Lies are Kinder

Chapter three.

Disclaimer: Don't own it....sigh.

Summary: Haley has trouble over which brother to choose to stand by.

A.N: Hey readers, ok so I'm not from America so I have no clue on how long classes are and what they do for lunch, that sort of thing so I kinda made it up the way I think they do it over there. So don't get mad if it's totally wrong. Thanks for all the reviews. Keep 'em coming.

Haley stood at the door contemplating making a run for it. "Hey" Nathan said in an upbeat voice. 'Great too late he's seen me'. "Lets just get this over with" Haley said while taking a seat and getting a book from her backpack. "So did you talk to Lucas?" Nathan asked her. Haley looked up at Nathan with a questioning look. "Why?" "We had a bit of a run in earlier. I figured since he wasn't in the best of mood you must have talked to him." Haley scrunched up her face remembering her talk with Luke. "If you could call it talking... I told him that I'm tutoring you so he wasn't too pleased to say the least." Nathan smiled 'so that was his problem'. "Oh hey, sorry about this morning... I kinda flipped out at you." Nathan let out a small laugh. "Nah it doesn't matter... anyway your fun when you're mad." Haley looked up at him, her cheeks turning a dark shade of red. Haley brushed off his last comment. "Yea sure, we should get started."

The next hour passed too quickly or Nathan's liking. The bell rang just as they were finishing up. "So do you get it now?" Haley asked with a caring tone. "Yea... well better now than I did before that's for sure." Nathan looked confused at his paper and Haley knew that he didn't understand it as well as he should. "Hey, don't worry about the test you'll do fine. Just read over the notes I gave you and if you still are stuck on something just tell me tomorrow and we'll go over it again. Ok?" Nathan just looked at the girl in front of him and smiled. "I don't know what I'd do without you." Haley again started to blush. "Oh come on, your fine." Haley bit her lip knowing Nathan wouldn't take that like she had intended. "So you think I'm fine huh... you know I knew you liked me James" Nathan smirked at her. "Oh ha ha. You're so full of yourself Scott." Haley laughed. "Yeah, but that's what you like about me, right?" Haley and Nathan both stood up, getting there stuff together. "Ah ha sure whatever." Nathan just smiled at her when Haley found something fascinating about her shoes. "We better go were gonna be late." The teenagers went there separate ways but not before Nathan took a glance at Haley's retreating form.

When lunch came around Haley still hadn't seen Lucas. Haley knew he was ditching class so he wouldn't have to see her and it killed her. Haley sat at her usual table outside lost in hr thoughts when Brook sat down in front of her. "So Lucas is ditching class huh?" Brook smiled at Haley when she just nodded to her question. "Listen Haley, Lucas will get past the Nathan tutor thing. You two will be back to normal in no time." Brook's words were just what Haley needed to here at that exact moment. "Thanks ... so why you interested?" Brook let a huge smile take over her face and that was all Haley needed for an answer. "Ok so I have a question and don't take this the wrong way. Why don't you just stop tutoring Nathan if Lucas hates it so much?" Brook's question hit Haley like a tonne of bricks. And Brook got her answer but it didn't come from Haley's mouth because at that point Nathan walked past the two of them. Nathan smile went from ear to ear and he practically lit up when he saw her and Haley did the same but she unlike Nathan tried to hide it from Brook.

"Ok that I guess wasn't planned" brook said as the last trace of red faded from Haley's face. "What wasn't planned" Haley asked now focusing all her attention on the cheerleader in front of her. "I bet you didn't think for one second that he would get to you. With his being like seven foot, dark hair and oh yea the smirk. Everybody just loves the smirk." Haley looked up at brook with dread in her voice she managed to say. "Lucas is never going to speak to me again". "Sure he will, no Scott boy can deny you." Haley laughed at this comment. "Did you and Natha..." "Ok I'm gonna stop you there. Nathan and me. Friends. Anyway..." Brook stopped mid sentence and stood up "...I prefer blonds". Haley laughed at brook as she walked away.

Brook stopped at Nathan's table before leaving to go to practice. She bent over to Nathan and whispered in his ear. "If you dare hurt her... I swear Nate I'll castrate you." With that threatening note Nathan turned to look at Haley. 'What the hell am I going to do?' Nathan thought to himself as Haley caught him looking at her, she just smiled at him. "So the plan is working then?" Tim butted in, noticing the smile tutor girl gave him. Nathan turned to his friend. "Yeah it's working..." Nathan smiled at him before adding in a miserable voice "... just like we planned."

Ok I know its short but the next chapter will be longer. I promise. So r&r please.