Here's the second half of the last chapter. Thank you to all of those that reviewed. I always appreciate them so much. I love reading them. I hope you like this one. Please review as always and let me know what you think. More chapters coming soon. (For my other story too.)
The two of them had been in Nathan's car on their way to the destination of their date, which she still had yet to find out, for about close to ten minutes now. Haley must have asked Nathan about five more times to tell her where he was taking her, but she could not get any answers out of him. It was hopeless and Haley came to the conclusion that there was absolutely no point in even trying to get him to tell her anymore. It was just so useless. He was really good at not telling secrets, well if this counted as a secret. To her it was because she didn't know where they were going and he did. She pouted a little bit. She had even tried her famous puppy dog face, but it didn't work. There was no use. It seemed as if there was nothing that she could do nor say to get him to tell her. So she had eventually flung her hands up in the air with as she sighed and gave up, pretending to be mad even though she wasn't.
Therefore for the past five minutes she had been staring out the passenger seat window, watching the scenery they passed by. They weren't talking, but there wasn't an awkward silence like she had expected it to be if it ever got quiet. They had just fallen into a nice and comfortable silence.
Little by little her nerves were starting to wear down. She was still pretty nervous except considering she had been near extremely nervous, she was feeling a whole lot better. Every minute that passed she found herself becoming less nervous and more excited. There was something about Nathan that made all of her nervousness just wash away. She couldn't figure out what it was, but it was definitely something that she liked.
So far, Nathan had been perfect. Of course he looked great. As always. It seemed as if there was never a time when he could ever not look great. Damn him and him looking good all of the time. He had picked her up on time, not late. That was always good. Plus, he got some extra points for opening the car door for her. Not to mention, when he held the door for her when they were leaving the dorm building. Such a gentleman.
Everything was going good so far and they haven't even gotten to the actual date yet. This definitely helped her reassure herself that she was ready to go back on real dates again. And who better than to start with then Nathan?
Finally, the car began slowing down and eventually came to a complete stop. Haley turned in her seat, away from the window, to look at Nathan. He looked over at her and sent her a charming smile before getting out the car. He walked around the front of his car and opened the passenger side door for her.
"Ready?" Nathan asked her as he shut the car door after she got out.
Haley nodded her head with a small smile on her face and followed him down a path. "Where are we exactly?" She asked him with curiosity.
He just smirked at her before saying, "You'll see in a minute." as he pulled her along the path.
A few minutes later they came to a stop. In front of them was a small field of grass, which pretty much seemed as if it was in the middle of nowhere. There was a blue fleece blanket that was spread across the grass with a basket sitting in the middle.
Nathan pulled Haley over to the blanket and sat down with her. He reached into the basket and pulled out a large, clear, plastic container. Her smile got really big. "You brought us macaroni and cheese?" She asked, barely being able to contain her excitement.
He looked up at her and nodded. "Well, yeah. You said it was your favorite, right?" He asked, all of a sudden getting nervous that maybe she actually never said that macaroni and cheese was her favorite.
Haley let out a laugh. "Yeah. It's food of the gods." She reminded him, remembering the time that they had gotten lunch together one day and he questioned her about ordering it. She couldn't keep the smile off her face. Plus, she was really surprised that Nathan had remembered that mac and cheese was her favorite food. He always seemed to surprise her one way or another.
Nathan let out a barely audible sigh of relief as he grabbed two bowls and forks from the picnic basket and passed one of each over to Haley. Each of them scooped some macaroni and cheese into their bowls and began eating.
"Does it taste okay?" He asked. He wasn't that much of a cook, but he didn't think it would be that hard to make macaroni and cheese. Although it wasn't that complicated to make he wanted to be sure that it tasted alright.
Haley nodded her head. "Yes, it's very good mac and cheese. Thank you." She said to him, a big smile still firmly planted on her face.
Nathan smirked at her. "Only the best for you." He said and shot her a wink.
Haley's cheeks turned a tint of pink as he winked at her. There was something about Nathan that gave her all of these feelings that she had never experienced before, even when he was only looking at her. Or even when smirked at her that smirk that could made any girl weak in the knees. He gave her shivers up and down her spine, but it was a good kind. Definitely a good kind.
