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Chapter 7
"So why did you want me to come here?" Peyton asked sitting on Haley's bed.
Haley sat next to her, "I'm going on a date tonight and I don't know what to wear."
Peyton laughed, "And what makes you think I'll know what you should wear?"
"Because," Haley said, "it just seems like something you'd know."
"Well you can never go wrong with jeans and a tank," Haley nodded. "Who's the date with anyway?"
Haley looked at Peyton and then walked over to her closet. "Kyle," she said with her back turned to Peyton.
"Kyle Hutchinson?" Peyton questioned as Haley shook her head. "Haley?"
"Peyton?" Haley was still not looking at her.
"Kyle Carter?" she looked at Haley. Haley nodded her head. "HALEY!"
"What?!" Haley finally turned around.
"Kyle Carter?! He's an ass! Just like the rest of his friends."
"He's not like them! He's really sweet," Haley tried to explain.
"Then why does he hang out with them?" Peyton raised her eye-brow. Haley looked at Peyton and then turned back to her closet. "I just don't want to see you get hurt, Haley. He's the kind of guy that will try to get you in bed on the first date."
"He's really not like that," Haley said.
"He's exactly like that," Peyton replied. "I've dated one of them, remember? Nathan Scott."
"Yes Peyton I remember," Haley said turning back to Peyton. "But he's really different."
"Just be careful," Peyton looked at Haley worriedly.
"I will," Haley said with a weak smile. "But umm- can you do me a favor?"
"Yeah?" Peyton started picking on Haley's bed.
"Don't tell Lucas that I'm going to go out with Kyle."
"Why?" Peyton looked up. Why would Haley want to lie to her best friend?
"You know how protective of me he is," Haley explained.
"You know what he'll do when he finds out you didn't tell him?" Peyton was still looking at Haley.
"I will tell him eventually," Haley said, "just not now."
Peyton laughed, "I won't tell him. But it being Kyle, wow, he's going to freak out."
"It's not like its Nathan."
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"Now I know you're used to it and all," Nathan told Kyle, "but don't kiss her. At least not today, you want her to feel like you're not pressuring her, you know?"
Kyle sighed, "Fine, but make sure that I can kiss her soon."
Nathan laughed, "Come on, let's get you ready."
"I am ready," Kyle looked down at his clothes.
"Not what I meant," Nathan said walking to his room as Kyle followed.
"Hey she's home," Kyle looked at the laptop, "with Peyton Sawyer."
"Yep," Nathan walked to his closet and took out a little box, "they're friends."
"So this is what you do?" Kyle said still watching. "Just watch her?"
Nathan nodded, "So this you put in your ear," he handed Kyle the little ear piece. "And this you put in your pocket," Nathan handed Kyle something that was a little larger than the ear piece.
"What's this for?" Kyle looked at it.
"So I can hear you guys," Nathan said. "It's like I'll be there. You say exactly what I tell you to say and then I can hear you guys."
"So you're basically the one on this date," Kyle said, "not me."
Nathan shrugged as there was a knock on the door and Nathan got up to get it.
"Aundrea," Nathan said with surprise.
"Boyfriend," Aundrea smiled giving Nathan a kiss. "Hey Kyle," Aundrea walked passed Nathan and into his bedroom where Kyle was looking at the laptop.
"Hey look it's Hades," Aundrea said.
"What are you doing here Aundrea?" Nathan walked to his room.
Aundrea straightened up as she was leaning down to look at the laptop, "I thought we could hang out tonight."
"And I would love to," Nathan said, "but I'm going to be talking to Kyle through his date."
"Great! So I'll be with you," she smiled at Nathan.
"Aundrea, it's like I'll be on the date," Nathan looked Aundrea in the eye, "I know you don't like her but today and for the next couple of weeks we'll be trying to get her to fall in love. That way it will sting even more when she gets heart-broken. But you don't like seeing her happy, but that's what we're doing here."
"So what does that have to do with us?" Aundrea asked confused.
"I want to be alone tonight so I can concentrate on the date," Nathan said hoping she won't be mad.
"Oh," Aundrea turned her gaze to the laptop, "I guess I understand."
"You sure?" Nathan walked to Aundrea and put his hands on her waist.
"Yeah I do," she smiled. "But promise me we'll hang out tomorrow."
"We will," Nathan chuckled. "I'll come by at 10:00."
"Good," she leaned up to give him a kiss. She then backed away from Nathan. "Good luck on the date Kyle."
"It's not my date," Kyle laughed, "its Nathan's."
