Chapter 5 "The Letter"
"Whoa...Hales are you okay?" Nathan said sitting up. Haley just walked a few feet away from him before answering.
"Okay Nathan... Why is she living here! First you are out all day with her, Second she's hanging out with us almost everyday and then I find your ex girlfriend by the way living with you. Do you want me to be happy? She already has a place to live Nathan. She screwed up with Brooke and Lucas, you can't hold her hand and keep her safe. she's living with the consequences of screwing her friend over.." Haley let out a deep sigh after that and Nathan looked a bit confused.
"Haley listen to me okay. First of all "this girl" is Peyton it wouldn't hurt saying her name now and then. Second I'm worried about her and I know you are too. I'm just trying to be a good person. This isn't about Me spending time with Peyton, This is about your insecurities with us. So please don't take this out on Peyton and understand that I love you Hales and no ex girlfriend can possibly change what we mean to each other." Nathan Stood up and walked over to Haley which had her back turned to him. He hugged her from behind, his grip was tight and he wasn't going to let go until he knew Haley was okay.
"I'm...sorry" Haley said biting her lower lip... afraid to look Nathan in the eyes. He let go of the hug and faced her...
"Are we cool now?" Nathan asked although deep down already knowing the answer. He waited for her to give him a nod before giving her a kiss. However Haley insecurities didn't vanish in a minute. That whole night while with Nathan she felt a bit on end. She didn't want to feel this way, but she couldn't help it. She didn't want to lose Nathan...she couldn't. He was everything she ever wanted and she knew losing him would be heart breaking
They all hung out until Ten at night. Haley had to leave, she hadn't finished all her homework. Nathan tried to convince her to stay...but in the end he failed. Four hours later at Two in the morning Nathan woke up and decided to go get something to drink.. To his surprise Peyton was up on the couch looking through a bunch of papers with little note books scattered around her.
"Peyton do you know what time it is" He said while wiping his eyes, adjusting his vision. Peyton didn't look up.
"Yeah well I couldn't sleep, so what's better then going through the past when there is nothing else to do. " She searching through more papers. When she got to a certain one she laughed slightly. Nathan looked on confused...Peyton finally lifted up her head...noticing his unawareness she handed him the paper.
"Remember that" She smiled as he read the paper.
"I think you're really Pretty. if you didn't already know...you are pretty hot. Do you want to be my date for the dance circle yes or no and give the note to Me or Tim" Nathan folded back up the letter after reading it he was laughing at himself.
"I was such a dork, did I really tell you to circle yes or no.. Oh god" Nathan said quite embarrassed. He was fully awake now remembering the past.
"What grade was this? Wait a minute...7th grade right. I remember cause I never did get the note back" Nathan said throwing the note back at Peyton who couldn't help but continue laughing. She brushed some of the papers to the side to make room for him to sit down.
"Yeah well, I was to mature to respond to such a letter or at least that's what Brooke convinced me" she said laughing "But I liked you, Its just that well I was stupid. As you see I changed my mind the next year" She said looking through more papers.
"Yeah, That was one of my favorite summers too. I had a girl friend, we were about to go to high school...I remember being so happy. and I promised myself I would be so cool to make up for well all of jr. high"
"You're kidding me right Nathan?...We both know why you loved that summer so much. You finally got lucky."
"Well yeah that too....I was trying not to mention it because it would have been great with or without that. it couldn't have gotten better...We were together. and I mean it, I'm not hitting on you are anything" Nathan began laughing...Peyton returned his laughter "you mind if I look at some stuff?" Peyton nodded yes and he started to look through some papers too. He picked one up, looking to see if he recognized it. As he began to read, he started to get uncomfortable. Peyton noticed Nathan silence and looked over. He put the note back in the pile and stood up.
"Where you going?'
"To bed, I'm going to give it another shot" Nathan looked more like he was avoiding being in there than actually wanting to go to sleep. Peyton shrugged it off though. She looked as Nathan closed his room door and went back to the letters. She picked up the one Nathan had put down and read it.
"OH...that explains it" She whispered under her breath. She let out a sigh of disappointment. She looked at his room door and wanted to go in and talk about the letter but she was scared now. She wondered what he was thinking and why he just walked out without saying anything. She leaned back on the couch and twirled her blonde locks for about 5 minutes before deciding to go talk to Nathan. Her nerves caught up with her halfway to his room and decided that the talking to him in the morning sounded much better.
A/N- hope you enjoyed the chapter. r/r