AN: Hey everyone, I am back with a brand new chapter.

WARNING: This chapter is rated M for sexual content, so if you are easily offended by this topic, I suggest you don't read.

Enjoy!

Chapter 9

"Haley-Bub I'm so happy to see you baby" Lydia James exclaimed as her daughter opened the front door

"You too mom, it's good to be home" She said dropping her bags on the floor to hug her mom

"Where's dad?"

"Oh he just went to the grocery store he'll be back soon" Lydia answered pulling back from the hug

"So, how was New York?"

"It was fun" Haley said with a smile

"Good, well you look tired, go and get some rest before dinner, we'll talk about your trip later, when everyone's here" The woman ordered her daughter motioning the stairs

"Who is everyone?"

"Well, since it's your birthday tomorrow, your father and I thought we should host you a little party and today seemed like the perfect time since it's your first day back, and Taylor is in town until tomorrow." Lydia said with a bright smile

"Wow, Mom, you shouldn't have" Haley said managing to paste a smile on her face, she didn't feel like having a party, not today

"Anything for my baby" Her mom said playfully

"Now go get some rest" She said pushing her towards the stairs

"Ok" Haley said before taking her bags from the floor and climbing the stairs to her room

As she opened the door, she put her bags on the floor next to her bed and let herself fall onto her bed.

There she was, in the one and only Big Apple, with her best friend and no parents. How can a summer be more perfect than that, she asked herself silently even though she felt everything wasn't as perfect as it should be. She hadn't talked to Nathan much since that night in his backyard. They would exchange a few words at school but nothing more and it saddened her because she missed him. The days went by and high school was over. She wanted to call him the day before she left but she decided against it after asking herself what she was going to say. He knew when she was leaving so if he wanted to talk to her he should have been the one to call. With this thought Haley left town for two months.

"Hales?" Brooke bouncy voice echoed through Haley's head and she snapped out of her thoughts

"Yeah" She said after a few moments

"I can't believe we get to live in here for two freaking months" Brooke squealed as she clapped her hands excitedly

"Brooke, this apartment is amazing, I'm so happy you asked me to come" Haley said sincerely as she followed her very excited friend further inside the giant apartment

Brooke turned around to face her friend "I wouldn't have chosen anybody else" She said hugging Haley tightly

"I know things with you and Nathan are not too good right now and I know part of it is because I asked you to come with me so telling me that you're happy to be here means a lot to me" Brooke said in a more sober attitude

"Brooke, none of it is your fault" Haley said smiling faintly

"Have you talked?" Brooke asked softly indicating that she didn't have to answer if she didn't feel like it

"No" Was the soft reply she gave

"I'm sorry" Brooke said with a sympathetic voice

"it's ok, Brooke, I mean it's done, we're in New York, on our own may I add so I won't spend my summer sulking especially over a guy" Haley said her voice full of conviction

Brooke smiled at that "That's the spirit TutorGirl"

The first week was really quiet; Brooke was working all day at Teen Vogue while Haley was resting in their very luxurious apartment downtown going outside once in a while. When Brooke came back at night, Haley would help her sew her designs and afterwards they usually went out in the hottest nightclubs at Brooke's insistance

Haley had just gotten up from sleep when her cell phone started to ring. She reached at her nightstand to pick it up

"Hello" She asked with a sleepy voice

"Haley?" and just like that she didn't feel sleepy anymore. Well on second thought maybe she was just dreaming

"Yeah" She said hesitantly

"It's Nathan"

"Yeah, I know" She said and released an uncomfortable sigh as an awkward silence took place

"So how's New York?" He asked obviously trying to ease off the tension

"It's ok, I guess" She replied thankful that he had taken the initiative to talk first

"Look, I'm sorry I haven't called you before you left, I just thought you didn't want to see me…"

"Nathan it's ok, it's not like I expected you to call either" She said a little more harshly than intended

"I know we have been distant and I know I'm to blame for that, but I don't want us to be like this" He said releasing a frustrated sigh

"It's ok" She said trying to sound unaffected

"No, no it's not ok! Damn it Haley you're my best friend, you always have been. I need you in my life and I'm pretty sure you need me too" He said almost pleadingly

"Don't think so highly of yourself Nathan" She spat bitterly

"Haley, I didn't mean it like that, I just meant… Look I just want us to go back to being able to talk to each other about everything"

