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Chapter 3

'You know I really think this is going to be a casual thing…' Haley said fidgeting with the tight cream silky top Brooke had practically dressed her in.

Brooke rolled her eyes good naturedly. 'It's Friday night in a bar Haley, there is potential males there .I'm doing you a favour.' She mused with a cheeky wink. 'Besides we are in jeans and heels it's not exactly overdressed.'

'My boobs are spilling out it's not exactly the look I was going for.'

'Your boobs look good.' Brooke reasoned. 'Maybe even Nathan will…'

'Enough with the Nathan comments already its getting old.' Haley said with a wave of her hand.

'You're the one that slept in his bed last weekend.' Brooke teased.

'Yea…slept in his bed alongside him not slept with him in his bed.'

'Damn shame if you ask me.'

Haley just rolled her eyes.

'I'm actually kind of nervous about tonight?'

'You nervous..' Haley said surprised. 'Well that's a first.'

'What? It's some of their school friends from home and things are kind of getting serious between me and Lucas.'

'They'll love you Brooke.' Haley said easily.

'Yea who doesn.t' She teased light heartedly then as the two girls giggled just as the taxi pulled up outside Scott's bar.

Haley latched onto Brooke's hand as the girls meandered their way through the very busy bar coming towards one of the couch corners with a large circular table.

'Hey yous made it.' Lucas said as he stood up letting the girls settle in where he had been sitting. 'Guys this is Brooke, my girlfriend and Haley my friend from college….girls this is Mouth, Chase, Jake and Anna.'

Haley and Brooke sat in all introducing themselves to each other.

'Thank god you guys came I'm seriously outnumbered.' Anna said as the girls laughed.

'You're used to it.' Lucas said with a smirk.

'Unfortunately yes.' She mused.

The gang chatted for a while about where Haley and Brooke grew up and what had brought them to San Francisco and now Haley found herself in conversation with a rather cute boy next to her. Every so often she felt Brooke overtly elbow her in the side and she was sure at this stage it was looking a little obvious.

Haley apologised to Chase as she turned over to Brooke with a slight glare. 'Seriously….' She said.

'Me, you bar now.' Brooke said as she practically dragged Haley out from her seat.

Brooke pulled Haley to the bar. 'What is so important you had to pull me all the way over here?' Haley screeched dismayed.

'Trust me I'm saving your ass.' Brooke said as Haley scowled at her. 'What?' Haley said completely oblivious.

'Haley he already knows your second name is Bop which quite frankly no one should know and you were just in the middle of telling him about Frankie…..'

'Ouch…' Nathan mused from where he was pulling a pint behind the bar.

Haley just rolled her eyes. 'Oh of course you're here now what impeccable timing.'

'What did you do to your parents for them to call you that?' Nathan smirked as he topped off the pint.

'Shut up Nathan.' Haley said and he just smirked at her.

'What's your problem now?' Nathan said.

'Brooke is my problem.' Haley said pointedly.

'I was saving your ass…'

'I'm guessing Frankie was an ex…..' Nathan hedged into their conversation.

'No even worse..'

Nathan grimaced. 'What's worse than bringing up an ex?'

'Talking about your first pet which by the way was a turtle…'

Nathan just chuckled.

'Ok stop talking about me like I'm not here…' Haley butted in then between the two of them. 'And quit laughing at me…..'

Nathan shrugged. 'Who were you chatting to?'

'Chase is his name.'

Nathan nodded. 'Probably the best of the bunch to be talking about turtles with.'

'What's that supposed to mean?' Haley said then curiously.

'He's a little soft you know compared to rest of the guys….'

'Great next you're going to tell me he's feminine…'

'He just hangs out with the girls more than the guys.' Nathan said as if it wasn't a big deal.

'Well he seems nice…' Haley said.

'Yea well you really need to work on you're A-game..' Brooke teased.

'You make it seem like I'm the only one, I've never even seen you chat up a guy.' Haley pointed out. 'And I don't know why you look so amused because I've not seen you chat up a girl yet .' Haley quipped annoyed.

'You have I chatted up you didn't I?' Nathan said with that sexy wink of his.

Brooke's eyes gleamed at that and Haley just rolled her eyes.

'Ok I'll get him to come over to you somehow…but for now and I hate saying this but I actually think taking advice from Nathan might not be such a bad idea…' Brooke mused as she hopped off her stool.

Haley huffed calling after her. 'You owe me a drink for that. Hell you owe me a lot more than a drink. ' She mumbled to herself.

