Lies are Kinder
Chapter Five.
Disclaimer: Don't own it....sigh.
Summary: Haley has trouble over which brother to choose to stand by.
Pairings: Naley – Brucas Rating: PG. If it gets any higher I'll warn you before hand.
A.N: I like this chapter... don't ask me why. I won't be bringing Peyton into this story; I kind of have enough to sort through with the naley and brucas. I though 'Wuthering Heights' would be a good book for Haley to be reading because its main theme is love. If you haven't read it, you should. It's by Emily Bronte and it's not a hard read. I had to read it for school last year.
Haley and Lucas went into an empty room to talk. Haley was nearly sure he would start yelling at her about how stupid and naïve she was to think that Nathan wasn't using her. "I miss you." He just blurted it out. "I mean we haven't talked in ages and we never hang out anymore." Haley just stared at her friend in disbelief. "Well, whose fault is that?" Haley asked him sincerely. "Ok yea it's my fault. But Haley he.. he..." Lucas couldn't look into her eyes. "He what Luke?" Haley's temper was starting to show and Lucas knew better than to cross her when she was like this. "I'm just afraid he's going to ruin our friendship." "No Luke, your doing that all by yourself.... Lucas will you just trust me with this one." Haley just spit out. Lucas gaped at his best friend. "Hale's I do trust you. I just don't trust him." The blonde said softly. "You don't have too... so friends?" a huge smile appeared across Lucas' face. "Yeah..." Lucas grabbed his best friend and pulled her in for a hug. ".. just promise you'll tell me of he hurts you or does anything." He whispered. Haley pulled away from the blonde. "I promise... so how did your test go?" Haley questioned him, feeling things were back to normal. "Good. You want to do a movie night?" Haley smiled. "Sure. I get to pick the movie though." "Fine but no girly stuff." Lucas laughed. "No never..." Haley said mockingly. ".. so you know who's nice?... Brooke." Lucas looked at Haley confused and she just laughed.
Later on, when Lucas had left her, Haley bumped into Brooke. "Hey tutor girl." Haley had heard it so many times before she didn't even bother to correct her because she knew Brooke wouldn't listen. "So I saw you and Lucas talking, did you guys sort everything out?" Brooke asked truly concerned. Haley smiled "yeah were good." "Now all you have to do is tell him you like the one person he hates. That'll be fun huh?" Brooke said trying to lighten the mood after seeing Haley's expression. "I don't like him. I've decided that." She said matter of factly while Brooke just laughed at her. "Right... because you've decided." Brooke said mockingly. Haley lowered her head knowing what was coming next. "You can't choose who you fall for. It just happens." Brooke said giving her a reassuring pat on the shoulder. "No Brooke, you done understand. I can't like him." she said before 'bee lining' it to her next class. 'I just can't.' Haley thought to herself. How the hell was she going to do this?
Nathan walked into the tutoring centre not knowing what to expect. Haley was waiting for him at their usual table with a book opened in front of her. "You're late." Haley didn't even look up from reading trying to ignore the intoxicating smell of his cologne. "Yeah well, I didn't know if we were still on or not." Nathan said while taking a seat opposite her looking at her questionable. "Why wouldn't we be?" Haley looked up from her book and looked at the brunette. "Lucas. I figured he would have made you... reconsider ...us." Nathan just sat waiting for her to speak. "Firstly I do have a mind of my own ..." Haley said, "... and secondly there is no 'us'." Haley said waving her finger between herself and Nathan. "there's a me, tutor, and a you, tutoree." She said it so halfheartedly that Haley wondered if Nathan had seen through her.
Nathan just sat taking in her words. They had made his heart twinge a little. And Nathan hated that she could do that to her. Peyton had never made him feel like this. When Nathan realized Haley was staring at him he spoke up in his usual manor. "Well well, someone's a little snippy today." Haley ignored him and went back to reading her book even though she was supposed to be tutoring him. Nathan pushed out his arm and took the book from Haley; memorizing the page he shut the book. "Ah hello, I was reading there." Haley snapped at him. "Seriously Haley what's up? Did you and Lucas fight again?" Nathan didn't take his eyes off of her. "Why do you always assume it's about Luke?" Haley questioned him staring directly back at him. "I assume it's about Lucas because you were fine when we spoke after my test, then you guys talked and now you're all pissy" Nathan said in one breath. Haley shook her head at his theory. "Luke and me did talk but were good now." Nathan smiled at her. He was kind of glad that Haley and Lucas were back to normal because when they were fighting, Nathan could tell that Haley wasn't all that happy. But the why was she acting like this.
"Well then what d'I do to deserve such a... un-Haley like Haley?" she just looked at him. He actually looked concerned which kind of scared Haley; he wasn't supposed to care. "I am allowed to be in a bad mood once in awhile you know." Nathan just frowned at her, not breaking eye contact. "No your not. You're Haley. You're always in a good mood. You always have a smile on your face. You're... you're just you." Nathan said simply. Haley got up from her seat and walked to the door. "Where are you going?" Nathan said getting a little annoyed. Haley turned around and just stared at him. "Look, don't presume to think you know me because you don't." Nathan shook his head at her statement. "Haley why are you being like this?" he said. It hurt Nathan to hear what Haley just said. He did know her. Haley just stood holding the door open not looking in Nathan's direction. "I can't do this anymore...... i'll get someone else to tutor you." Haley had gotten it out just in time. She felt her voice beginning to shake. Haley then left Nathan alone in the tutoring centre alone. Nathan sat stunned in the room registering what had just happened. She wasn't tutoring him anymore. Nathan looked down to his hands to see what he was fiddling with. It was Haley's book. He glanced at the cover reading the title. 'Wuthering Heights'.
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Check out my other story. 'It Can't be You'. It's a future fic. Haley's world is turned upside down when her past becomes her present. There are already a good couple of chapters. Its naley, brucas and leyton. Because I wouldn't have it any other way.