Okay so here is Chapter 2, I really don't like this chapter very much at all, but no matter how many times I rewrote it still ended up pretty much the same way. I love writing this story, but I don't know that I can do it. I want to do it, because I love this idea, but this is new for me, and I'm not sure I can do a good enough job. If I feel that the story isn't up to par, I will quit writing it. The feedback is wonderful, I am so glad that y'all are enjoying this. It's fun to write, but it's a challenge. Please keep up the reviews. I can handle criticism if something is cheesy or it sucks in some way, [b]please[/b] let me know!

Chapter 2

 I don't want to be your friend…

We had almost reached the gate that they were at before, the guys in front of me and what looked like to be a six year old beside me, when she spoke.

"You have a boyfriend?"  I sighed. I didn't want to talk about my love life with a six year old.

"Not really."

She stopped walking and looked at me, "What do you mean not really? How can you only sort of have a boyfriend?" She was tapping her foot like my answer had to be said quickly or something.

"I did have a boyfriend, one for three years, but we broke up."

"So you don't?" She asked that evil grin forming on her face again, as she started walking again.

"No, not really, but my ex boyfriend and I are known for getting back together. Wait why am I telling this to a six year old?"

We finally reached them and she went back to pretty boy jock, what was his name again. Damn I'm bad with names. When she was standing right beside him she said, "I'm eight and half, thank you very much."

He looked down at her and then back up to me, "Was she spouting off random facts for you too?"

I slowly shook my head no. "I didn't know she knew random facts."

She went to talk to Lucas, after smiling at me evilly.

He chuckled lightly, "Addy knows a lot more than an eight year old should."

"Really?" I was trying to sound interested, but it was getting hard by the second. I was so tired.

"Oh yeah on the plane ride here, it's insane what she knows."

I laughed at the expression on his face.

"She reads relationship self help books." I laughed again. This guy was funny with all his facial expressions.

"Where is her dad?" I figured I would ask why he was with her and not her dad. "Or are you related or something?"

"No no, and I think I'm glad I'm not by the way she was talking, it could be scary. I have no idea where her dad is, but I told her I wouldn't leave her, so yeah. I mean if y'all have places to go, y'all can go on without me."

I looked towards Lucas, who had pretty near the same expression as Nathan previously had. Maybe there was a lot more to the little girl than met the eye. "I think we're probably going to stay here, because it seems as though Addy has taken a liking to Luke."

Silence came over us, very awkward at that.

"So your going to UT right?" he asked, I assumed he didn't like quiet.

"Yeah."

And there it was again, awkward silence. You know the silence that happens when you first meet someone and idle chit chat becomes less than enough? The kind of quiet that is inevitable.

"Dude pimp master!" Nathan closed his eyes and bit his bottom lip; I think she managed to embarrass the poor guy.

"My name is Nathan, Addy."

"Yeah well I like the name pimp master, and if you can call me Addy then I can call you pimp master."

"Right… what?"

"Lucas, I mean, pimp master 2, he likes country!" She burst into laughter at that, the sound of her laugh was infectious, and I knew that she was making fun of my dear friend, and I began to laugh too.

She shot her head up when she realized I was laughing.

"What's so funny?" She was now in my face.

"I make fun of Lucas all the time, because he listens to country and I think its funny how you barely know the guy and you're laughing at the same thing I have been laughing at since I was thirteen. That dear Addy is what I'm laughing at" I was trying to be polite.

"Oh…well then I guess that's okay."

"So I like country, at least I'll fit in here."

"Man you shouldn't have said that." Nathan looked at Lucas and then at Addy, who was now standing right beside the chair Lucas was sitting in, her hand placed firmly on her hips."

"In the defense of Texas, the best state ever! I will just inform you now that we are not hicks! Do you understand that pimp master 2? I want you to get the preconceived notion out of your head that we are all kickers!" She shouted the last part in his ear.

"Right, I'm sorry."

"Man you better be, she will annihilate you or something." Nathan laughed lightly as he directed his words towards Lucas."

