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Nathan~Naley~Haley

"Haley! Nathan! Could you two come down here?" Deb called. Haley and Nathan were pulled out of the kiss they were sharing.

"Ugh, do we really have to leave?" Nathan whispered.

"Nathan, she's your mom. Come on now," Haley laughed as she pulled Nathan out of the bedroom and out to the hallway.

Once downstairs, Nathan and Haley saw two glasses of milk and a plate of hot chocolate chip cookies sitting on the breakfast bar. "My mom only bakes chocolate chip cookies when she's about to tell me something really serious," Nathan whispered into Haley's ear.

"Nathan, I'm sure it's not that bad," Haley replied before they entered the room. "Hi Deb. We were just um, putting my stuff away."

"I'm sure that's exactly what you're doing. I just wanted to tell you guys that with the new arrangement, comes a few new rules."

"Mom!" Nathan exclaimed.

"Nathan, I'm serious. If you don't want to follow these rules, then you and Haley are more than welcome to leave. But seeing as how you don't have a job, I don't think that you would want that. Now, these rules are not that severe. First, Haley, you have your own room, and Nathan, you have your own room. Is that understood?"

The two teens looked at each other and nodded. "Good. Second, curfew is midnight. If you guys are going to be staying anywhere, I need a call, from both of you, telling me where you guys will be staying and what time you'll be back in the morning. I think that's it. Now, that wasn't too bad, was it?"

"No Deb, I think those are more than fair," Haley said to her host. "Thank you so much for letting me stay here."

"It's my pleasure. Now, you guys take these cookies upstairs and go finish 'putting Haley's stuff away'," Deb smiled.

"Mom, that's what we were doing," Nathan laughed and shook his head at his doubting mother. He grabbed the cookies and followed his girlfriend up to her room.

Once upstairs, Nathan found Haley putting her stuff away. "So, are we really going to put your stuff away, or are we going to finish making out?" Nathan asked with the Scott grin on his face.

"Well, I told Brooke that we would go out with her and Lucas tonight, seeing as how we never got to celebrate our one-month anniversary last night. I would like to get all my stuff in a place and not have to live out of bags. But, I promise that I will make our date tonight worth your while." Haley kissed Nathan, but then went back to packing right away.

"Hey, now that's not fair," Nathan said.

"I told you, I'll make our date worth your while," Haley smiled as she put some dresses away.

"Wear the green one that you wore on our first date," Nathan said.

"We're not going anywhere fancy. Just to the little waterfront grille and then we'll probably head over to the River Court," Haley explained.

"Okay, well then, just make sure to wear something green. That's my favorite color on you," Nathan replied.

Haley nodded; taking note of a color she would definitely start wearing more often. Of course, baby blue would always be her favorite color: it was Nathan's eye color, and it was the color of the shirt Nathan was wearing on their first date.

"I'll see you later for our date then Haley James," Nathan flashed the Scott grin again.

"Okay, pick me up at six thirty Nathan Scott," Haley smiled.

With that Nathan walked out of Haley's bedroom and left her to finish unpacking.

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It was about five o' clock, and Haley had just finished showering before she got ready for her and Nathan's date. She walked out into her room when she heard a knock on her door. "It's me Deb."

"Come on in," Haley said.

"Haley, I just wanted to talk to you."

"Oh, Deb, if this about the whole room thing, you don't have to worry. Nathan and I haven't talked about that yet."

"No, Haley. I just wanted to thank you. Before this year, after Dan and I got divorced, Nathan was so self-destructive. I mean, he was a good basketball player, but he also went to parties all the time and was always going from one girl to the next. He didn't care about school or his family. But then, once you started tutoring him, he came home on time, and his grades overall started improving. He spent more time with me, and his relationship with Lucas got so much better. So, thank you Haley, for helping my son. The way he talks about you, I know he really loves you."

"Thanks Deb." The two hugged, but once Deb left the room, Haley's entire demeanor changed. She had known about Nathan's past with girls; she had listened to girls talk about his various hook-ups throughout the past three years at Tree Hill High. But hearing it from his mom made it seem all the more real. How much did she really know about Nathan's past anyways? But she continued to get ready for her date.