Haley turned around then facing the bar as Nathan placed her usual vodka and diet coke in front of her without her even asking.

'You look hot tonight.' He said unashamedly as he placed the drink down giving her that cheeky smirk of his.

'Is that how you always compliment a girl?' Haley wondered.

'Is that how you always take a compliment?' Nathan said raising his eyebrow at her.

'God you're even more annoying than usual.'

He chuckled at that.

'So when are you getting off?'

'Well that depends on you..' Nathan couldn't help but tease.

Haley left her drink down glancing at him curiously before she caught on. 'OH….eww…Nathan..' She scolded him. 'God must you always be so crude?'

'I'm sorry you just make it too easy for me…'

'No you just seem to somehow turn even the most standard conversation into something dirty.'

'You like it.' He joked with her.

'Because clearly this is my I'm enjoying it face.' She said and caught him smirking knowingly then. 'Don't even…' She began knowing he was about to retaliate with something equally dirty.

'Fine so Chase…you like him?' He said then as he continued stocking up the bar.

'He seems nice.' Haley said casually.

'Ah playing it cool I see.' Nathan mused.

'Exactly he's just a guy I met in a bar that I am having a friendly conversation with.' Haley said.

'Nice you're already learning.' He teased.

'So what's the deal with tonight anyway? Weren't you off?' Haley began just as 3 girls came up to the bar beside her demanding Nathan's attention.

'Hold that thought.' He said to her as he went over serving the girls obviously lapping up the blatant flirting of some of them.

He chuckled as he came back in front of Haley noticing the scowl on her face. 'What's that look for?' Although he had a pretty good idea.

'Her boobs were practically on the bar for you and people say I'm desperate..'

'See you're selling the white picket fence dream maybe even a dog and two kids to a guy on a first date them girls are just selling themselves and nothing more…' Nathan shrugged.

'I'm not after all that just something a bit more meaningful than fucking someone in a bar.' Haley said overtly.

'Who said anything about doing it in a bar unless you have?' Nathan said curiously.

'God I swear your eyes lit up at that.' Haley scolded him. 'Is that really all guys want? It's beginning to feel like it is.'

'Honestly not all guys want that….if it helps I know that Chase is the type of guy that prefers something more serious.'

'Thanks for telling me that.' Haley said softly and he just smiled at her.

'What about you?'

'Doing it in the bar sounds good to me because I actually haven't.'

Haley felt her cheeks blush despite herself at his words.

'Looking a little flushed there Hales you thinking about it?'

She reached across shoving him 'You're terrible ….' She let out looking around her as though people were actually listening in which was practically impossible given how busy and noisy it was.

'Hey Haley, I see you've had the unfortunate circumstance of meeting Nathan.' Chase said easily as he came up to the bar beside them. Haley smiled realising Brooke of course had succeeded in her mission.

'Nice.' Nathan smirked. 'Hey man.' Haley smiled as they did their funny guy handshake.

'So what's the deal we come into town and you can't even get the night off?'

'I'm trying, Owen called in sick so I got landed with it but I'll be out there soon.' Nathan promised.

'Can I get you a drink?' Chase said as he eyed Haley's half empty drink.

'It's ok…' Haley began but Chase already ordered telling Nathan to get what she was having.

'You didn't have to do that.' Haley said.

'Oh I did…your friend ordered me to.' Chase mused and Haley laughed. 'That sounds like Brooke alright.'

XXXXX

Nathan groaned at the unmerciful pounding against the door. 'God dammit.' He mumbled to himself as he peeled himself off the bed going towards the door muttering a series of expletives to himself.

He opened the door despite the fact his eyes were barely opened.

Haley frowned as Nathan pulled open the door noticing the obvious scratch marks on his bare chest. ''Why is there…..oh…OH…..ewww.' She rambled to herself. 'Gross.'

Nathan rubbed at his eyes as Haley came into view standing there, in hair tossed up in an effortless ponytail with take-out coffee in her hands, blue jeans and white t-shirt looking impeccably fresh considering the night before.

'What are you doing here?'

'He's text me already.' She squealed which only served to hurt his eardrums even more as she shoved past him unannounced into his small apartment.

'Wow …yippee.' Nathan said sarcastically. 'Great news now I'll ask you again what are you doing here?'

'Oh god you're really not a morning person are you?' Haley grimaced.

'Haley it's like what 10 o'clock.'

'5 past 12 actually and can you put a shirt on cause that's disturbing.' She said scowling at the marks on his chest.