Lucas's cell phone began to ring, the sounds of  "She Thinks My Tractors Sexy" coming through. He rolled his eyes, no way was he going to win the argument, that hadn't even really started. "Excuse me." He got up and walked towards the other end of the chairs, and plopped down in one.

"You know who he's on the phone with?" Addison asked me as she plopped down in the floor opposite of Nathan and me.

"Probably Pey."

"Who's Pey?" Nathan asked still trying to keep a conversation going.

"My best friend, his girl friend."

Addy stood up and marched over to Nathan. "That Peyton girl she is a Shirley Temple."

I laughed, what the hell was this girl's problem?

"And what pray tell are you laughing at now?" She was a snooty little girl.

"It's best if you say nothing, it works better that way." Nathan said smiling at me.

I nodded, "Right."

"Okay so Addy do you have a boyfriend?" I asked sending the questions her way.

"Pfft No, I go to an all girl's school, there is a serious lack of testosterone there. It only sucks a lot."

"Is that so?"

"Yes that is so."

Nathan noticed Addy's attitude towards Haley, it puzzled him. But everything this girl did or said for that matter puzzled him.

"What kinds of music do you like Addy?" I wasn't about to stop with the questions, if I did she would start asking me questions again.

"Rap mostly."

"Really? You like Eminem?"

"Pshh No, he thinks he's black."

"Right, okay."

"What kind of music do you like Nathan, I mean who are your favorite music artists as you put it?" he smiled at the little girl who was now in the floor again.

"I like Fifty Cent and Jay Z."

"Interesting."

"What about you Hallie." I was about to inform her of my correct name.

"Addy you know her name isn't Hallie, your good with names."

"Fine, Haley" she said every syllable slowly. "What kind of music do you like?"

"Well I like Lloyd Banks, but I like Norah Jones, and-"

"Addison Michelle Faulkner!"

She jumped up and began running towards the man walking towards us.

"Daddy!!! You need to meet my friends."

The man nodded his head. "Okay sweetheart."

She brought him to us, I knew I had seen him somewhere, but I couldn't place him. She went to Nathan first, "Daddy, this is Nathan Scott, the new freshman on the basketball team, and this right here is Haley, I don't know her last name, because I didn't get the chance to ask, and then that guy over there on the cell phone, that's Lucas Sherwood, one of the new freshman on the football team.

The man stuck out his hand for Nathan to shake, "it's nice to have you onboard with us." Nathan smiled and said "I'm happy to be here sir."

"Is she going to?" He motioned towards me.

"Yeah she is, she is almost a sophomore." I looked at her like she was insane. "Lucas told me about her."

"Well it's nice to have you onboard as well. It seems you have academically achieved quite a bit."

I nodded my head yes, slightly embarrassed. "Thank you for looking after my baby for me, I got caught up in a meeting, and our nanny was supposed to come get her, but she didn't."

"Can I fire this one?" she had a bright smile on her face.

"Yeah sweetheart if you want."

"It was very nice meeting both of you and I look forward to seeing you on campus." He smiled and turned to leave.

"Daddy wait."

Addy ran over to Nathan and whispered something in his ear, which got a chuckle out of him. "Okay, that's good to know."  She whispered something again and he pulled out a pen and paper from his carry on, and wrote something down and handed it to her. She hugged him and turned around and ran back to her dad.

"Who was that?" Lucas asked closing his cell phone shut.

"I don't know, I think he works at the college or something."

Nathan looked at me and smiled, "He is the president."

"Are you serious?" my mouth dropped open.

"Yeah."

"Was that Pey?"

Lucas sighed deeply and ran a hand through his blonde locks, "Yeah."

"So Lucas and I have a rental car, if you want us to drop you off at the campus."

"Actually Haley I'm pretty hungry." He said rubbing his stomach for the effect.

"Lucas you're always hungry. You can eat when you get to the dorm."

"Actually I thought we could take Nathan and ourselves to get something to eat."

I looked at Nathan, who looked to be dazed.

"Nathan, you hungry?" Lucas tried to shake him out of his daze.

"Nathan, pretty boy jock!" He snapped his head up, "Excuse me?"

