Chapter 13- A Little Good News

"I'm so worried about tomorrow." Haley said as she and Nathan were holding hands walking through the park.

"I'm sure you will do great, you and Brooke are very talented and good at what you do. Anyone can see that." Nathan said trying to reassure Haley. They had been dating for nearly two months and things were going great with each other.

"I hope you are right. It's just that this meeting seriously could mean the beginning of Brooke and I going out on our own and having our own business. We've worked so hard for it, I just hope that it doesn't end up being a lost cause."

"It won't be, I have total faith that Emerson and Emerson will sponsor your company. I mean I've seen some of your designs and I'm not going to lie if I ever saw you in any of them I'm not sure I would be able to take my eyes off of you."

"you're so sweet," Haley said as she leaned in to kiss Nathan on the cheek. "So tell me, have you gotten that interview with the number one draft choice yet? What was his name again?"

"Jordan Walters and no, his agent keeps on canceling on me. I'm about to give up and say the heck with it."

"Well wait! I thought this was suppose to be a big interview, something that will boost your career."

"..and it is, but what is the point in chasing a story that doesn't want to be caught, I might as well move on and wait for the next opportunity to come around."

"Well you want to know what I think?"

"I'm sure you are going to tell me anyway, so what is it that you think?"

"I think you should be persistent and aggressive and sell yourself to them. Make sure Jordan Walters knows that doing this interview will help to boost his popularity and get his career off the ground. Use some of that Scott charm that always seems to work on me and if the agent is being a jerk, why not go straight to the source, and talk to Jordan Walters himself, or better yet, his parents. I'm sure you can think of something, just don't give up."

After Haley was done with her speech, Nathan stopped her from walking and turned her around so that she was facing him and started to smile, "What?" She asked.

"Nothing, I was just thinking about how lucky I am to have you." Haley's smile began to grow and she moved closer to Nathan.

"Oh really? Well you know I think I'm pretty lucky too." They both smiled and Nathan leaned down to kiss Haley.

"Brooke , are you as nervous as I am right now?" Haley said as she was pacing the floors of the lobby of Emerson and Emerson.

"I don't think I am considering, I'm the one sitting calmly and reading 'people' magazine where as you are starting to wear a hole into the rug with all that pacing." Brooke said as she was flipping through the pages of the magazine.

"Why aren't you nervous, I don't get it."

"The reason I'm not nervous is because I know that there is no way that these people can turn us down. We are too talented and too good looking for rejection."

"I hope you're right."

"Ms. James and Ms. Davis, Mr. Emerson will see you now." The receptionist said to them.

Haley let out a quick breath and began walking into the office, "Here goes nothing."

"Hi Mr. Emerson," Haley said as she made her way into the office and went to shake Mr. Emerson's hand, "I am Haley James."

"And I am Brooke Davis." Brooke said as she too went to shake his hand, "we are actually here to hopefully get funding for our company 'DaVames.'We brought along with us several samples of what we are working on for a fall line and we hope that you like them."

"Yes, well first we would like you to know our focus, which would be the transition age from the teenage look to the adult look. We specialize in designing clothes that allow for young men and women to get away from the young look that they acquired in high school and move on to a more adult look, a more professional, and smart look."

"Here are samples of what we have recently come up with, These are some skirts that we have designed. They are not too short, so as to look like a club skirt but it's not too long as to what an older woman might look for. We also tried to stray away from the dark, dull colors, that many adult clothing is plagued with today and opted for more color but not too much color. Just enough so as to add a little playfulness to the skirt and yet still keep it conservative looking." Brooke said as Haley pointed out the features of the skirt on the manikin.

"What we're basically trying to assure you is that 'DaVames' is a company that can't lose. We design affordable yet sophisticated clothing to the people who end up buying clothes the most, young adults. Our clothing will surely be the future and we want you to be a part of it."

Haley and Brooke stood there quiet waiting for Mr. Emerson to say something, anything but he just stared. They were slowly starting to get nervous for every second that passed.