The two of them continued with eating their meal and constantly chatting about everything and anything. Conversation was flowing freely, and as usual and there wasn't a time so far where they had to think of something to talk about. That was something that had made Haley really nervous earlier. Yes, they had been together before and never had a problem with conversation, but then again none of those times before had been a date. There wasn't really any kind of pressure for things to go right and be perfect. They were just hanging out, but she soon realized that even when they were silent it was comfortable silences and there was no pressure to come up something to say right away to break any awkwardness. She was so thankful for that. She hated when the conversation didn't flow naturally and it felt like it was forced.
After they had cleaned up everything from the macaroni and cheese, Nathan had taken out some ice cream for desert. Then as it started getting colder outside, Nathan noticed that Haley was starting to get goosebumps along her arms. "Cold?" He asked.
"A little." She said. She was actually pretty cold because of the dress she was wearing, but she didn't want a make big deal out of it. Mostly because she wasn't ready to leave this spot yet.
"I think I have a sweatshirt in my car. I'll be right back." He said as he stood up and walked down the path that led from the grassy field to where the car was parked. A few minutes later Nathan was back carrying a black zip-up sweatshirt that had Celtics written in bold green letters across it. He handed his sweatshirt to Haley as he sat back down on the blanket.
"Thanks." Haley said and smiled at him. She put the sweatshirt on and zipped it up as she inhaled his scent off of the sweatshirt. The smell was intoxicating and she felt as if she could never get enough of it. The sweatshirt was so huge on her and came down to about the middle of her thighs. It was only a little bit shorter than her dress and she probably looked ridiculous, but right now she didn't care.
Nathan nodded to her before laying down and staring straight up into the sky, looking at all of the stars shining brightly in the sky. Haley looked over at Nathan laid down next to him, snuggling in his sweatshirt. The both of them just stayed there for a few minutes laying in the silence.
Haley turned her head to look at Nathan, he was still looking at the sky. "So thanks. This was amazing." She said in a soft voice.
Nathan turned to face her. "I'm just happy you agreed to come."
She smiled. "Me too. I was actually really nervous about coming. I wasn't sure if I was ready to go on dates again."
"Well, I'm flattered that you chose me to go out with first." He said with a playful smirk.
She laughed. "If I remember correctly, you were the one that kept coming after me, Scott." She reminded him.
Nathan nodded. "Yeah, but I knew you wanted me. It was obvious. I mean why wouldn't you want all of this?" He joked.
Haley laughed harder. "Shut up." She managed to get out between laughs and playfully smack his chest.
Nathan rolled over onto his side, facing her. She was so beautiful. In fact, she always was, but it was as if she didn't even know how pretty she really was. It was like she was almost completely oblivious to it. Haley turned her head and noticed that Nathan had flipped over to his side, leaning on his elbow, propping his head up with his hand, staring at her face. She suddenly got self-conscious. Why was her looking at her like that? Did she have something on her face?
"What?" Haley asked him as she mimicked his position and flipped over to be on her side to face Nathan.
He shook his head. "Nothing."
"So, you were just staring at me 'just cause'? Seriously, why? Do I have something on my face or something?" She asked bringing a hand up to touch her face.
Nathan smiled. He grabbed her hand off her face and put if down. "There's nothing on your face." He assured her. "I promise." He added when he saw the look of doubt on her face. There was silence for a few minutes before Nathan spoke again. "You're just beautiful. You know, I really want to kiss you right now, but I remember what you told me at the laundromat about not kissing on first dates." He confessed.
"You've already kissed me, well kind of, so I don't think that rule applies anymore." She answered.
Nathan leaned his head forward. As his face was centimeters away from hers, her eyes fluttered shut as she anticipated his kiss. She felt humongous moth-sized butterflies floating around in her stomach and Nathan's touch sent electric jolts through her body. She didn't know what he was doing to her. She had never felt any of this before, at least not this extreme. He then dipped his head down to captured his lips with his own and she responded a few seconds later. His hand reached up to caress her cheek as she moved her hand to hold onto Nathan's broad shoulder. Soon his tongue was tracing her bottom lip, asking for entrance to her mouth. She complied and parted her lips for him. Their tongues battled for dominance for a few minutes. When air became an issue they pulled away from each simultaneously. Nathan rested his forehead against Haley's as their breathing started to even out once again and return to normal.