"Haley!!" Lucas scolded.

"Sorry." I breathed out. I offended him.

"What did you call me?"

"Nothing,." I tried.

"No seriously what did you call me?"

I closed my eyes. "Closing your eyes isn't going to make the question go away." S hit what was I suppose to say.

"Don't be offended." He was now almost glaring at me. Great way to make an impression.

"What did you call me?"

I sighed. "I called you a pretty boy jock, okay I call Lucas that too, I didn't mean to offend you, I just, yeah…I'm sorry."

"Well if it wasn't meant as anything, I really don't care what you call me." Whoo that was really close.

"What did you want?"

"I'm hungry and we thought we could grab a bite to eat somewhere and then go to the dorms?"

"Sounds like a plan to me, I'm starved."

I grabbed my carry on and started walking towards the exit, where the rental car was waiting for me. They followed behind me.

"Look don't mind her man, she doesn't always think before she speaks."

"It's cool, I had just never been called that before." He laughed a little.

"I'm assuming you have girl you left behind too?"

"Yeah, I do, and it sucks."

"I know."

We finally reached the exit and I grabbed the keys from the person holding them, and went and got in the drivers seat.

"No way Haley." Lucas said as he reached for the keys, but I put them in the ignition before he could, then locked the doors.

"Haley come on no, you'll kill us." Lucas tried to get to the door before I locked it.

"I'm only unlocking the door if you promise to leave the keys alone."

He nodded his head and then whispered something into Nathan's ear. I saw Nathan look at me and then get a huge grin on his face.

I didn't like it, but I unlocked the doors anyways. Before I knew it Lucas and Nathan had me out of the car, Nathan had my arms and Lucas had my legs. "Dude I swear I'll castrate both of you if either one of you drops me." I was so serious.

Nathan let his grip loosen on me. "Nathan something something, I don't know your middle name and I don't know your last name, but I'm not joking I will castrate you, and if not that, make you sterile!"

He laughed and regained his grip, "You scare easily you know."

"That's all fine and great but please Lucas, Nathan please put me down." I whined. Nathan nodded towards Lucas giving him the go ahead. Lucas dropped my legs, but Nathan kept my arms in his grip, until Lucas had started the car, and then he made a sprint for the passenger side, leaving me to climb in the back.

I got in and crossed my arms over my chest not saying anything. Lucas laughed and so did Nathan. They were already becoming buddies, not a good thing. Lucas pulled out of the airport parking garage and got on the interstate.

"Do you even know where you're going?" I spat from the backseat.

"Yup, anywhere there's food." Lucas answered as he began playing with the radio.

"Lucas watch the road, Nathan can play with the radio."

He turned his head back, "I'm glad I have your approval." He smiled.

I began playing with my fingers, I really was turning into Lucas. I needed to call someone. Peyton, that's who I needed to call, and inform her that her boyfriend was a complete jackass. I reached for my cell phone, but sat it back in my purse when the radio turned down.

"So you're smart?" It was Nathan again. Why he had talk to me was beyond me.

"Somewhat."

"Haley don't be modest."

"I have reason to be modest, I didn't get valedictorian."

"I know and it's a terrible thing, but its over with and your in Texas now." Lucas turned up the radio some, switching it to a country station.

"What classes are you taking?"  Nathan asked turning himself more towards the back seat.

"General psych honors, Midwestern lit, organic chemistry honors, biology II, and public speaking."

"Who you got for psych honors?"

"Maxwell."

"Me too."

There it was again, that damn awkward silence. What was I suppose to say, I wasn't good with idle chit chat, I never had been. I nodded my head silently.

He turned towards Lucas. "What position do you play?"

Lucas turned down his country music. "Wide receiver."

"Cool."

"I think so, what position do you play?"

"Point guard."

"Cool."

Silence.

"Are we going to eat anytime soon, I'm hungry?" I stated from the backseat.

Lucas laughed and took the next exit, "Taco Bell good?"

"Fine with me."

"Me too." Nathan added.

We arrived at Taco Bell, two minutes later.

