So here it is, Chapter 12. Hope you like it, thanks for those of you who reviewed the last chapter, please remember to review this one so I know if you liked it. Also check out my other 2 stories, I have started, and my oneshot; which are all Naley.

CHAPTER 12:

"Why is Brooke in New York?!" Haley shouted to herself as she threw the remnants of her closet o the floor.

She grabbed her cell phone and dialled Brooke's number, "Tutor Girl! Long time no speak! How's your Boy Toy doing?"

"Tigger, so not the time for jokes- I have a date and I need the perfect outfit."

Brooke gasped on the other side of the line, feigning innocence she asked, "A date? With who?!" She wanted Haley to confess.

"NATHAN!" She screamed in response, "Who else would it be Brooke?!"

Brooke squealed at the news, "Finally! You've been vibing on him forever. He's so right for you. Even if he did hit my Broody, I mean-"

"Listen Brooke." Haley interrupted what she was sure to be a very long and in truth very boring rant. "First of all I've known Nathan for little over a week. Secondly he only hit 'your Broody' because he thought he was cheating on me. And finally, I mean this as nicely as possible, please shut up. I only have like an hour and a half and I can't find an outfit."

"An hour and a half. An hour and a half?!" Brooke shouted, "Why so soon?"

"Look if you must know his mother put us up to it- now what am I going to wear?"

"Right try this..."

An hour and twenty five minutes later, a very anxious Nathan slowly made his way out of his apartment and along the hallway to Lucas'.

Stopping before he got to the door, he looked round as if being watched, took a shaky breath and raised his hand to knock. He pulled his hand back, quickly smoothing his shirt down, as if creased. Checking himself over, he pulled his hand back up and knocked on the front door.

On the other side of the door, Haley was frantically running round looking for the shoes Brooke had told her to wear, hearing the door, she muttered a curse, "Be right there!" She shouted.

Finally she found her heals, and slid them on, quickly walking to the door. She reached down, smoothing her clothes the same way Nathan had done only a few moments earlier, sighing she opened the door.



Nathan stood there, jaw dropped to the floor, speechless. Haley stood in front of him, hair down falling behind her shoulders and down her back, loose curls framing her face, in a deep purple strapped bubble dress.

"Y-you look amazing Hales." He managed after a couple of moments.

"You look pretty good yourself, Scott." Haley replied, trying to ignore the blush spreading over her body.

Moving closer to Haley, Nathan wrapped his arm around her waist, "Are you ready to go?"

She turned towards him, flashing him a grin. "Totally." She pulled the door shut behind her and they walked towards the elevator.

"Where are we going?" Haley questioned as they walked towards the lobby where they had first met.

"Just... around." Nathan replied with a mischievous smile. They made their way towards the lobby doors, bracing themselves for the onslaught of photographers.

"This should be good." Haley predicted laughing at Nathan.

"'Course it will be darlin'. You're on a date with Nathan Scott." He joke in a southern accent making Haley hysterical with laughter.

Coming closer to the door, Haley took hold of his hand, lacing his fingers together with hers and quickly breaking a path way into the photographers, ignoring the shouts of enquiry.

"How long have you been dating?"

"Where do Lucas Roe and Brooke Davis fit into your relationship?"

"Who is the little girl from this week?"

Ignoring the flashes of light and the questions, Haley whispered to Nathan, "You know, about this date, I don't actually like surprises."

Chuckling slightly at their situation and her timing, Nathan replied, "Oh don't worry, after tonight you will. Trust me," He smirked adding, "Darlin'" once again in his best attempt at a southern accent.

Finally they climbed into Nathan's SUV, Haley still laughing and Nathan with a big grin on his face.

"Sorry about my Mum, she can be a bit... full on sometimes." Nathan said trying to use the nicest term he could think of.

"Nah, your Mum is great, so funny. Especially since I got an insight to 'Nathan Scott childhood and teenage years'" Haley said smiling at the memories of that afternoon, causing Nathan to groan. "If it weren't for her, we wouldn't be on this date."

He turned slightly to look at her. "We would have ended up on a date eventually though."

Haley laughed giving Nathan a look, "Wow," she said, "Mr. Over confident."



"I can't help it," he sighed playfully. "You're just so damn attracted to me, it was inevitable."

"Well, you are NBA hot-shot-Scott." She laughed carrying on the banter.

"Ok, we're here." Nathan pulled the SUV over and cut the engine. Haley turned towards him, shocked. She looked out the window again, they were stopped at the park they had taken walks in for the last week.

"Nathan, that was like less than a 2 minute drive. And why are we at the park?!"

"It's nice here. Come on." He climbed out of the car and walked over to her side, taking her hand in his, walking further into the grassed area.