At six thirty, as promised, Nathan showed at Haley's door, knocking on the door. "Hello Haley James, I'm here for our date."

"Nathan, who have you slept with?" Haley asked. She didn't know where it came from, it just came out.

"What?" Now Nathan was the confused one. He hadn't expected something so forward out of his usually modest girlfriend.

"It's just… Okay, your Mom was in here earlier, talking about how you used to be before you met me. She said something about how you always were going from one girl to the next, and I just need to know, who are all of these girls who have slept with my boyfriend."

"Well, first of all, I don't know why my Mom would tell you that, and second, why does it matter?"

"Why does it matter? Nathan, it matters because I'm your girlfriend, and I want to know your exes are. I want to know who all of these girls are. I've heard so many things in the past three years, what I am supposed to believe?" Now Haley was angry. If Nathan loved her so much, why wouldn't he just tell her?

"Hales, there's no need to get angry. What happened in the past shouldn't matter," Nathan tried to calm Haley down.

"Well, to me it does! I don't understand why you just won't tell me. I told you, now it's your turn to tell me. And we're not going on our date until I get an honest answer." Haley was being serious. She had asked, and she was not going to back down until she got her answer.

"Well, then I guess we're not going on our date, because I don't think it's any of your business," Nathan said nonchalantly.

"Fine, get out. You can come back when you're ready to give me an answer," Haley shut the door in Nathan's face. As soon as she turned around, she slid down the door and started to cry. Why was she letting what Deb had said effect her so much? It wasn't like Nathan was with any of those girls now. He loved her, and she loved him back. Haley had to call Brooke.

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"Tutor-Girl! What happened? I thought we were doubling tonight," Brooke exclaimed when she burst into Haley's room.

"Yeah, well, that was before Nathan and I had a fight about his past encounters," Haley said with raised eyebrows.

"Oh, Haley. What does any of that matter now?" Brooke said.

"I know, I know, but his mom said something to me about how before he met me how he would go from girl to girl, and I just needed to know, okay?"

"But Hales, do you see the way that boy looks at you? I don't think of any of those girls matter to him," Brooke tried to explain to her friend.

"I know, but, it was just so unsettling the way she said it. It made it seem like he'd slept with the entire female population of Tree Hill High! And then I got mad that he didn't want to tell me, and I shut the door in his face. I don't know why I did it Brooke. I just got so mad that he was so unwilling to share his past, especially when I shared what happened to…" Haley stopped suddenly. She knew she had just opened up the door for more questions from Brooke.

"What did you share?" Brooke didn't mean to pry, but now she was interested in Haley's past.

Haley took a deep breath and told her tale. Once she was finished, Brook was almost in tears. "Haley, that's terrible! And Nathan knows this?" Haley nodded. "Oh, that boy makes me so mad sometimes! It's only reasonable that you want to know what his past is."

"Yeah, but Brooke, now that I think about it, I was kind of in the wrong. I mean, I didn't have to shut the door in his face," Haley said. "And you know what, he does love me, and I love him too. I just want to be confident that I can trust him and that his heart is in the right place."

"Hold on Haley, I'll be right back."

Brooke walked into Nathan's room. "Nathan, are you insane! She asks a simple question, and you couldn't just give her a damn answer!"

"What, Brooke, what are you talking about?" Nathan couldn't believe that Haley had sent Brooke in here to do her dirty work.

"She asked you about her past, and you couldn't give her a straight answer. She told me what happened, Nathan. She's just insecure. She's scared. Can't you cut her a little slack?"

Haley heard yelling coming from Nathan's room. She ran into his room, where she saw her equally short-statured friend standing on her tip toes yelling at Nathan. "Brooke, what are you doing? Nathan, I am so sorry, I did not put her up to this," Haley said calmly.

"I'm just trying to put him in his place, Haley," Brooke said matter of a factly.