"I don't know if I can do that…" She said with an unsteady voice

"Why?" He asked desperately

"Nathan, I… God you don't get to call me like that and expect us to mend our friendship after two months of pretending nothing ever happened, you don't know how I felt during those two months, not hanging out with my best friend, graduating with all my friends except the most important one in my life, you don't know how hard it was for me…" She said feeling the tears welling up in her eyes, and their effect on her voice

"I'm so sorry Haley; you know I don't want to hurt you"

"Whatever, Nathan, I think we should do our thing for a while, because I'm not ready yet to whatever it is you want us to be" She said after regaining her composure

"Ok, you can call me… if you want to talk" he said uncertain

"Bye" Haley said in a whisper

"Bye" He said with a breathy voice

This was the last time they spoke, Nathan called her a couple of times, but she made sure to check the ID before answering and ignored his calls. He never left voicemails, so she figured she shouldn't bother to call back.

"Little sis!!"

Haley stirred from her sleep at the sound of her sister, Hurricane Taylor, as she called her

"Tay!" She said lifting herself so she could sit on the bed

Taylor sat next to Haley on the bed and hugged her

"How are you?" Taylor asked after pulling back

"Good, you?"

"Awesome" She said giddy

"You got laid" Haley stated at her sister's unusual giddy behavior

"What gave me away?" Taylor asked playfully

Haley just rolled her eyes

"So who's the lucky guy… or girl" Haley said giggling at her own joke

"Guy. and he's a model. I actually brought him along; he's chatting with dad downstairs"

"Wow, he must be special if you bring him into your crazy family" Teased Haley

Taylor was quite the manwhore but she never brought her hook-ups home so maybe, just maybe she had finally settled down

"Whatever, mom said to take a shower and come down" Taylor said before bouncing out the door

Haley reluctantly got out of bed and dragged her feet to her adjacent bathroom turning on the shower

"Haley there you are" Jimmy James said loudly

"Hi daddy, I've missed you" Haley said launching herself in her dad's arms

"You too Bub" He said kissing her cheek after pulling out of their embrace

Haley took a minute scan the house as many guests talked animatedly

"You guys invited a lot of people" She said her eyes back to her father

"You're eighteen Hales, we got to celebrate" He said with a happy grin

She nodded "Thanks"

"You're very welcome honey, now go have fun"

Her night was going surprisingly well; she enjoyed being back home with all the people she loved. She made her way outside the house where she hoped it would be less noisy. Everybody was drinking and laughing and she just felt like this wasn't her party, but she couldn't complain, her parents had done this for her and she was grateful

"Hey"

She spun around quickly her hair crashing into her face as she did so and she clutch her hand to her chest

"God" She said her breathing which had increased returning to normal

"Sorry" He said making his way closer to her so he could see her clearly considering the darkness of the night

She turned around so that her back faced him

"You look good" He stated as he came next to her and saw her face closely

"Thanks" She said stealing a glance his way

"So, how have you been?" He asked shoving his hands deep in his pockets

"Ok" was her short answer

Nathan ran a hand impatiently through his hair at her lack of conversation

"Haley why are you acting like that?" He asked trying his best to keep his temper in check

She looked at him before answering "Like what?"

He rolled his eyes knowing she knew exactly like what "Like you don't want to talk to me" He filled in

"Because I don't" She said and looked back at what she was looking previously

"Bullshit, Haley!" He exclaimed his temper rising and his hands flying from his pockets

"What?" She spat back

"I apologized, I called you and you never answered, I-"

"You called twice" She pointed out

"Yeah, then I stopped because I knew you weren't going to answer" He replied his voice raising

Good thing they were the only ones outside she thought to herself, she didn't need everybody witnessing their little argument

"Whatever" She said and as she started to walk away, before Nathan pulled her arm towards him

"What do-" She was cut off by his lips, his soft lips crashing upon hers nibbling at her bottom lip flicking his tongue on it, asking for entrance. She opened her lips slightly long enough for him to slip his tongue inside her mouth, the kiss was rough, and sudden, after a few moments of stillness her hands came up to wrap around his neck as his own wrapped tightly around her small body. They pulled back their breathing erratic; he opened his eyes to see her perfect face, her perfect lipstick smudged all over her mouth.