"Okay," Aundrea giggled. "Whatever that means. I'll see you two later." With this Aundrea left the apartment.
"So you've been staring at her this entire time?" Nathan looked at the laptop.
"I can see why you don't get bored of this," Kyle laughed still looking at Haley, "Watching girls on a secret spy camera."
"Watching a girl on a spy camera," Nathan said. "And it's not that amazing."
"It is if the girl looks like that," Kyle smiled. "It's going to be really hard not to kiss her tonight."
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Kyle knocked on the door. "When she opens the door say 'Wow'. Kind of like you're speechless or something," Nathan said back at his apartment.
Haley opened the door and smiled at Kyle.
"Wow," Kyle said. He didn't even have to act. She was wearing dark jeans and a white tank top with a black sweater on top. Her hair was up in a ponytail and she had black earrings. It was a simple look but she looked different than she did in school.
"I didn't know where we were going so I just decided to go with this," Haley smiled.
"Well you look great," Nathan said as Kyle said the same to Haley.
"Thanks," she said. "So are you going to tell me where we're going?"
"You'll see," Nathan said.
Kyle smiled, "you'll see."
"Now go to the car," Nathan told Kyle.
Kyle signaled Haley to come with him to the car. Haley took her purse and closed the door. Kyle looked at Haley and smiled.
"Open the car door for her," Nathan said now lying on the couch, the mic in his hand and the speaker on the table.
Kyle did as he was told and opened the door for Haley and then got into the driver's seat.
"So you're not even going to give me a little hint?" Haley said once Kyle was in the car.
"No," Kyle and Nathan said at once.
"Compliment her," Nathan said getting amused with this.
"You really look great tonight Haley," Kyle smiled. Haley blushed.
"Okay," Nathan said as Kyle drove out the driveway, "you've obviously been on a date before so just go with the flow. I'll tell you when you need to do or tell her something. But I can still hear everything so don't try to pull anything."
"So I know you might think this is a stupid question but we said we wanted to get to know each other. So it looks like you're big on school, what's your favorite class?"
Haley giggled, "That's not a stupid question."
"Good," Kyle said looking at the road. "So what is it?"
"Musical theory," Haley said.
"No shit," Nathan said back at home. "Don't say that," he said quickly.
"That's pretty cool," Kyle said smiling at Nathan's comment. "When do you have it?"
"First period," Haley said. "I have it with my friend Peyton, if you know her."
"Thanks man," Nathan took out the sheet of paper that said Haley's classes and put in the blank space for first period: 'Musical Theory- Peyton Sawyer'.
"Yeah I do," Kyle said, "she went out with Nathan, right?"
"Yeah," Haley said.
"So what do you do in that class?" Kyle questioned.
"We learn sight-singing, dictation, composition and improvisation and like analyzing scores and stuff," Haley explained.
"Peyton sings?" Nathan was surprised.
"I mean we analyze music so not everyone sings."
"And do you sing?" Kyle asked looking at Haley and then back at the road.
"No," she said. "So what about you? Your favorite class?"
"Well I'm not really big on school but I guess my basketball class is my favorite."
"What do you do in that class anyway?" Haley questioned. "Lucas has it too but we never talk about it."
"You go in the gym, grab a basketball and play," Kyle laughed. "There are days where we have organized games but we usually just shoot around."
"You're on the basketball team, right?"
Kyle nodded as he pulled into a restaurant's driveway.
"Tell me we're going to the diner right there," Haley said.
"Nah," Kyle pointed at the fancy restaurant in front of them. "We're going here."
"Kyle! I'm underdressed! And I barely have any money!"
"You're not paying a dime, this date's on me," Kyle said. "And you look fine. Not everyone there wears fancy clothes. Plus, I'm not even dressed to impress."
Haley smiled. Could he be any sweeter? "Okay."
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"Carter party of two," Kyle said as a waiter took two menus and walked them over to a table outside. "When me and my friends go out we take turns on what name we use."
"So next time it will be James?" Haley laughed.
"If you want," Kyle smiled as they sat down looking at the romantic setting.
"Carter's fine," Haley smiled at Kyle and finally looked at the menu. "Why a restaurant though? Normally you go to a movie on a first date."
"Yeah but I said yesterday that I want to get to know you," Kyle explained. "Going to a movie we can't really talk." This was exactly what Nathan just told Kyle in the earpiece.
Haley smiled again. "So what are you ordering?"
"Probably steak or something," Kyle looked down at the menu. "You?"
Haley shrugged, "Pasta maybe."