I unbuckled my seat belt, and moved to open the door, but when I was about to open it, someone opened it for me. I scooted out of the seat and finally let my legs drop down. Nathan was waiting by my door. I looked at him like he had lost his mind.

He walked in after shutting my door like it was the most natural thing in the world. He held the door for me and went in after I did. They had to have something in the water back in North Carolina.

We ordered our food and the guys were done within ten minutes, I still had another chicken taco to finish.

"You going to eat that?"  Lucas asked.

"Are you still hungry Luke?"

"Yeah kind of."

"Take it then."

"Wait a minute, he gets your food because he asks, and do I get your food if I ask." Nathan was completely serious.

I laughed at him, not realizing how serious he was.

"Sure, but you got to work towards that?"

"What's that mean?"

"It means I don't give my food to just anyone, I have to trust you."

"Are you saying we should be friends."

"No, I'm saying if you want my food you got to be my friend."

"Well then I guess I want to be your friend."

"No, see I don't like that idea."

"Haley…" Lucas warned again.

"What?"

Nathan looked completely clueless.

"Forget it." Nathan said still completely lost. "You Oregon's are something else."

I slit my eyes at him, "what's that suppose to mean?"

"Nothing."

"I didn't think so." He laughed.

I rolled my eyes, "Are we ready to go piglet?"

Lucas finished chewing his food, "Yeah, let's go." He handed Nathan the keys. He walked towards the exit. I grabbed a hold of Lucas's arm.

"Ugh. Lucas that's not cool! We barely even know him, and your letting him drive."

"Haley chill, I've hung out with the guy before, you can trust him."

"You know I don't trust anybody."

"I know, but he isn't going to hurt you Hales."

"Fine!" I went outside and opened my door and got in before pretty boy jock could get to my door.

Lucas got in the car soon after. He started the car, and pulled out of Taco Bell. "Do you even know where you're going?" I questioned annoyed.

"Believe it or not I do. I took a tour of the campus, and my girlfriend and I ate at that exact Taco Bell and I drove us back to the campus.

"I'm touched, really."

"Haley…"

"Sorry, I just don't know you is all."

"And I don't know you." He glanced back at me in his rearview mirror. His eyes were sincere.

"Right…"

He turned his attention to the radio.

About five minutes later we were at the university. I got out of the car and took my luggage with me. "Bye."

"Haley you're not going to walk to your building by yourself!"

"Fine then big brother, come with me."

Lucas got out of the car and grabbed my backpack from me. "Come on."

Nathan got out of the car and walked on the other side of me. "You want me to take that for you?"

"Well if you're offering." I said handing my bag to Nathan.

We walked in complete silence until we found the correct building. "Thanks you guys, I think I can take it from here." Lucas gave me a hug and told me to call Peyton, while Nathan stood behind. I didn't want to trust him, I really didn't want to, but he didn't seem that bad.

"So do you mind me asking why you want Haley to be your friend so bad?"

"I don't, I mean not really. I don't like to be not liked, that's probably why you think I'm being nicer than usual, but I'm really not. I really don't need her as a friend, however if we keep hanging out, I have a feeling that we will have to learn to get along."

"Listen man, the thing with Hales is she is the best friend in the world, once you're her friend, but it takes a lot for anyone to become her friend."

"Do you mind if I ask why?"

"I don't mind, but it's not my story to tell. If you get in good enough with her, she will tell you herself, but I can't say anything."

Nathan nodded his head in understanding.

"You're probably use to everyone telling you everything, without you having to ask, and you're also probably use to being everyone's friend, but if you want to be Haley's friend, you have to work at it."

Nathan laughed, "I don't think I will be working to hard, she's pretty cold."

"Nah, it's just a front, but don't tell her I told you that, she might just kill me, or castrate me."

They both laughed at the earlier hours events.

So I absolutely hated this chapter with a passion, but I couldn't really do much better than this. I'm so glad that y'all are enjoying this. This is probably my favorite story that I have, but that's because I know where I'm going with it. I'm not good with details. Anywho, criticism is wanted. And I like long replies. I like to know what you like and what you don't like. And have no fear Addy is not gone.

Mandie