Just as she regained control of her breathing, she pulled his face down and plunged her tongue in his mouth again without notice and kissed him as hard as she could

"Let's get out of here" He said between kisses

She only nodded and he took her hand leading her to his car. As soon as they got to the beach house, they barely made it inside the house, their kisses growing hotter by the second after struggling to open the door he picked her up and she automatically linked her legs around his waist. He carried her upstairs while she was placing wet open-mouthed kisses all over his face and neck

He laid her on the large bed and climbed on top of her kissing a path from her plump lips to her neck, sucking hard on the smooth skin before traveling lower where he reached the valley of her breasts licking and kissing it. Her hands found themselves in his soft raven hair holding him in place as she buried her head in the pillow. He pulled at her altar top and in like a magnet his mouth found her left nipple inside grazing his teeth on it as he massaged her right mound and pressed her nipple between his thumb and forefinger. She buried her head further into the pillow moaning softly at his ministrations

"Please…" she cried

Nathan lifted his face to meet her eyes "What baby? What do you want?" He asked huskily

"Please… Nathan… I need you inside me. Now." She begged

He popped open the zipper of her seven jeans and she raised her hips to help him take them off her, he pulled them off quickly removing her pink panties at the same time, he pulled off his own sweatshirt and pants while she pulled her top up and over her head before throwing it on the floor. His hand reached to her hot center and she grabbed his head crashing her lips on his pushing her tongue inside his mouth eager to massage his while he stroked her eagerly

"Baby… you're so wet" He said looking into her lustful eyes

He slipped a finger inside her, loving the feel of her warmth around his finger looking at her to see her reaction. She arched her back and shut her eyes tucking her bottom lip in her teeth

"Look at me" He ordered and she opened her eyes as he slipped a second finger inside her

He removed his finger when he sensed her coming and came up her body placing himself at her entrance lowering his head to be mere inches away from her face "Nathan, now" She said and in one thrust he slipped his hard length inside her velvety folds kissing her at the same time, their tongues mimicking what their lower bodies were doing. He slipped his hand between their hot body bringing his thumb to rub her clit, it was her undoing and she screamed inside his mouth the sensation too much and too intense, she raked her fingernails on his back and linked her legs above his ass as she chanted his names over and over and he came inside her as he collapsed on top of her small body

After collecting their breathings he rolled off of her and groaned at the loss of her warmth surrounding his shaft

"I have to go back to the party" She said wrapping herself in the white cotton sheets

"Yeah… umm I'm jut going to take a quick shower, you should go downstairs and take one too" He said as he pulled his boxers on and headed for his adjacent bathroom

She nodded and exited the room

She turned on the water and waited until the temperature was perfect to get inside. What had gone into her, she didn't know but she needed to be with him and when he kissed her, so hungrily, she couldn't keep herself from kissing him back. She knew what they did wasn't right but it wasn't wrong either; she was just so messed up right now. First he breaks up with her saying they should be friends and now they just had sex which he initiated, kind of… she didn't know anymore. She turned off the water and got out of the shower and into the foggy bathroom quickly wrapping herself in a nearby towel. She cursed when she realized she forgot to bring her clothes with her.

She made her way upstairs and entered Nathan's room

"I forgot to bring my clothes" She said feeling the need to explain why she was in his room with nothing other than a small towel covering her body

He also just had a towel wrapped loosely around his waist. He turned to look at her and mumbled something before heading back to the bathroom to get dressed

"Are you ready to go?" He asked when they were both dressed

"Yeah, let's go" She said, grabbing her purse

The car ride was made in complete silence, the only noises being the shifting Haley made in her seat, before she broke the silence

"Nathan, I wanted this as much as you did" She said knowingly. She knew by the way she acted before and after they had sex that he felt bad, that he thought he had pushed her

He looked at her for a brief moment before refocusing his gaze on the road

"Thanks" He said after a few moments

Haley was hoping that the party would be over when she came back, but as Nathan pulled up in her driveway, the sounds of music and laughter hinted that the party was still on. He turned off the engine and instead of getting out they both stayed in their seats wanting to say something but not knowing what.

"Do you want hang out sometime?" He asked obviously anxious to hear her answer

She didn't know at that point what she wanted "Call me" She finally said before opening the door

Before they could enter the house he called her "Haley"

She altered her steps and turned to face him "its past midnight… happy birthday"

She smiled "Thank you"

They slipped back inside discreetly nobody noticing they had ever left.

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