A/N: We're back with another chapter, our waits getting shorter. Again we have no sense of geography, time, or martial arts so just pretend everything is correct. Enjoy the fluffy chapter because it won't last long. The title of the chapter is Anyway You Want It by Journey but we like the glee version. Enjoy and again we ask you to please review or just say if you find any of this funny or not because we wonder if it is just us. Thanks to everyone who reviewed!

Chapter 10- Anyway You Want It

"Okay, here's the plan. You go in, flirt with some random slut, order our food and then come out here and let me devour it." Haley explained.

"Wait… is this a test to show my devotion to you or something?"

Haley sighed and rolled her eyes. "No Nathan, I'm hungry and I just want to eat."

"But I don't wanna do it!" Nathan whined. "You go in."

"Why me? I'm the girl, the guy should do things for the girl."

"This is not the 1800s, if you want food, get it yourself."

"Ugh! Fine! See if I bring you any!" Haley huffed and walked away.

Nathan shouted after her, "Bring me back some buffalo wings!"

Once she got inside the bar, she looked around for her prey. Spotting a busboy that looked to be around her age with a similar athletic build to Nathan, standing behind the counter, she walked over to him, swaying her hips from side to side. She found an empty stool and sat down.

The busboy walked over to her and said, "So, what's a girl like you doing in this bar?"

"What do you mean, 'a girl like me'? How do you know I don't do this everyday?" Haley said coyly, batting her eyelashes.

"Well, do you?"

"No… but that's not the point. You shouldn't really assume things, you know what they say."

"Touche. But seriously, you don't look like you're from around here, so how does one wind up in a bar in Arizona?"

"I'm taking a tour of the Grand Canyon. You know it's just sooo big," she said looking him up and down.

He chuckles. "What's your name?"

"I have a thing about names – we don't get to choose them. How are our parents supposed to know if my personality would match the name they give me? So I like to let people name me what they want."

"Alright, so how about I call you Madison. So, Madison, what do you want to eat?"

"Hmmm… chicken nuggets and French fries and a Caesar salad."

"You got a hearty appetite, I like that in a girl."

"That's not the only thing I have an appetite for."

Grinning, he said, "Let me go put this order in for you. I'd love to stay and chat, but I guess I should go do my job…"

"Alright, thank you! Let me give you the money…" she turned away to look through her bag.

"Nah, don't bother, it's on the house."

"Oh, thank you so much!" she said giving him an award-winning smile.

Twenty minutes later she left the bar and saw a very grumpy Nathan.

"They either had really slow service or you were doing more in there than just flirting."

"You're totally right, we had hot, passionate sex in the Staff Room. I'm still getting chills from the after effects."

Nathan scowled, took the food bag out of her hands and turned away from her. He opened the bag and yelled, "Where's my wings?"

"Being on the road, you could not possibly have a healthy diet. Therefore, I took the liberty of getting you some healthy food."

Nathan looked in the bag and pulled out his Caesar salad. "You got me a salad? Oh wait, this is yours right? I get the chicken nuggets and French fries? Haley, you're so funny!" He opened the container of French fries and starting picking at them.

Haley grabbed the container away from him saying, "For your information, the fries and nuggets are mine."

"But Haley, you have to eat healthy too!" he said with an innocent expression on his face. "I insist that you take the salad."

"Aww, thanks for the false concern, but I'm good with my nuggets," she patted his cheek and walked towards the bike.

Nathan followed her grumbling to himself. He thought out loud, "Why did I bring you on this trip again?"

"Because you love me," she responded jokingly.

Silence.

Awkward silence.

"Uhhh…"

"Well…"

"Eh-ehm" Nathan cleared his throat. Rubbing a hand through his hair to try to dispel the awkwardness.

"Right… we should get going…"

"Oh, yeah, I was thinking, to avoid future scuffles between you and creeps like the Velociraptors, I should teach you self defense."

"You know self defense?"

"I'm Batman."

"That's not an explanation."

"I know it's not. It's a fact."

"You know he's not real right…"

"Shh!" running over to her and covering her mouth with his hand. "Never say that again!"

"Du wou ike Ratman" she took his hand off her mouth "so much because he's secretly a billionaire and you're a bum?"

"Did you only come on this adventure because you're just a small town girl living in a lonely world?"

"Did you seriously just quote Journey? "

"Uhh… yeah?"

"You remembered they were my favorite! That's so sweet!" she said throwing her arms around his neck.

"Oh yeah… I totally knew they were your favorite. That's why I said it!" I had absolutely no idea. "I still think you owe me from the whole Batman thing though."

"Fine, what do you want me to do?"

He grinned mischievously, "Anyway you want it that's the way I need it."

She giggled and pulled his lips towards hers.

Driving through the streets of Mesa, Arizona, Nathan and Haley were looking for a place to practice self defense. On the outskirts of the city they noticed an old building that seemed to be uninhabited. When they moved closer they saw that it was an old High School. They spotted the gym, parked the bike, and went inside.