'My bare chest is just too irresistible.'

'Clearly those claw marks on it just do it for a woman.' Haley mumbled back just as sarcastically.

Nathan chuckled finally coming out of his grumpy, sleepy haze as he slipped into his bedroom throwing on a navy t-shirt and a pair of basketball shorts.

'You really are just like Luke in the mornings.'

'I'm actually a morning person I like getting up early.' Nathan admitted as he came around to join her on the couch taking the coffee cup.

'Really…but you're like so grouchy.' Haley pointed out amused.

'Haley I had hardly any sleep and I don't appreciate you pounding on my door over a silly text message.'

'Your lack of sleep is due to your own recreational activities and it's not just some silly text, its Chase he's asked me on a date.'

Nathan smirked at her use of the word, he actually thoroughly enjoyed how outspoken and snarky she could be about some things and yet with sex she reverted to this shy girl. 'Recreational activities is that what we are calling it nowadays?' He teased her.

'Shut up…' Haley said. 'Of course that's all you took from that sentence.' She mumbled shoving him.

'Watch the coffee.' Nathan said.

'I did bring you coffee I bet that has made your day. Lucas told me to do that or not come near you.' Haley said smiling.

'Fair enough.' Nathan said chuckling. 'So you're really over here because of this text?'

'Well yeah…this is usually the part I tend to screw up so….'

'Ok what did it say?' Nathan said then and Haley pulled out her phone before showing it to him.

'Mini golf…nice.' Nathan said and he handed the phone back to Haley. 'I mean you want to go don't you?'

'Yea but Nathan what if he thinks I'm some kind of idiot, I'm so un-coordinated…I suck at sports even mini-golf and I just think this would be better for a second date or something….' She rambled before he called her out.

'Haley…..' Nathan smiled. 'Take a breath…..your like way over-thinking this….part of the fun of mini-golf is sucking at it I think you should go…'

'I'm going to go but I had an idea first and just so you know I have carefully thought about this a little before I went to sleep and again this morning….' She said as she kicked her knees up under her regarding him carefully.

'What…you're going to take me with you two?' He joked as he watched her watching him.

'No…well kinda…'

'Haley I know I offered to help and a threesome is usually my thing but with my friend it might be a little we…'

'OH shut up….' Haley jostled him in the side again but this time he was too quick for her as he grabbed her arm and then proceeded to tickle her right on the ribs enjoying the fact that she was in fact extremely ticklish.

'St…op….Na..th….an…' Haley giggled unmercifully as she tried to pull away from him. 'I'm sorry…' She gritted out as he finally let up chuckling himself.

'Now that I know your ticklish…'

'Don't you dare I hate it…'

'Well stop hitting me then…'

Haley just shook her head at their childish behaviour as she continued on. 'So I was thinking we could do like a mock date.' She blurted out then before her apprehension got the better of her again.

Nathan grimaced. 'Haley we don't need to do that, I'm sure you've played mini-golf before.'

'I have and I haven't gone back.' She mused. 'Look it would make me feel better about the whole thing and besides this might be good experience for you too…'

'What's that supposed to mean?'

'It's not like you date a lot Nathan I could give you some tips on what girls like and then you know when you do start dating…'

Nathan just scoffed.

'And don't tell me you don't need tips because if you're not dating trust me you need them.' She said confidently.

He regarded her then rather amused by her, fuck it he thought. It's not like he ever willingly would hang out with a girl alone for fun maybe he actually could be friends with a girl. Sure he had friends who were girls in high school and still were but he never really hung out with them alone. 'Fine.' He said. 'When do you want to go?'

Haley looked at him expectedly and Nathan sighed. 'Today…seriously?'

'Well tonight.' She said. 'We're doing a late night one and we can suss something to do after, I'll even let you pick…'

'You sure you want to do that?' Nathan teased her.

Haley just shook her head at him as she pulled herself up from the couch and marched over to his door. 'So tonight at 8 you can pick me up.'

'Are you always this bossy with Luke?'

Haley just stuck her tongue out at him before waving him off as she went out the door singing some ridiculously chirpy tune to herself. Nathan just smirked after her, she really was too strange but at least she was entertaining. Tonight he realised might actually be a lot of fun.

XXXXX

'Yess!' Haley squealed as the golf ball went up over the bridge and potted first time.

Nathan chuckled heartily watching as she did a little happy dance thoroughly enjoying the view of her ass in that little pleated mini skirt, she had teamed it with a t-shirt and runners, her brunette hair tousled up into a messy ponytail, she looked effortlessly beautiful something he was pretty sure he'd never seen in any girl hed had encounters with. 'See what did I tell you, you had nothing to worry about.'

