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NO ESCAPE Chapter 5
" Ummmmm" Haley had totally lost it. She couldn't come up with one intelligent thing to say! " Ummmmmmm." " Is everything alright?" Lucas asked, the smile fading off his face. Oh my God! She hates me. She hates me so much she doesn't even want to freaking tutor me! Noticing the weird expression Lucas had on his face that almost translated into, could it be, rejection, Haley tried to explain. " Look," she finally said shaking her head in disapproval, "I can't tutor you. Nathan is my best friend, and I.I.it'll just be too weird." Haley finished trying to stay as calm as possible. Lucas frowned, " What? Why not? What did I ever do to Nathan?" he asked disappointed. " No, it's not that. It's just that you know the whole situation with Nathan and you isn't exactly ideal. Me tutoring you will just make it more complicated." " Look, I'm not saying that me and Nathan are best buddies but we have always been civil towards each other and.and," seeing the unconvinced look on Haley's face and running out of ideas, "why don't you just ask him? Just ask him and if he says no then we wont do this." Lucas sighed and hoped Nathan didn't hate him enough to forbid Haley to tutor him. Haley sighed, " I'll find you another tutor. I promise, I wont leave you hanging. But this whole thing with Nathan probably won't work out. OK, so I'll make an appointment with your new tutor for tomorrow." " No, I came to you because you're the best. I need you Haley, if I don't pass my next test with at least a 'B', I'll get kicked off the team. Please just ask him. Please?" Lucas gave her the best puppy eyes he could come up with, and with the changed expression on Haley's face he assumed it had done the trick. " OK, I'll ask him. But if he says no, then you're getting another tutor." Haley said a little excited that she was giving the crush of her life a chance. She just hoped that Nathan approved of this, and that she had the courage to ask him.
Lucas smiled wide and Haley got up, " I'm asking him and if he says yes then I'll see you tomorrow, if not then no." she said trying to give him a stern face.
" Yes ma'am".
After Lucas left, Haley stayed at the center for a bit and then left to meet Nathan at the Café.
~*~Karen's Café~*~
Nathan looked up as the bells above the door jingled. Seeing Haley he got up and waved her to the table. " Hey!" he said smiling. " Hey" Haley sat down. It took a while but Haley mustered up the courage to ask Nathan about the tutoring thing. She had always felt sympathetic for Nathan and knew that Lucas was a soft subject with him. "Nathan I have to ask you something, "she said finally. " Shoot" "OK don't say anything until I'm done with what I have to say. You know how I told you that I was getting a new student at the center today. Well, that student turned out to be.Lucas.Lucas Scott. At first I told him no way, but he insisted that I at least ask you. You know me Nathan, I can't say no to anyone. So, well, here I am. If you say no, then I'll tell him no. But think about it Nathan. Its not as if he has ever done anything to you..please just think about it? Its just tutoring, I mean its not like we're going out or anything," she added with a laugh. She knew that there was no way in hell that her and Lucas Scott would end up dating. 'It was outrageous, right?' Haley thought, 'Shut up James, of course it was outrageous, shut up!' she thought silently. Nathan couldn't believe his ears. He mentally noted the pro's and con's of the situation. He decided to go along with this. He couldn't hold on to Haley forever. 'But what if Haley and him do start dating or something. No. That was crazy. Haley- sweet little innocent Haley James and Lucas Scott.' It sickened him just thinking about it. 'She's your best friend, but you can't control her, she has her own opinion and you should be happy that she's even asking you. She could have just gone along with it and you would never have even found out.' " Yeah, sure." He said reluctantly. Haley smiled wide, " Thank you for not freaking out on me, Nate," she really was thankful that he didn't freak out. He had all the right to freak out, after all, Lucas was kind of intimidating to Nathan. " Hey, no problem," he said, giving her a weak smile.
