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Recap:
Nathan moved closer to her, looking down at her. "You intrigue me Haley. When I'm with you, I'm nothing but me. I'm not the start basketball player, or any thing else. Just Nathan Scott," he explained to her. "And I think I'm starting to like you Haley James; as more than just my tutor."
Nathan leaned down, just barely touching her lips to let her pull away. When she didn't, he brought his lips to hers and kissed her softly.
Part 8
"I've wanted to do that for awhile now," Nathan confessed when they broke apart.
Haley opened her eyes to look up at him. "Then why haven't you?"
"Because you're only tutoring me for one reason, and we both know *who* that is." Haley was about to speak, but Nathan continued. He turned away to look out at the water into the night. "I was the biggest jerk Haley. And the thing about it was I never wanted to be. Not to you and not to Lucas. But my dad. Ugh!" He just couldn't explain it in words.
"Have you tried talking to him? Trying to make him see?" Haley suggested. Nathan just looked at her. "Right. We're talking about your dad. All reason and logic is erased. You eventually need to stand up to him Nathan. Not for any reason other than you. When you're ready you will."
Nathan shook his head. "He'd kill me. It's his way or no way. It always has been and always will."
"Things will change."
"You are forever optimistic. Don't lose that quality Hale. You're always so positive," he told her. "It's what I love about you. You give me something to believe in again."
Haley smiled and looked down, and immediately back up into his eyes. "It may have started out as a way for me to help Lucas, tutoring you, and I'm not stupid. This probably was just a way to get back at Lucas - at first. We both had our motives. But in each other we found more."
"Pretty much," Nathan admitted, feeling guilty. "I'm sorry for doing that to you Haley."
Haley got this confused look on her face. "This is going to sound completely.off the wall, but I'm not. It gave me a chance to get to know someone, and see past reputations, and images."
"We sound like some corny romance novel," Nathan joked.
Haley laughed. "Quite possibly, but it doesn't make it any less true."
Nathan pulled her close, wrapping his arms around her and kissing her again. "So we're in for some ride huh?"
"What?"
"Oh. I'm just thinking about what my dad's going to say, and everyone at school," he explained. "And Lucas."
Haley nodded. "Lucas may not like the idea but he WILL support me," she assured him. "We cleared that up early. He still may get angry from time to time, but he should hopefully not do anything.unless you hurt me of course," she half teased.
"I'm not surprised."
Haley started playing with her bracelet nervously. "You're dad isn't going to like me is he?"
Nathan did not even want to think about that. In fact his dad had been the one pressuring him into calling and trying to reconcile things with Peyton. To be perfectly honest, he didn't want to. He wasn't interested in Peyton that way anymore. He hoped one day they could be friends again, but that's about it.
"That's one thing he will just have to deal with," Nathan told her. "I promise you that. And so far we know my word is good," he joked trying to lighten the mood. The mention of his dad seemed to ruin every conversation in which it was spoken. "He thinks I should be star basketball player with head cheerleader. Case closed end of story. But things just didn't work out that way."
"Do you wish Peyton was the one here with you?"
Nathan shook his head. "No. She's a different person, and so am I. We dated for three years. And we started heading in different directions. I feel guilty about the way I treated her towards the end and I called her to apologize but she still isn't taking any calls from this Scott."
"I'm taking a huge chance on you. My head always told me to run the other way, as well as some people offering advice. But clearly my heart didn't listen."
Nathan broke in. "Good. Or I would feel kind of stupid right now, sitting here all alone." AUTHOR'S NOTE: FYI: Thank you everyone for the amazing feedback. People keep telling me to make the chapter longer. The chapters are this length for a reason. I go into different character perspective or different character scenes. ( I try to make them as long as possible without seeming as if I'm dragging things on.
Recap:
Nathan moved closer to her, looking down at her. "You intrigue me Haley. When I'm with you, I'm nothing but me. I'm not the start basketball player, or any thing else. Just Nathan Scott," he explained to her. "And I think I'm starting to like you Haley James; as more than just my tutor."
Nathan leaned down, just barely touching her lips to let her pull away. When she didn't, he brought his lips to hers and kissed her softly.
Part 8
"I've wanted to do that for awhile now," Nathan confessed when they broke apart.
Haley opened her eyes to look up at him. "Then why haven't you?"
"Because you're only tutoring me for one reason, and we both know *who* that is." Haley was about to speak, but Nathan continued. He turned away to look out at the water into the night. "I was the biggest jerk Haley. And the thing about it was I never wanted to be. Not to you and not to Lucas. But my dad. Ugh!" He just couldn't explain it in words.
"Have you tried talking to him? Trying to make him see?" Haley suggested. Nathan just looked at her. "Right. We're talking about your dad. All reason and logic is erased. You eventually need to stand up to him Nathan. Not for any reason other than you. When you're ready you will."
Nathan shook his head. "He'd kill me. It's his way or no way. It always has been and always will."
"Things will change."
"You are forever optimistic. Don't lose that quality Hale. You're always so positive," he told her. "It's what I love about you. You give me something to believe in again."
Haley smiled and looked down, and immediately back up into his eyes. "It may have started out as a way for me to help Lucas, tutoring you, and I'm not stupid. This probably was just a way to get back at Lucas - at first. We both had our motives. But in each other we found more."
"Pretty much," Nathan admitted, feeling guilty. "I'm sorry for doing that to you Haley."
Haley got this confused look on her face. "This is going to sound completely.off the wall, but I'm not. It gave me a chance to get to know someone, and see past reputations, and images."
"We sound like some corny romance novel," Nathan joked.
Haley laughed. "Quite possibly, but it doesn't make it any less true."
Nathan pulled her close, wrapping his arms around her and kissing her again. "So we're in for some ride huh?"
"What?"
"Oh. I'm just thinking about what my dad's going to say, and everyone at school," he explained. "And Lucas."
Haley nodded. "Lucas may not like the idea but he WILL support me," she assured him. "We cleared that up early. He still may get angry from time to time, but he should hopefully not do anything.unless you hurt me of course," she half teased.
"I'm not surprised."
Haley started playing with her bracelet nervously. "You're dad isn't going to like me is he?"
Nathan did not even want to think about that. In fact his dad had been the one pressuring him into calling and trying to reconcile things with Peyton. To be perfectly honest, he didn't want to. He wasn't interested in Peyton that way anymore. He hoped one day they could be friends again, but that's about it.
"That's one thing he will just have to deal with," Nathan told her. "I promise you that. And so far we know my word is good," he joked trying to lighten the mood. The mention of his dad seemed to ruin every conversation in which it was spoken. "He thinks I should be star basketball player with head cheerleader. Case closed end of story. But things just didn't work out that way."
"Do you wish Peyton was the one here with you?"
Nathan shook his head. "No. She's a different person, and so am I. We dated for three years. And we started heading in different directions. I feel guilty about the way I treated her towards the end and I called her to apologize but she still isn't taking any calls from this Scott."
"I'm taking a huge chance on you. My head always told me to run the other way, as well as some people offering advice. But clearly my heart didn't listen."
Nathan broke in. "Good. Or I would feel kind of stupid right now, sitting here all alone." AUTHOR'S NOTE: FYI: Thank you everyone for the amazing feedback. People keep telling me to make the chapter longer. The chapters are this length for a reason. I go into different character perspective or different character scenes. ( I try to make them as long as possible without seeming as if I'm dragging things on.