"Brooke, you don't need to do that. Can you please leave me and Nathan alone for a minute?" Haley asked. Brooke slowly slinked out of the room and closed the door. "Nathan, look, I'm sorry about earlier. It's just, what your Mom said, and what I've heard, I just get worried."

"About what?"

"That maybe I'm not good enough. Not popular enough, not pretty enough, not rich enough, not cool enough," Haley explained.

"Haley, I love you, no matter how popular, pretty, rich, or cool you are. And besides, in my book, I think you're pretty cool," Nathan flashed the Scott grin.

"Ugh, that grin you have melts my heart every time." Haley smiled.

"Thanks, but I'm sorry too. It's just; sometimes my reputation is a little blown out of proportion. Yes, I have hooked up with a lot of girls. And by hooked up, I don't mean have sex. I have only sex with three girls."

"Do, do you mind telling me who those girls are?" Haley asked quietly.

"Peyton is one of them, then freshmen year this sophomore Natalie Walsh, and Brooke," Nathan said.

"Brooke, really? She has been not telling me things," Haley laughed at her crazy friend.

"Yes, Brooke. It was sophomore year, and we were drunk out of our minds. I don't even remember whose party it was. I just remember me and Brooke walking up to a bedroom on the first Saturday of sophomore year."

"Well, thank you for telling me. I love you and trust you Nathan, and I don't want there to be any secrets between us. Don't feel like you need to hide anything from me. Love isn't about loving the good things in a person, it's about accepting the past and the bad things about a person," Haley said as she pulled Nathan into a hug.

"I love you too Hales. No more secrets, I promise," Nathan kissed Haley's forehead.

"Well, then, I actually wanted to talk to you about something."

"Okay, go ahead babe," Nathan said.

"Well, we've been going out for a month now, and I know that we're both not virgins, but before, well, you know, I wanted to wait until I was married to have sex. I want it to be special, and I know that you've had girlfriends before, but I just didn't know if you had other feelings about the subject," Haley explained.

"Well, I've told you before that our first time will be special. And I will wait until you are ready. I don't want to pressure you, or make you feel pressured. Whenever you're ready, I'll be ready."

"Thank you Nathan. That means a lot to me," Haley was relieved. She was so worried about not being good enough for Nathan, and here he was, assuring her that she was all he needed.

"Now, do you still want to go out to dinner?" Haley asked. Nathan smiled, and the two walked downstairs to go out and celebrate their one-month anniversary.

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That Monday was basketball tryouts, and Haley had decided to try out for the cheerleading squad. "Babe, no offense, but you're not exactly the most coordinated person," Nathan told his girlfriend while sitting at lunch.

"Nathan, come on! Haley's only doing this because she wants to be able to see you every day after school," Peyton poked fun at Haley.

"Peyton, that is so not true! Brooke talked me into it, and you know, maybe it'll be good for me to spend some time outside the tutor center," Haley explained. Jake, Lucas, and Nathan just laughed.

"And, it'll give us girls more time to spend together!" Brooke exclaimed.

"Yeah, like you guys need any more of that," Jake muttered. He had a point. Even though Saturday was date night, Haley had spent her entire Sunday afternoon watching movies with Peyton and Brooke. Nathan liked it that Haley was fitting in with his friends, but he also found it funny that sometimes she wanted to spend more time with Brooke and Peyton than with him.

"You'll all be sorry when you see that Haley will be a wonderful addition to the cheer squad," Brooke told all of her doubting friends.

Later that afternoon, the new cheer squad was standing in the gym, and the varsity basketball team was starting practice with Whitey. "Okay girls, you are my squad for the season. I'm really excited, and I think that this is going to be a great squad. To be sure that we will do our best in the Shine On Cheer Competition in January, Whitey got me in touch with one of the former cheer captains. She is going to be our coach for the season. Please welcome our new coach!"

Haley turned around, and she saw her sister Taylor walk into the gym.

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There we go. A little bit of a twist for you guys! I told you Taylor would be back. But don't worry, everything will work out. Also, after tonight's episode of OTH, I'm going to be starting a Brulian fanfiction, so stay posted for that.