~*~ A few weeks later~*~
Everything had been going fine. Except that Haley and Nathan hadn't seen each other for a while. Haley has been tutoring Lucas for about 2 weeks and he had his first test today (since Haley had been tutoring him). 'Oh my God, if this man doesn't pass this test I'm quitting tutoring! I swear I'm quitting. I've spent 3 hours with him everyday for 2 weeks and if he doesn't pass this one that's it, I'm quitting!!' she thought as she paced back and forth through the hall in front of the class room. She heard the door open and she turned with her fingers crossed and a hopeful look on her face. He gave her a disappointing look. She threw her hands to her sides and walked up to him. She put a hand on his shoulder and looked at him side- ways. " Well, how did you do?" she asked giving him a small smile. " Well.." He said, frowning. " Well you see." he held up his test paper and she grabbed it. She read over it a smile forming on her face and his smile widening by the second. "Oh my God!" she shrieked. "Oh my God!!! Lucas an 'A+'!!!!! Oh my God, that's great!!!" she yelled and reached to put her arms around his neck. He couldn't believe it her very touch sent tingles down his spine. He was so happy, oh and the whole 'A+' and not getting kicked off the team was good too. He didn't hesitate to wrap his arms around Haley's waist. Suddenly Haley's feet were no longer on the ground. She was flying, or well, Lucas had picked off the ground and was spinning her round and round and laughing like a madman. All of the sudden there was no one else except Lucas and Haley. Nothing around them, no one looking at them with weird expressions. It was like a dream, all around them. Lucas slowly let Haley down, still in his arms. Their eyes met and locked. They stood there, wrapped in each other's arms for what seemed like an eternity too long. ' Turn away Haley, turn away' she said to herself, 'don't do this, remember Nathan, your best friend.' But it was too late. It was done. Their eyes had met and it seemed as if they could just look into each other's eyes forever. Haley could drown in Lucas' pools of blue. Lucas could see a hundred fathoms in Haley's dark eyes. They were in deep, too deep for either of them to swim back. There was no big red flashing 'Exit' sign. There was no escape.
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NO ESCAPE Chapter 5
" Ummmmm" Haley had totally lost it. She couldn't come up with one intelligent thing to say! " Ummmmmmm." " Is everything alright?" Lucas asked, the smile fading off his face. Oh my God! She hates me. She hates me so much she doesn't even want to freaking tutor me! Noticing the weird expression Lucas had on his face that almost translated into, could it be, rejection, Haley tried to explain. " Look," she finally said shaking her head in disapproval, "I can't tutor you. Nathan is my best friend, and I.I.it'll just be too weird." Haley finished trying to stay as calm as possible. Lucas frowned, " What? Why not? What did I ever do to Nathan?" he asked disappointed. " No, it's not that. It's just that you know the whole situation with Nathan and you isn't exactly ideal. Me tutoring you will just make it more complicated." " Look, I'm not saying that me and Nathan are best buddies but we have always been civil towards each other and.and," seeing the unconvinced look on Haley's face and running out of ideas, "why don't you just ask him? Just ask him and if he says no then we wont do this." Lucas sighed and hoped Nathan didn't hate him enough to forbid Haley to tutor him. Haley sighed, " I'll find you another tutor. I promise, I wont leave you hanging. But this whole thing with Nathan probably won't work out. OK, so I'll make an appointment with your new tutor for tomorrow." " No, I came to you because you're the best. I need you Haley, if I don't pass my next test with at least a 'B', I'll get kicked off the team. Please just ask him. Please?" Lucas gave her the best puppy eyes he could come up with, and with the changed expression on Haley's face he assumed it had done the trick. " OK, I'll ask him. But if he says no, then you're getting another tutor." Haley said a little excited that she was giving the crush of her life a chance. She just hoped that Nathan approved of this, and that she had the courage to ask him.
Lucas smiled wide and Haley got up, " I'm asking him and if he says yes then I'll see you tomorrow, if not then no." she said trying to give him a stern face.
" Yes ma'am".
