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CH 25:

"You're kidding me, right?" Rachel asked as Nathan parked his car.

"No… it's really fun" Nathan said, taking his seatbelt off. Rachel continued to stare at him and the place over and over.

"Hahaha really funny, this is a joke. Where's the hidden cameras?" Rachel asked, looking outside the passenger window. Nathan rolled his eyes. He had drove her to The Roadside Arcade, where he and Haley once went. He laughed remembering the memory.

"What's so funny?" Rachel asked, looking at him, crossing her arms.

"How much of a drama queen you can be" he half lied. Before she could defend herself, Nathan interrupted her.

"Never mind…he adjusted his seatbelt back… I just remembered I had something to do, I'll drive you to the mall" he said, driving out of the parking lot.

"Finally something I could agree on" she said. Nathan ignored her comment, and increased the volume on his stereo.

"Ok we're here" Nathan said, parked outside the mall.

"You're not coming with me?" Rachel asked, getting out of his car.

"Nope, I told you I had things to do" Retard, he thought. Rachel slammed the door shut, walking toward the mall fuming. Moments later before she walked into one of the department stores, she saw Nathan drive pass her.

"Bitch!" she shouted out. Nathan looked her way and smirked, flipping her off as he drove past her.

"Fuck you!" she shouted, bumping into an old lady.

"Excuse you" cried the old lady.

"Piss off grandma" she said, walking past her into the store.

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"Bitch" Nathan whispered to himself, running his right hand over his hair. After driving for a while, he decided to go to an old record store. He walked inside hoping to find a new track, but instead saw someone familiar. He sighed, placing his hands in his pockets making his way toward her.

"Haley" he sternly said, standing next to her, beginning to look through the piles of records, rather than her. Haley didn't even bother to look at him either. She sighed loudly.

"Nathan" she responded, not taking her eyes of the records.

"I hope you're not expecting me to run out of money this time, so you can blackmail me…Again" he bitterly said. Haley chuckled.

"Please… Don't flatter yourself. Even if that chance popped up again, you wouldn't be worth it" she said in the same tone. He smiled, both their eyes still locked on the pile of records.

"So… Who are you sleeping with now? I mean beside the whole basketball team?" he asked, selecting out an album. Haley looked at him for the first time since he came, confused. She remained in silence still gazing at him, not comprehending what he said to her. She opened her mouth, but no words came out. She closed her mouth and paid her attention back to the pile of records. She didn't feel like starting a fight. Nathan now laughed bitterly for her silence, still not looking at her.

"I seen Rachel back in town. Why aren't with her?" she asked, trying to change the mood, and be at least somewhat civil towards him.

"Yeah, she's here, but why do you care? If I'm with her or not?" he asked curious.

"I don't. I just assume since she's here, you'd be all over her" she said, holding a record. She didn't turn her head, but she turning her eyes to the left looking at Nathan pick out some records.

"I am, but we do need space between us once in a while" he answered.

"What have you guys done since she's been here?" she asked, keeping the civil flow on.

"We been to restaurants, the Cineplex, beach, my aunts café" he said, holding out another record.

"That sounds fun" Haley swallowed, placing back some records back on to the pile. She began to walk on the other aisle of the music store. With every step, she could feel Nathan's eyes follow her, his gaze burn holes through her back. She stopped and looked into another pile that faced Nathan. They were face to face, a row of records blocking them, that is.

"But obviously not as fun as you been having" Nathan spoke, still not looking at her. Haley looked up at him, again confused.

"What are you talking about now?" she asked weakly.

"You said, sounds fun what Rachel and I have been doing, now I comment not as fun as you been having" he said, finally looking at her eye to eye.

"What is that suppose to mean?" Haley asked him offended.

"You know what I mean" he said, making no facial expression.

"No I don't, please enlightened me. Since you know so much" Haley said, trying to keep her cool.

"You don't remember your plan any more?" Nathan asked.

"Nathan cut the bullshit, and just tell me" Haley yelled. He smirked at her, knowing he hit a nerve.

"I'm talking about you been a whore" he shot back. Haley looked at him, then at the floor and back at him.

"What is your problem? Here I am trying to act civil toward your ungrateful ass, and you bitch at me" she said, trying to hold the tears back.

"Ungrateful?" he mocked her. Haley ran her hand through her hair.

"Yes, ungrateful. Seriously Nathan, what is your problem? Tell me" Haley asked, looking around the store, apparently it was only them and the cashier, but he was hypnotized by the T.V.

"Ok, here I lay it out for you. You are nothing but a sorry wannabe, wanting to be someone you know damn right you'll never be. Apart from that, you are a slut. Sleeping with every guy to get a rep" he said with venom. Haley looked at him, indignant. She was still fighting the tears back. She crossed her arms, looking down.

"You have no right to say what you just have said. Mostly, how dare you call me a slut. You're the one that agreed to this deal. You're the one that cheated. You're the slut not me" Haley said coldly. She began to walk to the other side of the store, trying to avoid him, no such luck. Nathan followed her to the back corner of the store, blocking her way.

"Move out of my way" she said coldly, trying to escape Nathan's large body.

"I want you to tell me something" he said, still blocking her way. Haley stopped, attempting, she stood still and looked up at Nathan.

"Isn't what you just said enough… What do you want from me?" she asked. Nathan also stood still, placing his hands in his pockets. He looked down at her, he could see hurt written all over her eyes.

"Was it worth it?" he asked. She looked at him puzzled.

"Nathan, stop with the complex questions…What was worth it?" she asked, placing her hair in a bun.

"Was it worth meeting, sleeping with already some of the basketball team? Obviously you have. Unfortunately myself, Damien and Lucas, my own cousin? Whose next Tim? Jake? Kyle?" Haley couldn't take it no more, slowly tears ran from her eyes.

"How…How, can you think I…I would do that?" she said between sobs. "I never slept with any of them, or ever will. The only person I slept with since this stupid deal started was you, and only you. You don't eve know the whole story on who I gone out with…And what do you mean by Lucas? He's dating Brooke" Haley said, trying to prevent any more tears.

"Don't play dumb on me. I saw both of you at the café, you two seemed cozy. Kissing each other" he said, eyes locked on her, not understanding why she was crying. It was all true, for him at least.

"No…No.. Me and Lucas never did anything, he kissed me. I slapped him back. I would never do that to Brooke" Haley told him the truth. Nathan chuckled at her.

"Why are you laughing? I'm telling you the truth" she said, crying all over again.

"The truth? Everything that comes out of your mouth is nothing but a lie. You don't know how to say the truth any more" he said bitterly. Haley covered her mouth, she didn't want to cry harder that she was already. How can he say these evil things to her? He didn't even know half of the real truth.

"Seriously Haley, you should go into acting. You're a natural. But you could stop your fake tears, they don't work on me" Nathan said again a bitter tone. Haley looked up at him, hatred burning inside her.

"How dare you, come here and insult me, when you don't even know what's really going on. I'll admit, I'm sorry about the whole Damien thing, that was my fault for blaming you, but I never once slept with him. Or anyone in the basketball team, or any team. And for Lucas, maybe you should ask him what really happened. But now thinking about it, what for? You Scott's are stubborn and idiots. And I'm not another slut, you think I am. Don't you ever call me that again" she said bitterly, calming her tears. Once again Nathan chuckled.

"You could of fooled me" he said looking at her. Haley looked back up at him one last time, hatred filled her eyes. With all her force, she pushed him out of her way, running out of the store. Nathan stepped back, looking at her leave the store. He knew he hurt her, but she deserved it, like she hurt him.

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