Chapter 15- What about your friends?

Several months had gone by since Haley and Nathan had proclaimed their love for each other. Their relationship was getting exceedingly better each day that passed. They had gotten to the point where keys to each other's apartment were exchange and they were practically living together. All of their free time was spent with each other, so much so that they barely spent time with their friends. Haley felt as though she hadn't talked to Brooke in weeks and Nathan barely saw Jake anymore. One morning the realization of the distance had finally come into perspective.

Nathan and Haley were still sleeping when they heard Max barking. "Oh my God, it is too early!!Why is he barking?" Haley said as she groggily started to wake up.

"He probably wants to go out and take care of some business." Nathan said as he too woke up.

"Ugh, I guess I should go take him before he ruins my apartment," Haley said as she began to get up from the bed.

"Hey, don't worry about it, I'll take care of him. You go back to bed." Nathan leaned down to kiss Haley softly then continued to get up from bed and put his jogging shorts and a wife beater on.

"Music to my ears, thank you, I owe you." Haley said before she buried herself back into the covers and went back to bed.

Nathan laughed at her and made his way to the living room to go get Max.

"Ok Max you made your point, let's go for a jog." Nathan said as he put to the leash on Max's collar and proceeded to leave the apartment.

Nathan and Max were jogging along the sidewalk of the street when he started to think back to before he met Haley. When it was just him and Jake prowling the streets looking for girls. Nathan laughed at the memory then realized something. He hadn't seen or talked to Jake in nearly 2 weeks. He has been so wrapped up in Haley lately that he hadn't found time for his best friend. Just then, Nathan decided that he should take a detour and go visit his friend. "Hey max, how about we go see Jake and Sadie?" Max wagged his tail and followed Nathan to Jake's house.

Haley woke up from her peaceful and stretched her arms. She got up from her bed and noticed that Nathan and Max were still not back from their jog. It wasn't often that she got the apartment all to herself. She always had Max wandering around getting in the way or Nathan always hanging around trying to get her into the bedroom, not that she minded but a little time to her self was always something she would appreciate. While enjoying her alone time she started to remember what it was like before Nathan when it was just Brooke and her, and Max of course. They used to spend a lot of time together, talking about how men were the route of all evil and how maybe they should just give up and become lesbians. Boy, have things changed since then.

Haley decided it was time to call her best friend and catch up. Haley made her way to the phone and picked it up and began to dial that familiar number that she would call often.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

Nathan knocked on the door of Jake's apartment. A minute later Jake opened the door. "Hey Man, long time, no see."

"Yah I know, that's why I came by, I figured it would be a good time to catch up." Nathan said.

"Yah I guess it would be. Come on in." Jake said as he opened the door wider for him.

"I realize it's been kind of crazy with me being with Haley and you with Brooke but I figured that maybe we should get rid of the girlfriends for the night and have a guys night out. You know, just the two of us."

"Hey I'm up for it, I can't even remember the last time we hung out together."

"yah I know, I guess we can blame that on one thing and one thing only..."

"yah..." Jake said then looked at Nathan to see if he was thinking the same thing.

Then they both said at the same time, "women!"

RING RING RING

"Hello" Brooke answered the phone.

"Well hello their stranger, I barely recognized your voice."

"Haley! I am so happy you called, I was just thinking about how the only time we see each other anymore is when we are at work."

"I know, I was thinking the same thing. That's why I called. I figured that maybe tonight we could ditch the boys and have a girl's night out."

"Oh my God, I would love that! It's been so long since I've done something with someone other than Jake."

"yah same here with Nathan, He and Max actually just went for a jog so I got the place to myself for once."

"ooo la la, well that sounds just wonderful."

"yah well as much as I love Nathan. A little time to myself is always an ideal."

"yah same here, but what can you say they just can't get enough us, I mean who could. We're too damn cute for words."

"yah well they are going to have to last one night without us because we need to do girl things and there has been only one thing that has been keeping us from that..."

"yah I know exactly what that one thing is to."

"Men!" they said at the same time and then laughed.