The waiter came and they ordered their food.
"I know I've said this one million times but you really look amazing," Kyle said.
Haley giggled, "Thanks."
"You've got her," Nathan smiled. "Keep this up, she's falling for you."
Haley loved the fact that Kyle took her out to a restaurant. Any teenage guy would take her out to a movie or maybe to a club or something but he seemed different.
"So how many boyfriends have you had? If you mind me asking," Kyle asked.
Nathan put his hand to his head, "What the hell are you doing man?"
"Serious relationships do you mean? Or just like flings?" Haley asked really not seeing anything wrong with the question.
"You've had flings?" Kyle questioned.
Haley smiled, "Kind of."
"Both," Kyle smiled, "Flings and serious relationships."
"Wow," Nathan said, "I thought this would be too much for her."
"I've had one kind of serious relationship and one fling type thing," Haley said.
"What do you mean kind of?" Kyle questioned.
"You're getting too personal, man," Nathan said. "Be careful you don't want to drive her away."
"I mean you don't have to answer if you don't want to," Kyle said quickly.
"Its fine," she smiled.
"It is?" Nathan questioned confused.
"Well the serious relationship was like three months and it wasn't really love if you know what I mean," she explained.
"Do I know him?" Kyle asked.
"I doubt it," Haley said, "he goes to a different school. We hung out a lot and it was my first real relationship, you know?"
"So why did you break up?" he asked.
She shrugged, "It wasn't working out. I mean as much as I loved to hang out with him we lived too far away from each other to meet each day and we were just busy."
"So you broke it off?"
Haley nodded, "I mean it wasn't sudden, we talked about it. But I don't regret being with him because he was really great. I still see him though, we met through our families so each time my parents invite his parents over for dinner or breakfast or they invite us we meet and talk."
"And the fling?" Kyle questioned.
"It was a summer fling," Haley laughed, "our family vacationed in a beach house in Florida and there was this party that one of my older sisters dragged me to and he asked me to dance and everything kind of went from there. We hung out the entire summer."
Kyle smiled, "and how long ago was this?"
"The fling or the relationship?"
"Both."
"Well the fling was this summer and the relationship was from around February to April of last year."
"And you haven't had a relationship since?" Kyle questioned.
"Sometimes I just want to smack you," Nathan said.
"No," Haley stir her water with the straw. "I'm not the kind of girl who has to be in a relationship."
"You seem more independent," Kyle smiled.
Haley looked up at Kyle and smiled, "And what about you? About your relationships?"
"Don't tell her about the one night stands!" Nathan said quickly.
"To be honest," Kyle started, "I never really had a serious relationship. It's not that I don't want one it's that I never found a girl that I want to commit to. I've had flings of course but nothing serious."
"I don't get how guys can do it," Haley said, "have their first kiss and not give a damn about who it's with."
"Not all guys," Kyle explained. "But girls tend to make a bigger deal about stuff like that."
"We do," Haley smiled as their meals came but they kept talking.
Haley loved the way he was looking at her. It's as if he actually cared about what she was saying. Peyton was completely wrong: He wasn't the kind of guy to try to get her in bed. He seemed like the exact opposite.
"I guess I always think of myself as a hopeless romantic," Haley said, "I believe in true love and that there is such a thing as 'the one'."
"I think that most people are like that," Kyle replied.
"I can honestly say that I don't think so," she rolled some pasta onto her fork and ate.
"She's defiantly not what I expected," Nathan said.
Kyle ate some of his steak. "Well if there is 'the one' for every single person out there how come there are a lot of people that never marry?"
"Because maybe they'll never meet 'the one'," Haley drank some of her water, "Maybe they live somewhere else in the world."
"So they just die alone?" Kyle raised a brow.
Haley shrugged, "I guess."
"You see, that's just messed up. Some people get to be with 'the one' while others just have to settle with someone that's not right for them or just be alone."
'That is messed up,' Nathan thought.
"It is," Haley said, "unless you find that person you're meant to be with. Then you're lucky."
Haley and Kyle finished up their meals as they kept talking. And finally the check came.
"Let me see how much it was," Haley said.
Kyle grabbed the check and put his credit card in. Nathan said that he'd pay him back the money. The waiter came and got it.
"Why won't you tell me how much it is?"
"Because it doesn't matter," Kyle smiled. "Did you have a good time?"
Haley nodded, "Yeah."
"Good," he said.
"Because that's all that matters," Nathan said as Kyle repeated it to Haley.
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Haley and Kyle left the restaurant and walked around. "Ice Cream?" Kyle asked when they were next to an ice-cream stand.
