Chapter 25

Haley walked away angrily and incredibly hurt. She didn't even know where she was going to. She just walked.

"Haley!" Haley heard a voice but wouldn't stop walking. Of course the person calling her name ran and caught up pretty quickly. Haley saw it was Kevin but she would stop walking.

"Are you okay?" Kevin saw the tears in her eyes.

"I'm really not in the mood to talk," Haley said coldly.

"Please, I can help."

Haley stopped walking, "Can you?" Kevin nodded, "Leave me alone!"

Haley turned around but Kevin grabbed her, "Let me go!" She screamed.

Kevin pulled Haley closer to him and pulled her up for a kiss.

"STOP!" she screamed at the top of her lungs.

"I know this is what you want," he said a wicked smile creeping up to his face.

"NO! LET ME GO!" she yelled trying to shove him aside and breaking free but he was too strong for her.

He pulled her up for another kiss and Haley slapped him.

Kevin grabbed her hands with his hand, "Don't try to resist. This is what you want! Don't deny it." Kevin started kissing down her neck.

"HELP!" Haley screamed. Kevin put his finger to her lips.

"Leave her alone!" Nathan came running to them. He's been looking for Haley two minutes after realization hit him and he started running when he heard a screaming Haley.

Kevin pushed Haley to the ground, "You have a problem man?!"

"Yeah, you," Nathan punched Kevin so hard he almost fell to the ground.

"You're going to pay for that," Kevin said holding a hand to his cheek and then punching Nathan so heard he did fall to the ground and then started kicking him.

Nathan grabbed Kevin's foot and pulled him to the ground. He got up although he was in pain and kicked Kevin in the guts and in the crotch.

"Let's go, Haley," Nathan said bending down to Haley who looked at Kevin terrified.

Nathan held out a hand to Haley and she grabbed it and they walked to the hotel lobby.

Haley didn't talk to Nathan all the way to the room. She was looking at her feet all the time with her arms crossed on her chest.

When Nathan opened the door and held it open to Haley she walked silently to the bed and stared at her feet.

Nathan closed the door and walked to Haley, "You okay?" Haley nodded. "Do you need anything?" she shook her head. She kept looking at her feet.

He sat next to her and started stroking her hair, "Please don't, Nathan," Haley whispered in a shaky voice.

Haley didn't know whether to be grateful or angry with Nathan. He went through a beating for her but he hurt her pretty badly.

"Do you want to talk?" he asked stopping stroking her hair.

"There's nothing to talk about," she got up and toke a nightgown out of her bag. She slid it on her and toke off her bathing suit and skirt. Then she went and took underwear and slid them on.

Nathan looked at Haley, 'WOW! She looks good. Like a goddess. And I had to ruin it by being a moron and drinking.'

Haley went into the bathroom and brushed her teeth all the way Nathan was sitting on the bed and looking at the bathroom door.

Haley went out and walked to the bed and got under the covers. After a few moments of silence Nathan got dressed, brushed his teeth and laid on the bed after closing the lights.

Surprisingly, after two minutes of laying in silence Haley cuddled up to Nathan. "I'm sorry I danced with him. I should've stopped him and your right there is no reason that he could touch me like that. But I still expected more from you."

Nathan wrapped his arms around her, "I'm sorry I had to be a jerk and make it about sex."

Haley and Nathan were silent, "Is that how you feel? Like making out isn't enough to satisfy you? Being with me is not enough?"

"I really don't know, Hales."

"Sex is a big deal for me, Nathan."

"I know," Nathan said, "and I'll be ready when you will."

Haley got up and kissed Nathan. Just a light kiss on the lips and then got back to where she was: on his chest.

"You really surprised me today, Haley," Nathan said, "with the bikini and the night gown and all. I didn't know you owned anything like that"

Haley giggled, "The bikinis are my sister's and the night gown Brooke put in my bag after paying for it and I couldn't return it because it was on sale."

Nathan laughed, "So why did you bring them? Why not have something of yours?"

"I don't have any bathing suits that fit me," Haley confessed. "So I had to settle for my sister's."

"And the nightgown?" Nathan questioned.

"That was a treat for you," Haley and Nathan smiled. Neither one of them knew the other one was since the lights were closed.

"Can I be honest?" Haley said.

"Umm," Nathan said, "I don't know. Can you?"

Haley laughed, "I like it when you call me Haley James Scott. I don't know it seems like it belongs there, you know, the Scott part. As if I was meant to be a Scott."

Nathan laughed, "So now you think I'm bizarre." Haley laughed a little embarrassed from this confession.

They fell silent and then Nathan whispered in Haley's ear, "I like it too."

Haley smiled, "Maybe some day."

"Maybe," Nathan said. But since he could not be serious for that long he added, "Let's just hope I'm the Scott brother you'll marry."

Haley laughed, "Lucas? That's gross he's like my brother."

"I wasn't talking about Lucas."

"Then who were you talking about?" Haley closed her eyes.

"Keith," Nathan burst into laughter.

"Nathan!" she joined him.

"But maybe if my parents will get divorced you'd marry Dan," Nathan continued.

"There are plenty of Scott brothers to go around," Haley laughed.