After Lucas left, Haley stayed at the center for a bit and then left to meet Nathan at the Café.
~*~Karen's Café~*~
Nathan looked up as the bells above the door jingled. Seeing Haley he got up and waved her to the table. " Hey!" he said smiling. " Hey" Haley sat down. It took a while but Haley mustered up the courage to ask Nathan about the tutoring thing. She had always felt sympathetic for Nathan and knew that Lucas was a soft subject with him. "Nathan I have to ask you something, "she said finally. " Shoot" "OK don't say anything until I'm done with what I have to say. You know how I told you that I was getting a new student at the center today. Well, that student turned out to be.Lucas.Lucas Scott. At first I told him no way, but he insisted that I at least ask you. You know me Nathan, I can't say no to anyone. So, well, here I am. If you say no, then I'll tell him no. But think about it Nathan. Its not as if he has ever done anything to you..please just think about it? Its just tutoring, I mean its not like we're going out or anything," she added with a laugh. She knew that there was no way in hell that her and Lucas Scott would end up dating. 'It was outrageous, right?' Haley thought, 'Shut up James, of course it was outrageous, shut up!' she thought silently. Nathan couldn't believe his ears. He mentally noted the pro's and con's of the situation. He decided to go along with this. He couldn't hold on to Haley forever. 'But what if Haley and him do start dating or something. No. That was crazy. Haley- sweet little innocent Haley James and Lucas Scott.' It sickened him just thinking about it. 'She's your best friend, but you can't control her, she has her own opinion and you should be happy that she's even asking you. She could have just gone along with it and you would never have even found out.' " Yeah, sure." He said reluctantly. Haley smiled wide, " Thank you for not freaking out on me, Nate," she really was thankful that he didn't freak out. He had all the right to freak out, after all, Lucas was kind of intimidating to Nathan. " Hey, no problem," he said, giving her a weak smile.
~*~ A few weeks later~*~
Everything had been going fine. Except that Haley and Nathan hadn't seen each other for a while. Haley has been tutoring Lucas for about 2 weeks and he had his first test today (since Haley had been tutoring him). 'Oh my God, if this man doesn't pass this test I'm quitting tutoring! I swear I'm quitting. I've spent 3 hours with him everyday for 2 weeks and if he doesn't pass this one that's it, I'm quitting!!' she thought as she paced back and forth through the hall in front of the class room. She heard the door open and she turned with her fingers crossed and a hopeful look on her face. He gave her a disappointing look. She threw her hands to her sides and walked up to him. She put a hand on his shoulder and looked at him side- ways. " Well, how did you do?" she asked giving him a small smile. " Well.." He said, frowning. " Well you see." he held up his test paper and she grabbed it. She read over it a smile forming on her face and his smile widening by the second. "Oh my God!" she shrieked. "Oh my God!!! Lucas an 'A+'!!!!! Oh my God, that's great!!!" she yelled and reached to put her arms around his neck. He couldn't believe it her very touch sent tingles down his spine. He was so happy, oh and the whole 'A+' and not getting kicked off the team was good too. He didn't hesitate to wrap his arms around Haley's waist. Suddenly Haley's feet were no longer on the ground. She was flying, or well, Lucas had picked off the ground and was spinning her round and round and laughing like a madman. All of the sudden there was no one else except Lucas and Haley. Nothing around them, no one looking at them with weird expressions. It was like a dream, all around them. Lucas slowly let Haley down, still in his arms. Their eyes met and locked. They stood there, wrapped in each other's arms for what seemed like an eternity too long. ' Turn away Haley, turn away' she said to herself, 'don't do this, remember Nathan, your best friend.' But it was too late. It was done. Their eyes had met and it seemed as if they could just look into each other's eyes forever. Haley could drown in Lucas' pools of blue. Lucas could see a hundred fathoms in Haley's dark eyes. They were in deep, too deep for either of them to swim back. There was no big red flashing 'Exit' sign. There was no escape.
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