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Chapter Five

Part I

Haley glanced at the clock on the wall of her room. It was 7:30 and still there was no sign of Nathan. I've gotta be crazy for thinking this thing would work out! Why am I even waiting for him? He probably just wanted to have a little fun and thought he could pull one over the "tutor girl". Real smart Haley, real smart... she thought as she closed her history book. It was raining outside and the weather forecast showed it was going to be cloudy for the next couple of days. "Perfect! Even the weather agrees with me." Haley mumbled.

The phone rang and she answered it on the third ring.

H: Hello?

L: Hey Hales. Its me.

H: Oh, hi Luke. What's up?

L: Nothing really. Uh, listen, you wanna go grab a pizza? I could pick you up in five minutes. Besides, I need your advice on something.

"Haley! There's someone here looking for you!" her mom called from the bottom of the stairs.

Oh shit! It's Nathan! Haley thought.

H: Um, Luke, I'm really not feeling so good. I think I got rained on when I went home this afternoon. (cough) I gotta pass up your offer buddy. I'll call you later okay?

L: You better get some rest. We'll just talk about it tomorrow. Bye Hales.

H: Thanks Luke. (cough) Bye!

Haley hung up and smoothed her hair. Why do I feel like I'm stabbing my best friend in the back? asked a voice in her head. Because you are, stupid! she answered the voice. I'm doing this for Lucas, she thought. She took a deep breath and stood up, ready to face her new student.

Nathan was waiting for her just outside her room. She jumped when she saw him.

"Nervous?" he asked with a smirk.

"You wish!" she replied. "What are you doing up here anyway? We're doing this thing downstairs where my parents can see us. That way, when I scream for help I'll be sure that they could hear me." she said as she looked him in the eye.

"I'm not here to rape you, Haley. I'm here to study." he said, irritated. "Besides, I wanted to see how your room looked like. I was right." he said as he stepped inside her room and looked around.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Haley retorted.

It was pretty overwhelming to see Nathan inside her room. He was so big, he made everything look so small.

"Nothing." Nathan said with a smile.

"Whatever! Could you please just go wait for me downstairs. I need to get some stuff." she said.

Nathan shrugged and went out. As he passed by Haley, she inhaled a masculine scent and she felt light-headed. This is going to be a long night, Haley thought.

Part II

Nathan walked down Haley's stairs and stepped into Haley's living room. He sat on Haley's couch and Haley's mom greeted him as she passed by.

What am I doing here? I don't even know this girl! Maybe I should just get out of here while I still can. Being tutored by this girl for 5 hours a week isn't even worth my time, he said to himself.

He got up and stared to leave when he noticed Haley's picture on top of the piano. She was smiling at the camera and was holding a fishing rod. Beside her in the picture was the reason Nathan even considered this ridiculous plan of his – Luke. Thanks for reminding me why I need to do this, man.. he thought sarcastically as he sat down again.

Haley came down the stairs. "Almost time for dinner Haley. Why don't you invite your guest?" her mom called from the kitchen.

"Guess I'm invited for dinner huh." Nathan said as she entered the living room.

"Only because my mom said so. Wouldn't want you to think you were welcome here" she replied.

"Yeah, we wouldn't want to think that, now, would we?" said Nathan as he looked her in the eye.

She was saved from having to reply to that because her mom called her to the dinning room. She entered with Nathan and made the introductions. "Mom, Dad, this is Nathan. I'm going to be tutoring him indefinitely" she said as she looked meaningfully at Nathan.

"Nice to meet you Nathan" her dad said as he nodded to Haley's parents. "Please sit down and join us" her mom added as they gathered around the table.

"Where do I sit?" Nathan asked Haley.

"You could sit next to Haley." her mom said. Haley rolled her eyes.

"So Nathan, you and Haley are classmates..." her dad started the conversation.

And the nightmare begins.. Haley thought as she sat down to eat.

After dinner, Haley's parents left the house to go watch a movie.

"I completely forgot, mom! You can't go out tonight!" Haley whined as she followed them outside.

"We already planned this Haley. Don't wait up for us. Just lock up ok, Honey? Good night." her mom said as she got into the car. Haley went back to the living room.

"Guess it's just you and me tonight, huh Haley." Nathan said as he looked at her from the door to the kitchen. "Whatever. I bet your glad that was over" Haley said sarcastically.

"Actually, it was different. Different in a good way. You're lucky. Your parents are cool." Nathan replied with a hint of sadness in his voice.

Haley noticed the change in his voice and was confused. She didn't expect Nathan to call her parents "cool".

"Anyway, we should get started. It's already 8. By the way, where were you? Why were you late? I thought you said you'd be here at 6? I also have some things to do, it's unfair if you don't come on time Nathan" Haley said as she looked at him. "If you don't come on time, I don't think this would work." she added.

"I had some stuff to do after practice." Nathan said as he shrugged.

"What kind of stuff?" she asked curiously.

"Nothing that concerns you." he said.

"Fine! Just don't do it again! (sigh) Let's just get this over with so we can get on with our lives!" she replied as she sat own on the couch. Haley opened her Biology book while Nathan sat own beside her.

"We could start with Biology and then do the rest tomorrow. You ready?" she asked just as a voice called from the kitchen.

"Hey Hales! I brought you some of my mom's chicken soup to help you get better!"

"Oh no! It's Luke!!" Haley whispered, as she looked frantically at Nathan.