Haley sat at the table at the docks, where she and Nathan have been
meeting for the tutoring sessions. Annoyed, she tapped her pen on the
table. She glanced at her watch again; ten minutes late. She closed her
notebook for English and packed up her belongings.
Nathan came jogging down the walkway to the table. "Haley wait, don't go. I'm just a little late."
"Ten minutes late Nathan. Besides I wanted to talk to you."
"What about?" he asked, with his trademark smirk.
Haley rolled her eyes. "Don't look to happy. I'm not tutoring you anymore."
"What?"
"You heard me. I can't and won't tutor you any more," Haley repeated herself.
"Why? Is it because Luke found out about us?" Nathan questioned.
"Not us. There is no us," Haley clarified. She shook her head and laughed. "No, it's because you won't leave Lucas alone, Nathan. You said you would stop. Basketball means so much to you, and yet you won't abide by the one condition I set on tutoring you to keep *you* on the team."
"What did I do now?" Nathan asked.
"What haven't you done?" she snapped back. "You wrecked Peyton's car and were going to dump it off on Lucas."
"Oh, you heard about that."
"About that, about the comment you made at the party, might I add that you only invited Lucas to, to pick on him in a large public audience. I heard what you said. That's trying to include him? You are such a jerk. Let's see, or how about the tape of Karen and Dan? Did you really have to play that?" Haley said, not giving him a chance to say anything until now.
Nathan rolled his eyes and turned to walk away.
"I should never have agreed to this."
Nathan turned back to her. "Then why did you?"
"I did it because I wanted to try to help my best friend. If I could get you to lay off him, it would be worth it," Haley told him. "But you obviously don't know much about friendship, or any relationships for that matter."
Nathan shrugged. "Don't help. See if I care. I'll just find a different way to piss Lucas off." Nathan turned and walked away from her.
Nathan came jogging down the walkway to the table. "Haley wait, don't go. I'm just a little late."
"Ten minutes late Nathan. Besides I wanted to talk to you."
"What about?" he asked, with his trademark smirk.
Haley rolled her eyes. "Don't look to happy. I'm not tutoring you anymore."
"What?"
"You heard me. I can't and won't tutor you any more," Haley repeated herself.
"Why? Is it because Luke found out about us?" Nathan questioned.
"Not us. There is no us," Haley clarified. She shook her head and laughed. "No, it's because you won't leave Lucas alone, Nathan. You said you would stop. Basketball means so much to you, and yet you won't abide by the one condition I set on tutoring you to keep *you* on the team."
"What did I do now?" Nathan asked.
"What haven't you done?" she snapped back. "You wrecked Peyton's car and were going to dump it off on Lucas."
"Oh, you heard about that."
"About that, about the comment you made at the party, might I add that you only invited Lucas to, to pick on him in a large public audience. I heard what you said. That's trying to include him? You are such a jerk. Let's see, or how about the tape of Karen and Dan? Did you really have to play that?" Haley said, not giving him a chance to say anything until now.
Nathan rolled his eyes and turned to walk away.
"I should never have agreed to this."
Nathan turned back to her. "Then why did you?"
"I did it because I wanted to try to help my best friend. If I could get you to lay off him, it would be worth it," Haley told him. "But you obviously don't know much about friendship, or any relationships for that matter."
Nathan shrugged. "Don't help. See if I care. I'll just find a different way to piss Lucas off." Nathan turned and walked away from her.