Walking down what appeared to the main hallway, Nathan grabbed Haley's hand in his and smirked at her, as she looked at him skeptically but with a small smile. He leaned against the locker and then pulled her towards him.

"So, girlfriend I was thinking we could meet up after the basketball game, and then," he started to whisper in her ear, "we could head up to the grand canyon and look at the stars, among other things."

Haley blushed, "That sounds like a great plan, but what about right now?"

"Are you, Haley James, suggesting we skip class?"

She just nodded, licking her lips, and she started to run her hands along his torso. Then she stood on her tippy toes and whispered in his ear, "I don't know boyfriend, I don't think we should kiss right here where everyone can see, who knows what guys would be staring at me. You wouldn't want that now would you?"

"Don't worry I'll just beat them up." He grinned foolishly.

"That would be very sexy, but I don't want my boyfriend getting expelled. So how about we take this to a more private area?" she said as her hands were getting dangerously low on his body.

"What did you have in mind?" his voice husky now.

"How about the library?"

"The library? Seriously Haley? You just killed the mood!"

"Ugh, what's wrong with the library?"

"Couples don't sneak off to the library! You were supposed to say like the supply closet or the principles desk!"

"The principal's desk? Are you nuts? Then we really would get expelled!"

"Haley we don't actually go here!"

"Oh, right." She said blushing.

"You're so cute when you blush." Nathan said laughing at her and she swatted him playfully.

"C'mon lets go find the gym," he said and he wrapped an arm around her as they searched for the gym.

Along they way they fell into a comfortable silence, until Haley broke it.

"I never did any of that in high school you know, so thank you." She looked at him sweetly.

"Well if I was in your high school, we definitely would have done that and more."

"Nathan, you would not have been with me in high school." She laughed at his facial expression.

"How do you know?"

"Let's see. I do seem to recall the day you hung out at the high school in tree hill, and the type of people that you hung around with. We definitely would not have been in the same crowds, besides you remember what my aunt said don't you?"

"Your aunt is a bitch and so was everyone else in your school. You are my girlfriend now Haley James, and I wouldn't have it any other way."

"Me neither," she said glancing up at him and he squeezed her hand.

"Looks like we found the gym," Nathan stated, "C'mon crouching tiger. Let's get started." He grabbed her hand and pulled her into the gym.

They stood on the mats that were conveniently left on the floor.

"Rule number one, never charge your opponent. Rule number two, if your opponent grabs you from behind, the first thing you should do is elbow him really hard. Next, give him a back punch to the face. Once he has backed away, hopefully in pain you kick him or knee him wear it hurts."

Nathan got behind Haley, and he noticed she was getting ready to act.

"Woah Haley not yet!"

"Well I don't want to just listen to you. That's boring."

"Fine it isn't like you could hurt me anyway. Since I know what you are doing, and I know how to block the moves."

They practiced it a few times without any injuries, and then Nathan tried to show her one last simple thing.

"We can't really get into complicated things, but a fake out is always good. So for instance, pretend like you are going to punch the opponent but what you are really going to do is knee them where it hurts."

Haley acted out the motions that Nathan had described and covered her mouth when he fell to the ground.

"Haley! You weren't supposed to try it out on me! Not yet anyway." He yelled in pain.

"I'm so sorry!" She said bending down to help him. However, she then kneed him in the same area.

"Ow!" Nathan yelped.

"Oh my gosh. Maybe this was a bad idea. I told you I was a klutz. Oh no is it broken?"

"No, I don't think so. Why do you want to test it out? I mean it's the least you could do?"

"Say that again, and I'll make sure it's broken."

He grinned at her, "oh the nice things you say to me Haley James."

After leaving the gym, the couple made their way back onto the highway to go to the Grand Canyon. Haley, being the more scholarly of the two, was much more excited to see this natural phenomenon than Nathan. An hour later they arrived at the Grand Canyon and they were at the top of the canyon.

"How the hell are we supposed to get down there when we're alllllll the way up here?" Nathan whined.

"Obviously, we have to bungee jump," Haley said completely serious.

Nathan just turned and looked at her with the most frightened expression.

Haley burst out laughing, "Ahhh you should have seen your face! You thought I was serious!"

"It's not funny."

"Oh yes it is! Okay really though I think we need to get on a bus or something. Let's go ask that man over there with a Grand Canyon shirt on."

"Thank you for stating the obvious Haley."

"No problem!" She walked over to the employee. "Hi, do you know how to get down there?"

"What do I look like, a worker? Please lady, go bother someone else." the man responded angrily.

"But you're wearing a shirt!" Haley insisted.

"Yeah…. I'm visiting… as in a tourist. Do you know what that means?"

"How rude!" Haley yelled. Nathan, seeing Haley stomp her foot, decided to walk over to the two of them.

"Is something going on here?" Nathan asked glaring at the tourist.

"Your chick over here thought I was a worker here! Honestly some people have no sense of anything."

Nathan stepped closer to the man. "Do you want to say that again?" he bit out, gritting his teeth.