"But I don't think I could handle having you as my mom," Nathan said kissing her forehead.

Haley laughed, "Too strict?"

"No," Nathan replied, "too hot."

Haley smiled but didn't say anything. They laid in silence for about a minute listening to the ocean waves.

"I'm not tired," Nathan said, "are you?"

Haley shrugged, "What's that supposed to mean?" Nathan chuckled.

"It means I don't know," she replied.

"You don't know if you're tired or not?!" He laughed.

"I mean if we get up what are we going to do?"

"Whatever," Nathan said, "it will be more fun to be together when I actually can see you then with us with our eyes closed."

"So this is so you can see me now, huh?" Haley smiled.

"Can't let that night gown go to waste," he joked.

Haley laughed then got up, "What are you doing?" Nathan questioned.

She ran up to the light and opened it as she stroke a pose. Nathan laughed as he got up and walked up to her.

Nathan backed her up to the wall, "Nathan!" she giggled as she backed up. She could feel the wall against her back as Nathan leaned over to kiss her. Nathan hesitated but then slipped his tongue into her mouth. He was surprised when her lips parted easily as if she's been expecting it.

They continued making out. Nathan placed his hand on Haley's hips and when he saw she did not object he moved his hand downwards. He stopped when his hands were on her ass.

She continued making out with him as if he hadn't done anything. Nathan then pulled Haley to the bed and went on top of her as they continued to make out.

Nathan continued sliding his hand along Haley's side. Then he reached Haley's bare leg and moved back up the night gown.

"Nathan," Haley stopped.

"Sorry," Nathan said, "habit."

"Peyton?" Haley questioned.

"Anyone really," he confessed.

"Oh," Haley looked at Nathan and then looked away.

"Haley, I'm sorry I didn't mean to," Nathan said, "I'm just not used to making out in a bedroom without it evolving into-" Nathan stopped and decided to shut up.

"Sex," Haley continued for him.

"I'm sorry, Haley," Nathan said sitting up. "I know you want to wait and this is not fair to you."

Haley sat up. "Let's do something that isn't kissing or making out related," Nathan said.

Haley looked at Nathan with a smile, "You wouldn't last five minutes."

"Oh yeah?" Nathan smiled starting to tickle Haley.

"Nathan," Haley giggled uncontrollably, "Nathan! Stop!"

"What did you say?" Nathan laughed and continued to tickle her.

"Nathan!" she laughed. He stopped tickling her and leaned over for a kiss but stopped himself.

"You see?" Haley said about the almost kiss.

"Five minutes you say? I'll double it: ten," Nathan got up.

"You won't last," Haley laughed.

Nathan turned to the clock next to their bed, "Its ten o' five, I'll last until ten fifteen."

"And what will you get if you succeed?" Haley questioned with a smile.

"Then I decide what we'll do Sunday," Nathan said after thinking.

"Sunday?" Haley asked confused, "okay then and if not?"

"You chose what to do," Nathan said.

Haley looked at Nathan, "Then what are we going to do now?"

"Whatever," Nathan said getting up from the bed. Haley followed him.

"TV?" he asked sitting on the couch.

"Sure," Haley sat down next to him and leaned her body against his.

Nathan toke the remote and turned the TV on. They saw a couple making out. Nathan and Haley broke into laughter.

"You won't be able to handle it," Haley said after laughing.

"You'll see," Nathan kept changing the channel and then stopped at a basketball game.

Haley sighed, "Basketball?"

"Why not?" his eyes glowed on the TV.

Haley looked at the TV, "What teams?"

"It's college ball," Nathan said, "George Mason against Florida."

"Oh," Haley said looking at the TV. "Number 17 is pretty hot."

Nathan laughed, "You're such a girl."

Haley grabbed the remote control and changed the channel.

"Hey!" he laughed. Nathan stroked Haley's hair.

"Let's watch something we both want to watch," she said flipping through the channels as Nathan continued to stroke her hair.

Haley stopped flipping the channels, "Friends?"

"Why not," he said.

They sat silently watching Friends. They laughed at the funny parts and gasped at the surprising parts.

They watched until the end of the show, "It's ten thirty."

Haley looked at the clock, "Indeed, this means you won."

"Yeah," Nathan said.

"Actually," Haley said getting up, "you won't win until you can look me in the eyes for a minute without making out with me or kissing me.

Nathan laughed and closed the TV, "Okay." Nathan sat up and sat in front of Haley.

"Until 10:31," Haley said. Nathan nodded and looked at Haley.

'Damn this is going to be hard,' Nathan thought.

"So-" Nathan started.

Haley put her finger on Nathan's lips, "No talking."

Nathan smiled. He looked into her eyes and then he checked her out looking her up and down.

Haley giggled and then put her hand on his face and pulled him up.

"I can only look at your eyes?" Nathan questioned with another smile. Haley nodded smiling back.

'Just a few more seconds and she's yours,' Nathan said to himself looking at her eyes and imagining them making out.

"You're zoning out on me, Nathan," Haley said smiling.

"Sorry."

He looked into her eyes.

After a few minutes Haley looked away to the clock, "Times up." With this Nathan went on top of her and they started making out.