Part 2
Haley walked out of the room into the hall and watched Nathan storm off. "Gosh, what is his problem?" Just then, Lucas came up to her. "Wow, that sucks."
"Sucks? Sucks is an understatement!! I don't know how I'm going to survive this next month!! Ahhh!!!" Haley vented. "What a great way to start off the weekend. I suggest you start as soon as possible so you can get it over with. Either that or transfer to a different school. " Lucas laughed. "You're taking this surprising well. What's the deal? Are you two conspiring behind my back?" "Me? And Nathan? Talking? Yeah, right. And by the way, I saw a pig fly by this morning." "You finished yet?" She asked crossly. Obviously humor wasn't making her feel better. "Come on, let's go to the café. We'll order your favorite dish, my treat." Lucas offered with a smile. "You don't even have to pay." She replied. "I know. That's why I can afford it." He laughed. "Fine, but we better be back in time for 5th period. There is no way I am missing Mr. Smith's Math lecture." "You really are strange," he stared at her. She hit him in the arm playfully. "Come on, let's get going." She said as they both headed for the café.
The day went by extremely slowly, which was no surprise to Haley. It seemed that life liked to prolong her misery whenever it had a chance. She couldn't believe it. Nathan Scott. This was going to be torture. But now it was over. She re-entered Mr. Gledhill's classroom, hoping to change his mind about the whole project. The teacher greeted her as she passed his desk.
"Good afternoon," he said with a smile.
"What's so good about it?" she said with a sarcastic yet joking tone.
"Haley, is their something you would like to talk to me about?" he asked with a knowing expression.
"Well, it's just that...well..." she started. "Oh Haley, are you still mad about the project with Nathan?" he interrupted. "Yes! What did I do to deserve to deserve such torture? I do all my homework, I hand everything in on time, and I pay attention to you during class! Why do you pain me so?" she yelled dramatically. "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean for it to be such a burden on you," he said apologetically.
"I know you didn't."
"It's just that I didn't trust anyone else to not tear his head off after 15 minutes with him, and I was a little disappointed this morning because I know that you could turn this into a good experience if you try," he said. "That's just the kind of person you are. So will you try for me? And if he makes it too hard for you, I won't hesitate to fail him, and give you the grade you deserve."
"I guess I could try," she gave in.
"Now that's the Haley I know," He smiled. "Thanks Haley. I'm really proud of you." She smiled as she turned and walked out. "No problem," she sighed. Nathan was walking by the classroom as Haley walked out. He gave her a dirty look. She huffed in disgust.
"Hold on, Nathan, come in here," the teacher called him into the classroom. Haley remained outside the door and listened in on the conversation. She could hear perfectly.
"And if you give her any problems, I will not hesitate to fail you and make you repeat this class in summer school. Do you understand?" the teacher finished saying. Nathan huffed.
"Yea," he grumbled under his breath as he walked out. Haley was leaning on the wall outside the classroom with an extremely satisfied look on her face. He gave her another dirty look and walked in the opposite direction.
"See you tomorrow, bright and early," she said in a sweet but obviously fake voice. She was in control now. She liked it, and they both knew it.
Nathan huffed again and walked faster. Haley soon dropped the smile. 'We better get an A on this thing,' she said to herself. 'There is no way I am spending my summer teaching HIM in summer school.' She shook her head as she left down the opposite end of the hall. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
The next day was Saturday. Nathan woke up to a knock on the door. He was the only one home. His mom had errands to run, and his dad had gone to work. The knock came again. Nathan reluctantly got up and answered the door. He rubbed his eyes. "Hello?"
"Ok. This is the deal. Listen well because I'm not saying this again." "What are you doing here?" he asked extremely confused.
"We are partners whether we like it or not. So this is how it's going to be. We start today. The sooner we start the sooner we can go back to ignoring each other, alright? Mr. Gledhill gave us an instruction guide with what we need to learn about each other. Now go get dressed. I don't want to spend any unnecessary time hanging around each other."
"Do you have any clue what time it is?" Nathan asked, seemingly only half-conscious. "We're wasting time! Go!" she said impatiently. "I think you're crazy," he said sleepily as he made his way back upstairs.
Haley pushed her hair back and sighed. "I think you may be right," she mumbled.