"Well..." He spoke, hearts jumped, "I enjoyed your presentation and I have to admit I like your focus. It seems more and more these days that clothing lines seem to be forgetting that area of clothing for exceedingly younger professionals. So, therefore ladies, I think we mighthave something here and I'll be happy to fund your project."

Haley and Brooke's face lit up, they wanted to scream and jump up and down but they had to stay professional, "Thank you Mr. Emerson, My partner and I will be looking forward to working with you in the near future," Haley and Brooke both went to shake his hand and both of them calmly exited the office being sure to act as professional as possible but as soon as the office door was shut, "OH MY GOD BROOKE WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!" Haley jumped into Brooke's arms and hugged her as she hugged her back.

"I know, I can't believe it, we're finally on our own Haley, our dreams are finally coming true." Brooke said with excitement in her voice.

"I can't wait to tell Nathan."

Meanwhile...

Nathan was pacing his office staring at his phone trying to think of what to say to this damn agent who kept blowing him off. Be persistent he thought, use that Scott charm, Haley's words were echoing in his head. "Ok man, just do it!" He said to himself. Nathan picked up the phone and began to dial the number.

"Mark Gordon." The agent answered.

"Hi Mark, this is Nathan Scott, sports writer for the New York Tribune, I'm calling to schedule that interview with Jordan Walters."

"Oh well I'm sorry but Mr. Walters seems to be booked for quite awhile." This man was really starting to piss Nathan off.

"Well Mark, I suggest you cancel something then because this interview could mean a lot for Jordan's career.

"How do you suppose that?"

"Well think about it, Jordan Walters isn't exactly well known in New York, I mean he is from LA. Not to mention he's going pro right after high school so almost nobody knows how he plays. And if he plans on playing for the knicks the people of New York need to know who this kid is or else he won't get a very big welcome. What I'm trying to do, is make the people of New York know who Walters is so that he has people on his side. If people are rooting for him, it's more likely that he will get playing time and therefore he will end up being a valuable member to the team which will also mean more money. And I'm pretty positive you would enjoy that 10 you get from him a lot more. There is no way that this interview can work against him. If anything, if word gets out that Jordan Walters has turned down an offer to get interviewed by a New York paper then it will hurt his career. I'm sure you know how New York fans are, they aren't the most forgiving people in the world."

"Oh well I see what you're saying." He broke." How about this? Why don't we set up an interview for next Thursday at 10AM at Madison Square Garden after practice."

"That sounds perfect. I'm glad you could see things my way. I'll see you then and thank you for your time." Nathan hung up the phone and smiled. He did it. He got the interview of the year.

"I can't wait to tell Haley."

Haley quickly walked into her apartment and dropped her suitcase by the door and made her way to the telephone. She wanted to call Nathan and tell him the good news.

KNOCK KNOC KNOCK

"Ugh!" Haley sighed in frustration , she hung up the phone and made her way to the door, "Nathan!!!" she jumped in his arms and wrapped her arms around his neck, "I was just about to call you. I've got some good news."

"Yah I do, too. You go first though."

"Well I just thought you would like to know that you are now dating the co-owner of the up and running as well as funded 'DaVames' Clothing." Haley said excitedly.

"You got Emerson and Emerson's funding!! I'm so proud of you!!!" Nathan said as he picked Haley up and twirled her around.

"Yah we did!! Now, tell me your good news."

"Well I took your advice today about Jordan Walter's agent..."

"And.." Haley said trying to hold in her excitement, she knew what he was going to say but waited for him to say his good news

"And I got the interview!!!! Thursday morning!!!"

"Oh my God Nathan!!! That's wonderful, I knew you could do it!!!" Haley said as she again jumped his arms and hugged him.

Both of them were laughing and smiling and hugging each other enjoying the high that they were on right now when all of a sudden Nathan leaned down kissed Haley and quickly said, "I love you Haley." Then went back to hugging her.

Haley leaned her chin on Nathan's shoulder as she was returning the hug and thought to herself 'did he just say he loves me?'