CH. 2

Ring, Ring. "Hello?"

"Haley?" PAUSE.then..

"Haley who? There's no Haley living here."

"Oh? Is this 243-451-5673?"

"Yes. But there is no Haley living here."

"Okay then. But if she does come home will you please tell her Nathan Scott called?"

"Are you trying to piss me off? I repeat, there is NO ONE named Haley living here!"

"Just tell her. Thanks"

Click.

Angrily, Joanne slammed down the phone. "That guy has some nerve! I tell him you're not here and he keeps demanding for you to answer. Doesn't he have a clue?"

Smirking, Haley answered, "That's Nathan for you. Did he tell you why he called?"

Calming down a little, Joanne answered, "No. But you should call him back. Why did you want me to tell him that you weren't home?"

"Because. He's the guy I've been telling you about."

"The guy who.That guy?!" receiving a nod of affirmation.

"Yes, Jo. THAT guy. I wonder why he called though."

"Why don't you call him back? The Caller ID didn't list him as NATHAN SCOTT."

"Yea because I put him as SCOTT and I put Lucas as Luke. Makes it easier don't you think?"

"No. It would've been easier if you just put Nathan's name. Anyway, just call him back okay? No need to trouble yourself over it. Make small talk and then you can hang up. But remember, once you hang up, you can't tell me how much you wanted to tell him this or that.cause I'm not going to listen to it any longer."

"Okay, Fine. I won't, but promise me you'll be right there so that I won't make a fool of myself."

"I promise. You won't Hales. Just don't ramble. It shows how nervous you get."

"I do NOT ramble."

"Sure, Hales. Whatever you want to believe. Call him after I get out of the shower."

And with that Joanne headed towards the small bathroom in their dainty apartment room that they shared. Hales shot her a deadly glare, but fortunately Jo had her back turned.

Haley then got up and went to her room to contemplate what would happen on the phone and how much Nathan had changed.

Meanwhile, Nathan growled at the phone that he had slammed down. I KNOW Haley's there. I got that feeling I always get whenever I sense her presence. BUT why would that other girl lie to me? Nathan picked up his phone to call Lucas. Maybe Luke will tell me where Haley is, or maybe he'll tell me what's going on with Haley.

Then, grimly, Nathan punched in the numbers for Lucas' dorm room and waited for him to pick up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ YES I KNOW that was SHORT.but next chapter will be slightly longer. HOPE YOU LIKED IT!! I STILL don't know how to put ITALICS on this thingy so MAYBE someone could help me out?? ^ ^" THANKS!