Haley scoffed. 'This never happens Nathan like ever I need to video it for Lucas he won't believe us.'

Nathan laughed again at her wild enthusiasm as he potted the ball himself. 'You know I'm actually having a good time.'

She thought he was teasing her but as her eyes met his she could tell that he was being completely honest and it made her feel….she wasn't sure how it made her feel but it was different. 'I actually figured the night would have been more enjoyable for you if you got to see how much I usually suck at this.'

Nathan chuckled again as they moved onto the second last hole.

Haley smiled. 'You should laugh like that more often…..it's more you.'

Nathan glanced up at her with a bizarre look on his face at her words. 'What does that even mean?' He said shaking his head at her Haley-ness as he termed it now, sometimes she had a language of her own that was for sure.

'Like that's a genuine laugh and not like the one you usually give at the bar….it's different on you.'

'Ok don't say things like that Chase….you were doing fine up until that one.' He teased her.

Haley just giggled. 'And you were being really nice up until that one.'

'You know you totally owe me.' Nathan goaded her then. 'Being out here giggling with a little shorty like on you on the mini golf course is really cramping my style.'

'Puh-lease…' Haley said with a faff of her arm. 'I'm totally doing you a favour.' She retorted as she bent over a little to try and pot the ball in their final hole.

'Oh you're definitely doing me a favour wearing that little skirt.'

Haley hit the ball shakily completely missing her target. 'Nathan…you're not supposed to look.'

He scoffed. 'Haley I'm a guy and I'm your date I'm entitled to look.'

She just rolled her eyes at him. 'Is this skirt too little?'

This time he rolled his eyes at her. 'No Haley the skirt isn't too little.'

'Well you just called it little so that means its noticeably short right?'

'Did anyone ever tell you you've an uncanny ability to create your own little stories about minute things that people say?'

Haley just stuck her tongue out at him. 'Did anyone every tell you that you carelessly throw around words without thinking what they mean?'

'Well no I've never met someone like you before.' Nathan said honestly.

'Likewise.' Haley agreed and they both caught each other's eyes just smiling despite themselves.

'Come on let's go to our next place.'

'But we've nothing…'

'Relax Hales I have an idea.' Nathan said.

'So I'm thinking me and Chase should do something like this…' Haley said as they walked side by side down the pier.

'The way you're eating that hotdog Chase will be thanking me for this idea…' Nathan said wiggling his eyebrows at her as he watched Haley try and take the whole thing in her mouth.

Haley almost choked on the food as she pulled it from her mouth. 'Seriously…' She gaped at him. 'Why ruin a perfect moment? This was actually so romantic.'

Nathan chuckled. 'I'm sorry I've just never seen a girl eat it like that before.'

Haley hit his shoulder playfully. 'Mind out of the gutter Scott.'

'You're tormenting me Haley.'

She laughed then. 'So you have actually taken girls on dates before…'

'Not really..' Nathan shrugged. 'I did take a girl for a hotdog before after we left the club. I was thinking you know I should be more like Lucas and try do something nice that was a disaster..'

'How can you turn something like this into a disaster?'

Nathan grimaced thinking about it. 'Firstly she didn't want to hold it because she was afraid the sauce would leak out…then she got it caught under her fake nails…I swear she almost cried Hales…I was ready to throw her into the river by the time we finished it.'

Haley just laughed as he told his story. 'You know I've always wondered how girls function in their daily lives with such long nails?'

'Well they can't eat hot dogs.' Nathan supplied as though that was paramount to everyday life.

The two of them laughed then.

'Clearly shouldn't have fake nails then.' Haley supplied as she glanced over at him catching his sparking eyes they sent each other a small smile as they continued to walk along the pier in relative silence.

'So what brought you all the way over to Philadelphia for college?' Haley found herself asking.

'Same thing that brought you here maybe?' Nathan said regarding her curiously. 'I just wanted to get completely away out of State and experience somewhere else.'

'Yea I know the feeling.' Haley said.

'But you seem to be staying here?' Nathan pondered.

'Yea I just love it here, I didn't expect for it to feel this much like home but it does and that's pretty amazing.'

'That's saying a lot considering you're from the sticks.'

'I am not from the sticks.' Haley admonished him playfully. 'It is a city you know?'

'Barely.' Nathan teased her.

'Says the guy who went all the way over to North Carolina.' She teased elbowing him.

