooke ran up to them and screamed.
"Oh my god, you guys had sex on the plane?! Haley does this mean you lost your-"
"Brooke!" Haley shrieked. "We did not have sex on the plane!"
"But we came pretty close," Nathan smirked.
Brooke's eyes widened and she turned to look at Haley.
"No, we did not." She then turned to Lucas who had come up from behind Brooke and was looking at her shocked. "Lucas, I'm serious, we didn't do anything. It's a long story but nothing happened. I swear."
Nathan looked suspiciously from Lucas' relieved face to Haley who was still trying frantically to prove that nothing had happened and had began to recall at the events that had happened on the plane. As Nathan watched Haley try so hard to prove to Lucas that nothing was going on, he felt that weird tugging sensation return. He could feel the anger and jealousy boiling in his blood at just the possibility that they might have something going on.
"We wouldn't want your boyfriend thinking there was something going on now would we." Nathan sneered at Lucas, interrupting Haley's story.
"What the hell, man?" Lucas took a step forward. He then looked at him closer and said accusingly, "Are you jealous?"
"What, no!" Nathan exclaimed.
"Do you like Haley because I swear man if you do…" Lucas trailed off as he raised his fist menacingly.
"Lucas back off." Haley stepped between the two of them and looked up at Lucas.
"Yeah Lucas," Nathan taunted, "listen to your girlfriend." Nathan said the word with such spite. Even saying Haley belonged to someone else was making him even more jealous than he already was.
Haley looked up at Nathan sharply. "First of all, shut up. Second of all, Lucas is not my boyfriend. And third of all," Haley looked at up at him, "that is no way to talk to your big brother."
Nathan's eyes narrowed as he looked at her.
Haley raised her eyebrows as she silently dared him to respond. Lucas had told her about his half-brother a long time ago but she had never met him until last week. From the moment she had seen him she had recognized him as Nathan Scott, her best friend's half-brother but she had chosen not to say anything until now. She knew that they didn't acknowledge each other as brothers but they were going to have to learn to get along if they were going to be here together for the next year and a half.
As much as she didn't want to admit it, she also felt a little pride that for the first time it was her who got under his skin, instead of the other way around. She stood there waiting for a witty response but instead he muttered something about being tired and going home and walked off towards the doors.
Haley turned back to Brooke and Lucas to find Brooke staring curiously at her while Lucas looked somewhat annoyed.
"Haley, I told you that we are not brothers" Lucas said.
"Look Lucas," Haley sighed, "You too are going to be here for a while, Tree Hill is a small town and you're going to be seeing a lot of each other. You didn't really get the chance to know each other before so maybe you should just try now."
"I thought you hated him." Lucas looked at her suspiciously.
"I do hate him," Haley said, "he's a pain in the ass. But I know that you're curious, you want to know if you two could actually get along. I may hate the guy but you should have the chance to get to know your brother, even though he's an arrogant jerk, at least you won't have to spend the rest of your life wondering if you two could have ever actually been brothers."
Lucas looked at Haley for a second before pulling her into a hug. "Thank you Hales."
She hugged him back. "No problem, buddy."
Brooke squealed and clapped her hands. "This is awesome, now when Haley and Hotshot get married, Haley and I will be sister-in-laws…kinda."
Haley and Lucas looked at Brooke quizzically for a moment before laughing. Lucas put his arm around Haley and the three headed out towards the cab.
"Hey Haley?" Lucas asked.
"Yeah?" she answered.
"Imagine what you would do if Nathan and I became best friends." Lucas joked.
There it is. I hope you liked it. Please review they totally make my day and really motivate me to write more, meaning faster updates ;)
