Hey guys. Sorry I haven't updated in a while. Life has been hectic. Hope the chapter is worth the wait.
(P.S. I don't own OTH)

Be calm, Haley, be calm

"Okay Principal Turner. When did you need me to start tutoring him?" I said, trying to sound calm

"Today after school would be good. Is that okay with you?"

"Yea that should be okay. I will just have to make a phone call to re-arrange a few things that I was meant to do tonight."

"Thank you so much Haley. I have not been able to find a suitable tutor up until now."

I smiled as I got up out of my chair, "It's no trouble." Though I don't know how much I believe that. This could so back fire on me. If he finds out about Isabella I have no idea what I will do.

As I walked out of Principal Turner's office, I dialled Luke's number.

"Hey Hales. What's up?"

"Principal Turner just asked me to tutor Nathan this afternoon. Would you be able to pick up Isabella from childcare and look after her until I get home? I will love you forever and I will totally owe you one. Cause I'm getting paid for this tutoring so I will be able to pay for her things now."

"Yea sure Hales" he said while laughing at my antics "You know I am happy to look after my God-Daughter any day."

I thanked him before I hung up and headed towards the tutor centre for the next two hours of tutoring Nathan. I was nervous.

I was sitting down at a desk in the tutor centre doing my AP English homework as Nathan walked in the door.

"Hey Haley. You're my new tutor right?" he said as he entered the room, smiling.

"Hey Nathan," I said, smiling back "Yea I am. So what subjects are you having the most trouble with?"

"Shop talk, straight way? C'mon!" I glared at him playfully and he continued, "I suck at pretty much every subject."

"Hey don't be so hard on yourself okay? I'm sure your not that bad." I said, giving him a reassuring smile.

"Okay Hales. So what do you want to start on first?"

It had been a couple of months since I had started tutoring Nathan and we had become very close. Luke kept trying to get me to tell him about Isabella but I just didn't know how to do it. I didn't want to lose the close friendship that we had formed.

"WAAAAAAA" Isabella's cry shook me out of my thoughts and I went over and picked her up, rocking her gently singing to her;
Farfallina
Bella e bianca
vola vola
mai si stanca
gira qua
e gira la
poi si resta sopra un fiore
e poi si resta spora un fiore.

Ecco ecco
a trovata
bianca e rosa
colorata
gira qua
e gira la
poi si resta sopra un fiore
e poi si resta spora un fiore.

She still wouldn't settle so I sang her another song, one I had heard my mother sing to me as a child;

Ci sono un sacco di bambini nel mondo (There are a lot of babies in the world)
Ma nessuno di loro è come te. (But none of them is like you.)
Così bella, così intelligente,( So beautiful, so intelligent,)
Tutti coloro che conoscerti "perdono la loro bussola",(All those who meet you "loose their compass",)
Si dimenticano i loro nomi (They forget their names)
e dove stavano andando. (and where they were going.)
Mi piace sia quando si dorme (I love both when you sleep)
e quando si è svegli. (and when you are awake.)

"You're a natural with her you know that?" Luke said from the doorway, smiling at us like the proud best friend, uncle and god-father he was. "Though I still can't figure out why you sing to her in Italian. You're not Italian."

"I don't know why. They were the only two lullabies mum used to sing to me in Italian. When I learnt it at my old school, I caught on quick. It was soothing. I loved it. So every now and then I revert back to it with Bella when nothing else sooths her down."

"You're doing a great job with her, you know? And anyone who doesn't understand that is just stupid."

I burst out laughing, I just couldn't help it. "Thanks Luke. I was thinking of telling Nathan, I just don't know how or how he will react to it."

"I couldn't tell you, Hales, but - " he was interrupted by a knock on the door.

"I can get it Luke, you go to the River Court like you were going to. I'll give you a ring when dinner is ready," I said on my way to the door, not expecting who was on the other side.

"Nathan."

"Hey Hales, I was wondering... if u wanted to go out for dinner tonight?" he said, before noticing Bella in my arms, "Or if you busy we could go another night? She's cute and she looks a lot like you, is she your sister?"

"Um no. This is Bella, my daughter."

A/N:

Hey guys, so sorry it took me so long to update, I just haven't been inspired and I didn't want to ruin it with a non-inspired chapter.

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