'The girls would eat me up in your town.' He gloated cockily.

Haley scoffed. 'Oh there's that ego I thought you left it at home tonight.'

'Never and especially not on a date.'

'Ok remember for future dates to leave your ego at the door, girls hate that stuff.'

'You like it, your laughing.'

'I'm laughing at you.'

'Still if your laughing I'm doing something right.' Nathan mused.

'Yea I think my jaw is going to hurt tomorrow.' Haley said.

'Mine too.' Nathan agreed just as Haley's phone vibrated in her pocket.

'Oh its him..' She let out and suddenly felt very weird for checking it while she was here with Nathan. What the fuck? Her mind tormented her. The whole point of this date is for your real one….your real one Haley with this guy. This thing with Nathan wasn't a date why was she acting like it was…where had that come from?

'Well what did he say?' Nathan goaded oblivious to Haley tormenting herself in silence as she just stared at her phone.

'Oh..amm…he said he's looking forward to seeing me on our date tomorrow.' Haley said fumbling a little for a moment and wondering why she had.

Nathan didn't seem to notice as he smiled before he noticed her tapping away at the keyboard rather furiously. 'Oh no…' He said pulling the phone away from Haley in one quick swoop grimacing when he noticed the mini paragraph she had already wrote. 'Are you entering a short story comp or something?'

'Nathan give me back my phone..'

'Haley haven't I taught you anything…' He wondered. 'You do not reply with an essay like this to a guy.'

'I'm doing it my way.'

'Which has worked so well for you in all your 24 years..'

'I haven't been dating since I was a baby and that's besides the point…' Haley rattled off at him.

'Haley the only thing you've left out of this message is what the weather was like today and it wouldn't surprise me if you were going to put that in…'

'Ugh you're infuriating.' Haley said giving up trying to steal the phone back off him as he held it high above his head which had another few feet on hers.

'I'm here to help you remember.'

'Fine. What do you suggest I say then or knowing what it's like in Nathan land you'll suggest I don't text back at all?' Haley said.

Nathan just smirked at that. 'I would say a simple looking forward to it too.'

'But that's boring…'

'Trust me he has met you and he knows you're anything but boring.'

Haley crossed her eyes at him then. 'Are you calling me fruity again?'

'Fruity?' Nathan scoffed trying to hold back the smirk at how irritated she seemed.

'Fruity…you know weird?'

Nathan chuckled. 'No Haley I'm not calling you fruity.'

'Right.' She said eying him in a way that let him know she didn't believe that for a second. 'Phone…'

Nathan handed the phone back to her then and she typed a very short message before hitting send and shoving it back in her pocket.

'Ok honestly Hales I don't text a lot but from a guy's perspective we don't like essays, keep it short and sweet and keep the long stories or in your case ramblings for phone calls which I prefer…'

'So you'd prefer if I rang you…' Haley teased him then.

'Oh no…no, no, you do not need to, under any circumstance ring…' Nathan heard her giggling beside him then realising she had been completely playing him.

'Bitch…'

Haley just laughed harder. 'You should have seen the panic on your face. We are going to have to text though if I'm to get advice I can't keep calling to the bar every day.'

'Yea everyone already thinks you're after me.'

'Whatever,' Haley said as she elbowed him playfully.

'Texting is fine but no essays, actually it will be good practice for you.'

'It's kind of sweet how you said you like phone calls…most guys don't' Haley said then hearing him groan beside her hating himself for admitting that and her for repeating it.

'What? It is, that will definitely win you some brownie points with a girl Nathan.'

XXXXX

'I'm the fruity one shouldn't I be the one mixing Maltesers with the popcorn?' Haley said highly amused as Nathan dunked a whole packet of Maltesers in with their microwave popcorn.

He just chuckled at her. 'You've seriously never had this? I'm surprised me and Luke used to do it all the time.'

'Oh how cute.'

Nathan just rolled his eyes playfully.

'I think he was just pretending to like it for you because believe me we've done movie nights lots and he's never once brought a packet of Maltesers into the equation.' Haley mused.

'I actually should disown him right now and I thought befriending you was poor judgement on his part.'

'Hey…' Haley said shoving into him with her hip. 'You've befriending me too you know.'

'Yea not by choice.' Nathan teased.

Haley gasped. 'Well what's got you hanging around my apartment on a Saturday night then?' She said, hand on her hip mockingly.

'This wonderful combination.' Nathan said pointing to the bowl in front of him.

