Chapter Ten
We just got home from the doctor's and having dinner. Jacobi was healthy as can be; a perfect three month old. I slid the diaper bag off my shoulder as I set Jacobi's car seat on the island in the kitchen. I pulled the elastic out of my hair and shook my head as the blonde curls fell to the middle of my back. I took Jacobi out and wandered into the kitchen with her on my hip and then sat on the leather couch, fixing Jacobi to sit on my lap, facing her uncle who was staring out at the rain falling down.
"Geez, it's really coming down, huh?" Lucas exclaimed, letting the curtain fall and turning to face me, "Want something?" Luke headed towards the kitchen.
"No, I'm okay; thank you though," I smiled up at him and then looked at my daughter.
I laid down on the couch, placing Jacobi beside me and wrapping my arm around her. She put her hand on my forearm and started watching some TV. My eyes fluttered shut as I breathed in the most precious scent ever. Lucas came back in with a sandwich and a can of sprite. He put the plate on the end table next to him, lifted my feet up and sat on the end of the couch where my feet barely touched. He let my feet fall to the edge of his thigh and dug into his sandwich.
My eyes opened back up and I turned slightly to look at him, "Oh, Brooke Davis came up to me today…"
Lucas looked at me with his mouth full, trying to get words out.
"She said you had a chemistry lab today. And I was going to get the homework for you, but I completely forgot about it this morning with everything that happened," I lifted my arm to run my hand through my hair, feeling Jacobi's hand grab onto my other hand, "She said get better broody."
Luke blushed and took a sip of pop, "Really?"
"Luke," I smirked, raising an eyebrow, "What's going on?"
Lucas shrugged, "She's my lab partner." I shot him a look and he elaborated, "She's fun to hang out with."
"Yeah, is that really all?" I smirked at him again.
Lucas shrugged again, rolling his eyes, "Do you know if I made the basketball team?"
"Yeah, he was looking for you today to tell you," I referred to Nathan, turning my eyes back to the colorful splatters that had faces.
Lucas grinned and took another bite, chewed and swallowed before continuing, "Are you going to tell me what happened, Hales?"
Now it was my turn to shrug, "I don't really want to talk about it."
Luke nodded, "Are you just going to ignore him now?"
I shrugged, "No, it would be impossible to ignore him; but, for the time being, yes."
Lucas coughed and then took a swig of his sprite. He shook his head and looked at me, "Hales, I don't know what happened, I wasn't there; but you have to start trusting someone other than me. It'll pay off in the long run."
I looked at the time; 7:15PM, "Peyton is coming over on Friday, just to have a girls night and stuff."
"That's fine; I won't be home," Lucas always understood when I wanted to change the topic and gladly accepted it, unless he really wanted to push my buttons, "Date."
I turned back to him, grinning, "With Brooke?!"
Lucas blushed again, "Maybe."
The doorbell rang, "Can you get it?"
"I'm eating and I'm sick. You go."
I rolled my eyes, getting up and fixing Jacobi to lean further into the couch, putting a pillow in front of her so she wouldn't roll. Another knock on the door and I started towards it.
"I'm coming," I shouted, then turned to Lucas, "Saved by the bell."
I looked into the mirror beside the door, pushing my hair back before I opened the door. There he stood, soaking wet in grey sweatpants and a light blue t-shirt. He breathed out heavily and ran a hand through his dripping hair.
"I had the urge to run and I ended up here," Nathan called out to me over the loud sloshing of the rain hitting the ground.
I gawked at him, "You're soaking wet, and you're going to get sick!"
"Haley, I screwed up…" Nathan shook his head, peering into my wide eyes
I looked behind the door; Lucas smiled at me, silently telling me to go talk to him. I sighed and looked up at the rain. I stepped out, closing the door behind me, automatically feeling the rain seep through my navy blue zip up sweater that hugged my curves and light blue jeans. Nathan stepped back, giving us some space.
"Nathan, I don't know wh-"
Nathan cut me off, stepping back more and threw his hands in the air, "I'm sorry about everything and making you feel that way. I didn't mean for any of that to happen today, I acted like a complete idiot!" Nathan ran his hand through his hair again, glancing up at the dark grey clouds and then looked back at my eyes, "I understand you're not ready and I don't want to pressure you. And I don't know what you're keeping from me, but I don't want you to compare me to whatever happened in your old town!" The rain grew stronger and my hair was completely soaked. I stared up at him, about to say something until he continued, "I screw up a lot… but when I'm with you," Nathan raised his voice, letting me hear him over the loud rain, "I just… when I'm with you, I don't want to be that guy anymore!"
I bit my lip, searching his eyes to see if he was being sincere, "Well then who do you want to be, Nathan?"
"I want to be someone who you're proud of!" He called out louder after pausing for a minute, "I want to be someone who's good enough to be seen with you!"
I sighed, running a hand through my hair, hesitating. I lifted my head to look at him; he had given up on the rain, just leaving his hands limp next to his sides. The rain had completely drenched him, his hair dripping down his face. I took a step next to him and he tensed a little, no doubt wondering what I was going to do.
I craned my neck to see his face completely noticing him staring down at me. I bit my lip slightly, letting my nervousness show. I finally closed to space between us, placing my hands on either side of his face and brought it down to make his lips meet mine.
Nathan hesitated with shock, but then lifted his hands to my hips, pulling me closer. I smiled into the kiss, wrapping my arms around his neck. He pulled away, leaning his forehead to mine.
"Wow," He breathed out, "You've been holding out on me, Haley James." Nathan laughed lightly and slipped his hands around to my back, grabbing tightly and lifted me up, kissing me.
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A/N: heeey! so here's the next chapter. i have the next one typed out so show me some luuvvv &i'll give you the next one, perhaps by tonight? thanks guys. :)(L)
