Ch. 3
"So toots, ready to board now?" Nathan asked, pulling her close enough to protectively place his arm around her shoulder.
Looking at him through the corner of her eyes, Haley gave him a glare. "Let me go get a magazine, handsome."
"Handsome? So I'm handsome now?" He grinned. "Why didn't you tell me before? I'd have-"
"Stop right there. I wasn't being serious." She replied, walking out of his hold. Fixing her sunglasses again, she said, "I'm going to get a magazine. Try not to sulk."
Grinning, Nathan followed her, empty-handed since they had passed their luggage to an airport baggage person. "Sulk? Sulk over what? The fact that you don't think I'm handsome? I wouldn't sulk. I'd cry."
Walking into a store, she turned around slightly giving him a quick smile. "I never said you weren't handsome." She explained, heading over to a magazine rack.
"Yes you did." Nathan replied, grabbing a magazine. Without looking at the cover, he just flipped to a random page, grinning widely at a picture of Haley and Brooke together dressed in skimpy clothes.
Looking over from her magazine, she asked, "What are you grinning about? Are you looking at Playboy?"
"I hope so," he said, showing Haley the picture.
"Oh, ew. Flip to another page. I don't want to be the object of your fantasy," she whispered, hoping other customers wouldn't hear.
"I'd be honored if I were you. Being the object of my fantasy is hard. Let's see, the only people that have EVER been in my dreams are Nicole Kidman, Kristin Kreuk, and a few others."
"Honored?! I'm disgusted. I don't have to know that much about you, you know."
"Well, if we're going to be stuck on an island together for the next 2 weeks, then might as well start getting to know each other as best as we can."
Letting out a sigh, Haley went back to looking at the other magazines, deciding which one to buy.
"I'm going to buy this one."
"Which one?" asked Haley, picking out a YM magazine.
"This," Nathan replied, showing her the magazine he'd been looking at the whole time with Haley's picture.
"You're actually going to buy that?" she asked, shocked. "I never thought you'd be reading any women's magazines, let alone In Style."
"Is that what this is?" Closing the magazine to see the cover, Nathan smirked. "Figures. Well, I'll go buy this, which one are you getting?"
"This." Haley answered, holding up YM. "It has Brooke's pictures in it. I'll buy it just to annoy her."
"Hand it over." Nathan held out his hand, waiting for Haley to place her magazine there.
"Why?" Haley held back the magazine, afraid he might do something to it.
"I'm going buy it for you."
"What? Why?" she asked.
"Just let me." Nathan tried to reach for the magazine, but Haley placed it behind her.
"No. I can buy it myself you know."
"Yeah, I realize that, but just let me."
"Why?"
"Because I'm the handsome, gorgeous hunk. Also, I just want to."
"Fine, but next time I'm going to buy you something too."
"Whatever you say, princess. Just wait right here."
Ignoring his statement, she followed him to the cashier. "Wait. Who said you're the handsome, gorgeous hunk?"
"I think you did. But who knows? I could've said it."
"Yeah, I think you did."
"it's okay. Just admit it. I know you want me."
Rolling her eyes through the shades, she replied, "We are so not going there." "See? I told you." He said, as the cashier asked, "Are you guys newlyweds or something?"
"Yes." Nathan answered, as Haley quickly replied, "No."
Glaring at her, Nathan said, "She just doesn't want to admit that she's not single anymore."
The cashier smiled warmly, saying, "I remember when I used to do that. Being single was fun and all, but being married was a whole lot better than being single."
Faking a smile, Haley muttered, "But you weren't married to this guy."
Jabbing her, Nathan said, "Thanks. We'll be going now."
Paying her, Nathan led Haley out of the store.
Haley asked, "Why didn't you correct her?"
"Because it was funny. And there's no use correcting people who reach conclusions about us. What would we tell them?"
"That we're friends."
"Oh, right. Forgot about that option." He said, grinning at her. "So, you ready now? Can we head to the plane?"
Sighing, Haley replied, "Yeah, sure."
Nathan reached over with his free hand to protectively wrap his arm around her shoulders again.
"Are you going to keep doing that?" she asked, finally relenting and wrapping her arm around his waist.
"Well, yeah. There's guys looking at you."
"So?"
"They could be anyone. I'm here to protect you and so I plan on doing my job." "Does your job allow you to become friends with your protectee?"
"I'm not sure, but I sure as hell don't care. We passed that line this morning. I can't go back now and not be friends with you."
Snuggling deeper into his hold she said, "Good cause I don't think I couldn't be friends with you either."
Leading them over to a little car that airports use, he told the driver to head them towards their terminal. Settling down beside Haley, he let her lean her head on his chest. "Tired?"
Smiling sheepishly, she answered, "A little."
"Then sleep. I'll wake you when we're there." Nathan said, putting his arm over her form.
"Okay." She answered closing her eyes.
Nathan stared ahead grimly thinking about the stalker and hoping that the stalker wouldn't know about their location. [i]But I'll protect you no matter what.[/i] Smiling at the sleeping form next to him, he added, [i]Even if it means getting hurt or even killed for your safety.[/i]
~~ hope you liked! –marg.