Sensing Nathan's erupting temper the man backed away with his hands up in an "I surrender" fashion. He walked away grumbling.

"Are you okay?" Nathan asked once the man was out of sight.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks for saving me, my hero. You really are Batman."

Nathan smirked. "That's the sweetest thing you've ever said to me Haley, even though it's the truth."

Haley rolled her eyes. "C'mon let's go see how to get down from here." She grabbed his hand and pulled him down a path leading into the canyon. After walking for a few minutes they saw a girl surrounded by mules.

Haley walked up to her and asked, "Hi, do you know how to trek through the trenches?"

"Hello, yes, the only way is to ride one of these mules. Would you like two of them?" the girl answered.

"Yes that'd be great. Nathan! Come over here!" Haley called out to him.

Nathan walked over, "There is absolutely no way I am getting on that."

"Why not? It's perfectly safe!"

"Look at it, it's like a mutant horse."

"No you mean a miniature horse. Actually its more of a donkey. A miniature horse would be a pony."

"Whatever, I don't care about all the technical stuff. I am not getting on it."

Two minutes later they were both riding along the trail.

"I can't believe this is happening right now." Nathan grumbled.

"Oh suck it up, nothing is going to happen." she admonished.

"You don't have to worry about anything. This mini-mutant-horse-thing can hold all of your 115 pounds. Me? I'm 100% pure rock hard muscle. There is no way this thing is going to carry me. It's not even moving!"

Haley looked over at Nathan and saw him poking the mule with a stick.

"Go! Go! Mush! Charge!" poke, poke, poke, poke.

"Nathan! Why are you poking it? That will only make it angry!"

"Angry? Wha-woaaaa!" The mule started running at an extremely fast pace causing Nathan to jerk forward and fall off.

Haley trotted up moderately towards Nathan and stopped her mule expertly. "See I told you not to do that." She sighed, "The best money we ever spent was on these Hannah Montana band-aids. Where do you need one now?"

Making his eyes as wide and innocent as possible, "I don't think a band-aid is going to work at all. I think you need to kiss the boo-boos to make them go away."

"Alright, where does it hurt?"

Nathan pointed to his knee. "There." Haley leaned over and kissed it.

"There" he said pointing to his wrist. She gently took his hand in hers and bent her head to kiss it.

"There" he said pointing to his chin. Haley moved closer to him to kiss his chin.

"There" he whispered pointing to his lips.

Haley leaned closer to his lips and then swiftly brought her mouth to his left ear and said softly, "Save that for later cowboy. I'd like to actually get to the canyon before it gets dark." She pecked his cheek and got up from the ground and walked to her mule.

Nathan stayed on the ground, stunned that she had pulled one over on him. Eventually he got up and walked to Haley.

"My mule seems to have run off, so I'm going on yours." Nathan said.

"Fine, little kids sit in the back. I'm driving."

Nathan chuckled and got on behind Haley, ready to explore the Grand Canyon.

About an hour later, they had made it to the bottom, without any further mishaps from Nathan. They tied the mule to the post that was located for the travelers, as Nathan took out a few things from the pack.

"Where did you get that from?" Haley asked him, pointing to the blanket.

"Oh, this?" He replied, "stole it from the nurse's office when we were in the school."

"Mm hm, and what for?"

"Well, Miss James, I told you that we would make out under the stars didn't I?"

Haley blushed, "I didn't think you were serious. But I'm glad you were."

He smiled at her as he spread the blanket onto the ground. Thankfully it was a warm night, so they settled down on top of it. Nathan laid down, totally relaxed, while Haley remained seated trying to look at anything but Nathan. Most of their kissing hadn't been so planned or staged. It had all been so spontaneous and wonderful. Now that it was expected Haley was nervous and a little unsure. Nathan sensing her hesitation guided her towards him and she laid next to him. He put his arm around her and pulled her close.

"So where did you learn to ride a mule like that?" Nathan asked and Haley burst out laughing, Nathan had succeeded in breaking the tension.

"I'm just naturally awesome, so see, I don't know why I'm still not allowed to drive the bike." She said coyly, playing her fingers along his abdomen.

"Well…"

"Don't you think I would look sexy driving the bike?" She whispered in his ear, having no idea where this was coming from.

Haley's eyes bore into his and he just nodded with a dumb expression. Gaining a little confidence he whispered "so sexy." Then he caught her lips with his and his tongue glided softly over her teeth, asking for entrance, and Haley eagerly complied.

Haley remained on her back while Nathan rolled to be on top of her, but using his arms to support himself so as not to crush her. He stared at her for a few second, brushing a stray piece of hair out of her eyes, and then proceeded to kiss her. About a half hour later, unfortunately clothes still remaining on due to Haley's protest of them being in a public place, they laid together peacefully underneath the stars. They talked here and there about random things, but when Nathan asked Haley the next question and got no response, he smiled when he noticed her sleeping.

"I think I'm falling in love with you Haley James."