"To be honest with you Nate, I thought we were going to dinner." Haley voiced her surprise over the location of their date.

"Yeah we are." Nathan said as he turned her around.

"Nathan?! " Haley gasped at the sight before her, it was beautiful. In front of them, stood a small table and two chairs on the end of the pier, that lead to the pond. Lighting the darkening park was hundreds of candles, spread over the grass, table and the small pier.

"How did you manage to do this in an hour and a half?!" she asked.

He took her hand once again, slowly leading her down to the table and chairs awaiting them.

"I called in a couple of favours. And I finally gave my assistant something to do." He simply replied.

His reply however had been an understatement; this had been the most organised, expensive and nerve racking date he'd ever planned and been on. And it was only their first.

"You're assistant? I didn't even know you had one."

"I don't really, I just pay him, my manager made me get one. I don't really use him. Well, until now."

Looking over to Haley at that moment he could see that all the fuss and the effort was worth it. Her face, a mixture of shock, happiness, nervousness and beauty made everything worthwhile.

Reaching their table, he regretfully let go of her small delicate hand and pulled her chair out for her. A small grin broke out on Haley's face as she took her seat, whispering a shy, "Thank You."

Nathan moved to the table, lifting up the covers from over their meals, receiving a small gasp and then a laugh from Haley.

"Mac 'n' Cheese." She laughed, "Food of the Gods." She carried on, this time joined by Nathan.

"I know." He said, taking the bottle of wine sitting on the side. "Wine?" He asked, seeing her nod, he poured some in her glass then his own, before finally taking his seat.

"Nathan..." Haley began, "This... This is just too much." Clearly astonished by his effort and the vast beauty surrounding them.



"It's just a picnic in the park."

"This is the best picnic I have ever been to then." She joked looking round, "Heck, this is the best date I've ever been on, and we've only been here for what? 10 minutes." She laughed.

"Me too," Nathan replied. "But it's because of my company not the meal, candles or whatever. It's you."

Not used to sharing his feelings this much, a slight blush spread across Nathan's cheeks, causing Haley to give a small giggle.

"Thank you." She said, leaning over and kidding him on the cheek. Pulling back she saw her mark.

"Come here." She laughed once again, leaning over and rubbing the lip gloss of his face.

They settled down and started eating, chatting about anything and everything.

"This is like THE best Mac 'n' Cheese in LA. Where'd you get it?"

"I made it." He shrugged.

"Seriously?! Nathan when did you possibly have time to make this on top of everything.

"It's Macaroni and Cheese, Hales. It's one of the easiest and quickest meals in history."

"Hmm." Haley said jokingly, "I'm going to have to keep you around."

"Can't get enough of the Scott, I see." Nathan replied cockily, with a smirk on his face.

"Nah... Maybe I could hire you as my personal chef." Haley said, trying not to laugh when she saw the smirk Nathan held on his face a moment ago fall.

"It's good though. I mean if this basketball thing you seem to have going on at the moment doesn't work out; you can come work for me." She carried on.

Nathan looked on, baffled at Haley's new found confidence; he was loving every second of it.

The smirk reappeared on Nathan's face as a new thought popped into his head.

"Oh yeah? What sort of benefits would I get?" He said making it obvious that dental plans were the last thing on his mind.

Catching on to his rather obvious innuendo, Haley felt herself become very hot, a pink blush spreading across her cheeks in a matter of seconds.

Calming herself down she replied, "We can sort that out later." Grinning at him.

Finally they finished their dinners, and started to walk slowly round the park, hands linked together.

"I love this park." Haley said, randomly comments, looking around at the surrounding area. "We've made a lot of memories in here in the past week, the three of us."



"Yeah we have." Nathan agreed, smiling whilst remembering the previous week; one of the best in his life.

"When is Jenny going back with your brother-in-law?" Haley said, breaking into his thoughts.

"Well, my mum's got her for the whole of tomorrow and then she comes back to me for a couple of days."

"Do you still want to meet tomorrow for lunch then? Seeing as I won't have to look after Jenny."

The original plan had been for Haley to look after Jenny whilst Nathan was at practice, then for them to come to the stadium and the three of them would go for lunch together.

"Yeah of course." He said eagerly. "I have already told security that you would be coming so they will let you straight in."

"OK, sure. Looking forward to it... So what now?" Haley asked.

"What?!" Nathan teased. "Not happy with the, and I quote, 'best Mac 'n' Cheese in LA'? You want more." He carried on, drawing out the 'more' for emphasis.

They both laughed as Haley playfully hit his chest. "You're too cocky for your own good."

"Well, luckily for you; we've only just started." He quickly pulled her along, making their way out the park to his SUV.