"So toots, ready to board now?" Nathan asked, pulling her close enough to protectively place his arm around her shoulder.
Looking at him through the corner of her eyes, Haley gave him a glare. "Let me go get a magazine, handsome."
"Handsome? So I'm handsome now?" He grinned. "Why didn't you tell me before? I'd have-"
"Stop right there. I wasn't being serious." She replied, walking out of his hold. Fixing her sunglasses again, she said, "I'm going to get a magazine. Try not to sulk."
Grinning, Nathan followed her, empty-handed since they had passed their luggage to an airport baggage person. "Sulk? Sulk over what? The fact that you don't think I'm handsome? I wouldn't sulk. I'd cry."
Walking into a store, she turned around slightly giving him a quick smile. "I never said you weren't handsome." She explained, heading over to a magazine rack.
"Yes you did." Nathan replied, grabbing a magazine. Without looking at the cover, he just flipped to a random page, grinning widely at a picture of Haley and Brooke together dressed in skimpy clothes.
Looking over from her magazine, she asked, "What are you grinning about? Are you looking at Playboy?"
"I hope so," he said, showing Haley the picture.
"Oh, ew. Flip to another page. I don't want to be the object of your fantasy," she whispered, hoping other customers wouldn't hear.
"I'd be honored if I were you. Being the object of my fantasy is hard. Let's see, the only people that have EVER been in my dreams are Nicole Kidman, Kristin Kreuk, and a few others."
"Honored?! I'm disgusted. I don't have to know that much about you, you know."
"Well, if we're going to be stuck on an island together for the next 2 weeks, then might as well start getting to know each other as best as we can."
Letting out a sigh, Haley went back to looking at the other magazines, deciding which one to buy.
"I'm going to buy this one."
"Which one?" asked Haley, picking out a YM magazine.
"This," Nathan replied, showing her the magazine he'd been looking at the whole time with Haley's picture.
"You're actually going to buy that?" she asked, shocked. "I never thought you'd be reading any women's magazines, let alone In Style."
"Is that what this is?" Closing the magazine to see the cover, Nathan smirked. "Figures. Well, I'll go buy this, which one are you getting?"
"This." Haley answered, holding up YM. "It has Brooke's pictures in it. I'll buy it just to annoy her."
"Hand it over." Nathan held out his hand, waiting for Haley to place her magazine there.
"Why?" Haley held back the magazine, afraid he might do something to it.
"I'm going buy it for you."
"What? Why?" she asked.
"Just let me." Nathan tried to reach for the magazine, but Haley placed it behind her.
"No. I can buy it myself you know."
"Yeah, I realize that, but just let me."
"Why?"
"Because I'm the handsome, gorgeous hunk. Also, I just want to."
"Fine, but next time I'm going to buy you something too."
"Whatever you say, princess. Just wait right here."
Ignoring his statement, she followed him to the cashier. "Wait. Who said you're the handsome, gorgeous hunk?"
"I think you did. But who knows? I could've said it."
"Yeah, I think you did."
"it's okay. Just admit it. I know you want me."
Rolling her eyes through the shades, she replied, "We are so not going there." "See? I told you." He said, as the cashier asked, "Are you guys newlyweds or something?"
"Yes." Nathan answered, as Haley quickly replied, "No."
Glaring at her, Nathan said, "She just doesn't want to admit that she's not single anymore."
The cashier smiled warmly, saying, "I remember when I used to do that. Being single was fun and all, but being married was a whole lot better than being single."
Faking a smile, Haley muttered, "But you weren't married to this guy."
Jabbing her, Nathan said, "Thanks. We'll be going now."
Paying her, Nathan led Haley out of the store.
Haley asked, "Why didn't you correct her?"
"Because it was funny. And there's no use correcting people who reach conclusions about us. What would we tell them?"
"That we're friends."
"Oh, right. Forgot about that option." He said, grinning at her. "So, you ready now? Can we head to the plane?"
Sighing, Haley replied, "Yeah, sure."
Nathan reached over with his free hand to protectively wrap his arm around her shoulders again.
"Are you going to keep doing that?" she asked, finally relenting and wrapping her arm around his waist.
"Well, yeah. There's guys looking at you."
"So?"
"They could be anyone. I'm here to protect you and so I plan on doing my job." "Does your job allow you to become friends with your protectee?"
"I'm not sure, but I sure as hell don't care. We passed that line this morning. I can't go back now and not be friends with you."
Snuggling deeper into his hold she said, "Good cause I don't think I couldn't be friends with you either."
Leading them over to a little car that airports use, he told the driver to head them towards their terminal. Settling down beside Haley, he let her lean her head on his chest. "Tired?"
Smiling sheepishly, she answered, "A little."
"Then sleep. I'll wake you when we're there." Nathan said, putting his arm over her form.
"Okay." She answered closing her eyes.
Nathan stared ahead grimly thinking about the stalker and hoping that the stalker wouldn't know about their location. [i]But I'll protect you no matter what.[/i] Smiling at the sleeping form next to him, he added, [i]Even if it means getting hurt or even killed for your safety.[/i]
~~ hope you liked! –marg.