For better or for worse ch 7
A/N: sorry this took so long! Special thanks to guest(s), Thibbs65, dianehermans, naley12 for your continuous reviews thank you! Longer note at the end please read :)
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7. Falsely accused (Part one)
Nathan and Haley walked into the hallway hand in hand. They had promised each other they would stand by one another, and they knew that everyone would be talking about them and their secret relationship and pregnancy. All the school gossip sites had been posting things since the second the posters were put up, claiming they 'knew all along' which both nathan and Haley found hilarious.
They took an odd comfort in the ludicrous facts and rumours that surrounded their relationship. Of course, there were also a fair share of hateful comments, mostly from girls who had wanted Nathan and we're now resentful that Haley had him.
Haley was nervous. Nathan could feel her palm sweating inside of his larger one. He brought their hand up to his mouth and kissed herd gently, giving her a smile as she looked up at him lovingly,
Haley felt calmer as soon as Nathan's lips pressed against her hand. It always amazed her how natural it felt between them, like they had been together for years, I guess that what happens when you're best friends for years first Haley thought to herself.
They were both very thankful for their group of friends, who walked beside and behind the couple, protecting them from some of the hateful glares and hushed whispers surrounding them as they moved towards the principals office.
"You ok?" Nathan asked her.
"Yeah, just nervous. I wish we knew what Turner wanted." Haley replied.
Principal Turner had called the James household to inform Haley and Nathan that he needed to speak to them first thing Monday morning about an issues that had been brought to his attention.
The group stopped, some sitting down on the chairs and some standing outside the principals office. Haley and Nathan sat next to each other, still not letting go of one another. Haley blew out a breath, and ran her free hand through her hair as she tried to calm herself.
"You guys should go, we don't know how long this will take and you have class to get to." Nathan suddenly spoke to the group
"It's fine Nathan, I don't think it's the first time we've ever skipped a class if you remember correctly" Lucas replied, joking at the end in an attempt to lift the slightly tense atmosphere surrounding them.
"No" Haley spoke "Nathan's right, you guys need to get to class. Principal Turner won't let you stay out here for us. We'll be fine."
"Tutor girl, it's-" Brooke started but was cut off
"Seriously Brooke it's fine, I've gotta get used to facing things like this without you guys there to hold my hand, I'm 17 for crying out loud, I'm not that fragile." Haley snapped, regretting the words as they came out of her mouth.
The whole group looked down to the ground, trying to get passed the awkwardness
"I think what Haley was trying to say was we appreciate your support but we gotta do this on our own" Nathan stated, as he felt Haley squeeze his hand tighter in silent thanks.
The group nodded and stood up preparing to make their way to classes before the bell rang, Brooke bent down and gave Haley a hug, whispering in her ear
"You're my family Hales, I'm only being protective because I care about you."
"I know Brookie, I'm sorry I didn't mean to snap, but you've gotta let me stand on my own two feet sometimes ok?" Haley said back
"Deal" Brooke smiled as she waved goodbye "look after her Boytoy!" She yelled down the corridor.
Nathan groaned and leaned back in his chair "does she really need to call me that?"
Haley laughed as she leaned in towards him, placing her head on his chest as he kissed her hair, she replied "well what do you expect? If you strip down and write Boytoy on your chest it's bound to stick."
"It was for charity!" He defended
"Babe, selling yourself for a date was charity. The strip tease was stoking your ego." She smirked
Nathan smiled and pinched her side, resulting in a high patched yelp to escape her mouth.
"Who knew I was dating a comedian?" He joked
They both relaxed as they waited for principal Turner to call them in. Haley started to twiddle her fingers as her hands rested in his.
"Relax Hales."
"What?" She asked surprised
"You're twiddling your fingers, and you're starting to hum les mis. It's hat you do when you're nervous. Relax. He probably just needs to talk about our schedules or figure out a part of our arrangement with school and the pregnancy." He reasoned as he placed one arm around her body, holding her close.
"Or he could be coming to tell me I've been expelled because of my behaviour yesterday with Rachel." Haley retorted.
"Doubt it Hales, expulsions too rash, a detention, maybe suspension?" He laughed as she whacked his side.
"Who knew I was dating a comedian" she mimicked his earlier words as she laid her head back on his chest, his heartbeat calming her nerves.
That was, until the door opened.
Turner came out exchanging pleasantries with the pair and shaking hands, as Rachel and an older man walked out of her office. Neither failed to see the devious smirk Rachel sported.
"Haley, Nathan. Why don't we talk in my office?" Principal turner spoke as the couple got up, unprepared for what was next, but both knowing.
This isn't good.
A/N: hey lovely readers I hope you're all still with me! So sorry it's been a few weeks I've been getting back into the swing of things with school, I've actually had most of this chapter written since January 25th but didn't know where to end. It's 10:50pm here in Sydney and luckily I have a study period tomorrow in which I will write the next part to this chapter. I will be trying to post AT LEAST once a week :)
Also, as Thibbs65 asked (Julian would be great with Alex or Lindsay) I changed Julian's girlfriends name from Lara to Alex :)
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