What was she supposed to say to him? She had trouble finding the right words when he was standing right in front of her this morning , trying to talk over the phone was going to be a disaster.
She walked into her house and found that is was completely quiet. Her parents must have gone out somewhere. She still wasn't used to the house being this quiet . She grew up in a big family. Altogether there were six kids. She had 3 sisters and two brothers , she was the baby of the bunch and the last one left at home.
Haley decide the best bet was to keep busy while waiting for the phone call from Nate. She was putting the dishes in the dishwasher when the phone rang. She jumped up and almost ran out of the room to get out of having to answer it.
"Well here goes" she thought to herself as she looked at caller ID to see who it was , of course it was Nathan. She took a deep breath and answered it figuring she might as well just get it over with.
"Hello" she said leaning up against the counter for support
"Haley? Is that you?"
" Yeah it's me Nathan." she paused for a second before continuing "You want to hear something funny?"
"Sure. I'm always up for funny." Haley grinned , he really was kind of sweet.
"Well here you go then, you'll get a kick out of this one. The thing is Nathan, I have no idea what to say to you. Seriously , I am like totally freaking out here. I'm not good with talking to people on the telephone to begin with and the fact that it's you on the other end makes it a lot harder."
She couldn't believe that she actually just said that. What was wrong with her? He probably thought she was a complete moron now.
To her surprise however Nathan started laughing.
"You know, I was thinking the same thing before I called you. I almost chickened out , but then I had an idea."
"What idea was that?" She asked alittle cautiously
" Go look on your front porch and you'll see." She could hear the smirk in his voice as he spoke.
Now she was really confused. What could be on the porch that could possibly make this conversation any easier?
"Nathan, Why do I have to look on the porch?" He sighed into the phone " Hales, just go look already."
Haley's heart stopped for a minute. He just called her Hales, only Lucas ever called her that. She wasn't complaining though , it felt good to hear Nathan call her that.
" Alright. I will look on the porch then"
She walked into the hallway and opened the front door , and promptly dropped the phone.
Nathan was standing there on her porch grinning at her.
"What are you doing here?" She asked
She was still trying to recover from the shock of seeing him standing on her porch.
" I told you. I don't do well on the phone either. I figured it would be alot easier to get to know each other in person. What do you think?"
She nodded. It sounded good to her, and at least this way she got the added benefit of being able to look into those blue eyes of his while they were talking.
" How about we go for a walk?" He asked holding his hand out for her
" Alright, we can do that."
Haley took the hand that Nathan was holding out to her and the two started walking.