"Wow." Haley whispered almost barely audible. That was hands down the best kiss she had ever had. No question about it.
Even though Haley said it so quietly, Nathan still heard her and his trademark smirk appeared on his face. But he couldn't disagree with her. This one kiss was amazing. It gave him sparks that he had never felt before, especially from just one kiss. What was this girl doing to him? He couldn't get her out of his mind ever since she bumped into him and now she was only going to be in his mind more permanently with kisses like that.
They laid for a few more minutes just looking into each others eyes, brown staring into blue, before a cell phone started ringing obnoxiously loud. Haley closed her eyes and started laughing as Nathan let out a frustrated sigh. He reached in the pocket of his jeans and pulled out his cell phone. He let out a low growl as he read the name on the caller id. It was his brother. He pressed ignore. Lucas knew he was on his date with Haley.
"Sorry." He said as he looked up at Haley who was now sitting on her knees with her feet under her.
She laughed. "It's okay. What time is it anyway?" She asked.
Nathan looked down at his cell phone. "Uh, ten thirty. You ready to go?"
Haley reluctantly nodded her head. She didn't want to go yet. She didn't want the night to be over, but she had to go home eventually. They couldn't' stay out here all night.
Haley helped Nathan put everything into the basket and fold the blanket up to into the basket as well. Nathan carried the basket in one hand and held Haley's hand in his other as they walked down the path to his car.
After getting into the car, they started their journey home, which was the same building for both of them.
Haley stared out the passenger seat window for the first couple minutes of the ride. She couldn't believe how great this was. It was one of the best dates she had been on. Probably in her whole life. It was prefect. She couldn't keep the smile off her face, not that she minded it being there because of the reasons it was there in the first place. Nathan was great. She couldn't believe that the night was over. She wished it wasn't, that it didn't have to be over ever. But like the saying goes, 'all good things come to an end.' Unfortunately, for this date, that statement was proved to be true.
Nathan glanced at Haley before returning his gaze back on the road quickly, but slow enough for him to see the infectious smile on her face. He was glad she was smiling. And even more glad that he was the one that had cause it. He had wanted everything to be perfect and it definitely was. Especially that kiss. He smirked to himself remembering it. That was probably the best part, not that he didn't like the rest of date because he most definitely did.
He still couldn't believe how different Haley made him feel compared to every other girl he had ever met or been with. All these different feelings were running through him constantly. Different, but good different.
"So, I hope you had a good time tonight." Nathan said, breaking the silence and pulling Haley out of her thoughts, which were coincidentally of him.
Haley shifted in her seat and turned to face him. She nodded her head vigorously. "I did. I loved it. It was great. Thank you." She responded truthfully.
"Good. I'm glad." He answered. "Do you think that it was great enough to go out with me again?" He eagerly asked her. He really wanted to go out with Haley again. Actually he wanted things to be more than just casual dating between them, probably for the first time in his life, but he wanted to take things slow with her for her sake. He didn't want to force her into rushing into another relationship right after that jerk she had been dating cheated on her. Every time he thought about that guy cheating on Haley, anger ignited inside of him. Nathan didn't understand how anyone could ever or even want to cheat on Haley. She was perfect. That guy must have been some idiot not realize it, but his loss was now hopefully going to become Nathan's gain.
"Hmm." She sighed contently. "It was definitely good enough to go out with you again." She agreed.
"Good because I don't what I would do if you said no. My ego would be bruised."
Haley laughed. "A bruise on your ego might do you some good." She joked.
Nathan glanced at her again. "But isn't my ego one of the thing you love most about me." He said matter-of-factly with a smirk on his face.
"Of course." Haley said playing along and she playfully rolled her eyes.
Eventually, they had pulled up to the dorm building and Nathan pulled into his assigned parking spot. He got out of the car and walked around the front of it to open the passenger side door for Haley. She linked her arm with his as they walked from the car to the doors of the building.
When they reached Haley's door, she reached up to place a kiss on his cheek, but he moved his head just in time to catch her lips with his. She instantly responded although she hadn't really been excepting it, hoping for it maybe.
She pulled away before his tongue could ask for entrance. Haley smiled at him before saying, "Thanks again for tonight. Bye, Nathan." and unlocking the door to her dorm room.