'Whatever.' Haley said.

'You know what it is actually kind of nice going on a date with no strings attached, if only they were like this real life.'

'Yeaa…I hear ya.' Haley drawled. 'This is usually the stage where you have the awkward kiss or try to decipher just what the other person wants which by the way is totally why I don't normally invite guys in this far because then they just expect sex…'

'That's funny…'

'How is that funny….trust me it gets old after a while.'

'No its just usually I can't offer to do something like this…' Nathan said motioning to the food and the tv with the movie in front of them. 'Because if I do there's a good chance they expect a relationship or something more.'

'And I think that right there is our problem.'

Nathan just shrugged.

'I don't see why you wouldn't want a relationship Nathan; you could stuff like this all the time and still have sex it's a winner really.'

'They're just too complicated and besides now I have you to do stuff like this with and I can still go and have sex without any drama.'

Haley just shook her head at him as she carried out their snacks into the living room, Nathan following closely behind her. 'So I guess this means we're friends?' She mocked playfully.

'Call me crazy but I guess so Hales.' Nathan smirked as he flopped down onto the couch.

Lucas unlocked the door stepping into the apartment quietly noticing the light from the tv illuminating their living room area. He stepped in half expecting to see Haley panned out on the couch having fallen asleep in front of another movie but he hadn't expected to see Haley's tucked into Nathan's side her head resting against him as his rested on hers.

'Well well what's got you too so cosy?' Lucas said highly amused as he decided to whack on the main living room night obviously realising the two needed to be woken up anyway.

'Lucas….' Haley grimaced as her eyes burned before she pulled away in shock from where she had fallen asleep on Nathan. She was about to apologise until he went and opened his mouth.

'You drooled on my shirt.' Nathan said scowling at her as he noticed the wet patch just below his chin.

Her shyness for falling asleep on him soon abated and she couldn't help but giggle at the look of yuck on his face.

'Relax its just a bit of spit I'm sure you've got loads on you on more than one occasion.'

Lucas chuckled at that too and Nathan just scowled at him.

'Wow you are so grumpy when you wake up I thought it was just a morning thing.'

'Try living with him for 17 years….so grumpy.'

'Will you stop ganging up on me?' Nathan retorted like a child.

'Ah sorry Nate next time wear a bib.' Haley winked as she hopped off the couch to make her way to her bedroom. 'Night boys.'

'If you wanted to sleep with me Haley you could just ask politely.' Nathan shouted back at her glad he got the final word in as her door slammed shut.

'So how did your little practice date go?' Lucas said as he flopped down to the couch next to his brother immediately switching the tv to a rerun of the match he missed earlier.

'She told you about that?'

'Oh yea Haley has no filter..' Lucas teased.

'I noticed.' Nathan said with a laugh. 'It was good, I never thought I'd say this when I first met her but she just needs to be herself.'

Lucas just smirked at him saying nothing and yet everything all at once.

'What?' Nathan said reluctantly then.

'What?' Lucas retorted playing dumb.

'That look on your face…it's the same look Mom gets you know.'

'You're just…..your different around her that's all.'

'What's that supposed to mean?' Nathan with a slight eye-roll, why did Lucas have to bring his introspective writing tendencies into their lives so much. It was such a Lucas thing to say.

'Nothing you just seem happier that's all.'

'Ok what gay bar were you in tonight?'

Lucas just punched his younger brother on the shoulder. 'I can never have a serious conversation for like more than 10 seconds with you.'

'Me and Haley are friends Luke and contrary to what you believe I'm not trying to get in her pants even though I wouldn't be opposed to…'

'That's just it though you never willingly hang out with a girl unless there's an element..'

'I'm friends with Anna since high school aren't I?'

'Well she's….'

'Hey, I was friends with her before we found out she was into women too.'

Lucas just chuckled.

'Look Haley's cool.' Nathan said easily thinking nothing of it and Lucas nodded. 'Anyways I better get going I'm on early shift tomorrow.' Nathan said as he hopped up from the couch grabbing his leather jacket as he went.

'You coming to the 4th of July beach party on Thursday?' Lucas called after him.

'Wouldn't miss it.' Nathan said before leaving the apartment. He smiled taking out his phone reading the text from her. Thanks for our date ;)…is the winky face too suggestive?…(no but seriously is the winky face to suggestive you know if I send a text like this to Chase) …I know your rolling your eyes right this moment because the text is already too long but I don't care ….its a paragraph not a short story by the way , thanks Nathan I actually had a lot of fun. Haley X