"Sure," she smiled. "But this time I'm paying."
"Forget about it," Kyle said. "What do you want?"
Haley looked at the Ice Creams she could have, "Cookie-Dough."
"One Cookie dough ice cream and one chocolate ice cream," Kyle said and then smiled at Haley, "You're really something." He repeated what Nathan told him to say.
"Meaning?" Haley smiled back.
"Meaning you're not like the other girls I've dated," Nathan said as Kyle explained to Haley, "You're different."
"Different good; different weird?" Haley questioned.
"Different good," he smiled as Nathan continued telling him what to say.
"Good," Haley said.
Kyle took the ice creams and gave Haley hers and then he paid. "You've got her," Nathan said, "She's yours."
Kyle and Haley started walking towards the car; they finished the ice creams as they talked.
Kyle then opened the car door for Haley and then he drove off. "Thanks so much for tonight, it's been amazing."
"Good," Kyle smiled. "And you know what sucks?"
"What?"
"We have school in two days," Kyle frowned.
Haley giggled, "I know what you mean."
"Yeah and you have all those AP classes," he said.
"How do you know?" Haley asked confused. She didn't remember telling him about her classes except for musical theory.
"KYLE!" Nathan yelled. "Great! Now we're screwed."
"Because when I helped you with all the papers that fell from your binder it said in the headings 'AP Government, AP English, AP French Lit, AP Calculus,' stuff like that."
Nathan sighed, "Nice save man."
"Oh yeah," Haley blushed remembering how they met.
"Why take college classes anyway? AP are college classes right?"
"College level classes," Haley explained, "because I can I guess. I'm tutorgirl," she laughed, "School's my life in a way."
"You're a tutor?" Kyle asked.
Haley nodded, "Yeah."
Kyle pulled up to Haley's house, got out and opened Haley's door. He walked her to the door in silence. "So if you enjoyed tonight," Kyle started, "maybe we can do this again next week?"
"As in a second date?" she smiled.
"If you want to," Kyle said.
Haley nodded, "Yeah."
"Really?" Kyle asked.
Haley laughed, "Yes."
"Sorry it just always surprises me when you say 'yes'," he smiled.
Haley smiled again, "Why?"
"Because you're so incredible and I don't understand how you can see something in me," Nathan said as Kyle repeated it to Haley.
Haley blushed, "Give yourself more credit than that: You're a great guy."
Kyle smiled, "I guess this is goodnight?"
"I guess," she said.
"Don't kiss her," Nathan reminded Kyle. "Don't ruin it."
Haley walked to the door and opened it, "Thanks again for tonight."
Kyle smiled as she got into her house and looked at him one last time. He then walked to his car and drove off.
"I'm killing you for not letting me kiss her," Kyle said.
Nathan laughed, "Whatever man, soon you could kiss her as many times as you want. She fell for you right then and there."
"You had to see her, man," Kyle said as he was driving. "So do I go to your house or mine?"
"Why my house?" Nathan asked.
"To give you back all the equipment," Kyle explained.
"Keep it," Nathan said. "There will be more nights like this where I'll have to tell you what to tell her."
"That was pretty messed up! I can come up with lines of my on. She fell for me."
"No, she fell for my lines," Nathan laughed as he took the speaker and the mic and walked to his bedroom and looked at the laptop. Haley just came in her room and was taking her earring out.
"Whatever man," Kyle said. "The point is that it went well."
"Yeah it did," Haley looked at her mirror.
"So when's the second date going to be exactly?"
"Next Saturday," Nathan said already having everything planned out as Haley took of her sweater and hanged it back in her closet. "You really left an impression on her. I didn't know that she'd open up with you so much on the first date."
"Let's just say she's not Aundrea or Brooke," Kyle laughed.
Haley then took a guitar out of her closet and sat on her bed. "She said she doesn't sing, right?"
"Yeah," Kyle said, "why?"
"Never mind," Nathan said. "I'll talk to you later man." Nathan closed the mic and the speaker as Kyle did the same in his car.
Nathan continued watching Haley. She was playing her guitar as she started to sing.
A/N: okay… so this time I'm REALLY dieing to know what you guys think of this chapter because like I said before… how some of you might think the real beginning of the story is when Nathan starts watching Haley or it might be when Kyle starts dating Haley… so here we go! Kyle just started dating Haley! lol… so which one's the beginning? And what did you think of this chapter cuz like I said before! I really want to know what you think! Thanks a lot for reading! You guys rule!