Haley walked out of the room into the hall and watched Nathan storm off. "Gosh, what is his problem?" Just then, Lucas came up to her. "Wow, that sucks."
"Sucks? Sucks is an understatement!! I don't know how I'm going to survive this next month!! Ahhh!!!" Haley vented. "What a great way to start off the weekend. I suggest you start as soon as possible so you can get it over with. Either that or transfer to a different school. " Lucas laughed. "You're taking this surprising well. What's the deal? Are you two conspiring behind my back?" "Me? And Nathan? Talking? Yeah, right. And by the way, I saw a pig fly by this morning." "You finished yet?" She asked crossly. Obviously humor wasn't making her feel better. "Come on, let's go to the café. We'll order your favorite dish, my treat." Lucas offered with a smile. "You don't even have to pay." She replied. "I know. That's why I can afford it." He laughed. "Fine, but we better be back in time for 5th period. There is no way I am missing Mr. Smith's Math lecture." "You really are strange," he stared at her. She hit him in the arm playfully. "Come on, let's get going." She said as they both headed for the café.
The day went by extremely slowly, which was no surprise to Haley. It seemed that life liked to prolong her misery whenever it had a chance. She couldn't believe it. Nathan Scott. This was going to be torture. But now it was over. She re-entered Mr. Gledhill's classroom, hoping to change his mind about the whole project. The teacher greeted her as she passed his desk.
"Good afternoon," he said with a smile.
"What's so good about it?" she said with a sarcastic yet joking tone.
"Haley, is their something you would like to talk to me about?" he asked with a knowing expression.
"Well, it's just that...well..." she started. "Oh Haley, are you still mad about the project with Nathan?" he interrupted. "Yes! What did I do to deserve to deserve such torture? I do all my homework, I hand everything in on time, and I pay attention to you during class! Why do you pain me so?" she yelled dramatically. "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean for it to be such a burden on you," he said apologetically.
"I know you didn't."
"It's just that I didn't trust anyone else to not tear his head off after 15 minutes with him, and I was a little disappointed this morning because I know that you could turn this into a good experience if you try," he said. "That's just the kind of person you are. So will you try for me? And if he makes it too hard for you, I won't hesitate to fail him, and give you the grade you deserve."
"I guess I could try," she gave in.
"Now that's the Haley I know," He smiled. "Thanks Haley. I'm really proud of you." She smiled as she turned and walked out. "No problem," she sighed. Nathan was walking by the classroom as Haley walked out. He gave her a dirty look. She huffed in disgust.
"Hold on, Nathan, come in here," the teacher called him into the classroom. Haley remained outside the door and listened in on the conversation. She could hear perfectly.
"And if you give her any problems, I will not hesitate to fail you and make you repeat this class in summer school. Do you understand?" the teacher finished saying. Nathan huffed.
"Yea," he grumbled under his breath as he walked out. Haley was leaning on the wall outside the classroom with an extremely satisfied look on her face. He gave her another dirty look and walked in the opposite direction.
"See you tomorrow, bright and early," she said in a sweet but obviously fake voice. She was in control now. She liked it, and they both knew it.
Nathan huffed again and walked faster. Haley soon dropped the smile. 'We better get an A on this thing,' she said to herself. 'There is no way I am spending my summer teaching HIM in summer school.' She shook her head as she left down the opposite end of the hall. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
The next day was Saturday. Nathan woke up to a knock on the door. He was the only one home. His mom had errands to run, and his dad had gone to work. The knock came again. Nathan reluctantly got up and answered the door. He rubbed his eyes. "Hello?"
"Ok. This is the deal. Listen well because I'm not saying this again." "What are you doing here?" he asked extremely confused.
"We are partners whether we like it or not. So this is how it's going to be. We start today. The sooner we start the sooner we can go back to ignoring each other, alright? Mr. Gledhill gave us an instruction guide with what we need to learn about each other. Now go get dressed. I don't want to spend any unnecessary time hanging around each other."
"Do you have any clue what time it is?" Nathan asked, seemingly only half-conscious. "We're wasting time! Go!" she said impatiently. "I think you're crazy," he said sleepily as he made his way back upstairs.
Haley pushed her hair back and sighed. "I think you may be right," she mumbled.