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Warning: all of the gang are seniors in COLLEGE.

Ch. 10

Nathan, still shocked at seeing Haley again so soon, replied, "I'm here with my friends. See that guy over there?" he asked pointing to Jordan. "He's like my brother; we're on the team together."

Haley smiled, "That's nice." Getting bumped by different kinds of people on the dance floor, Haley asked, "Do you want to go talk? That is if your date doesn't mind."

"I didn't bring a date. I came with my friends. I told you already," he answered smiling. Guiding Haley, putting his hand on the small of her back, he walked over to a high table and set a stool before Haley. "Here you go."

Smiling softly, she sat down and waited as Nathan grabbed a stool nearby and settled himself into it.

"So, what brings you here? To club Fantasy?" [A/N: sorry, it's lame, but the best I could come up with! ^ ^]

"Remember Joanne?" Haley asked, looking over to Joanne who was still freaking with that poor, innocent guy. "Well, she told me that we were going to a club and so, here I am." She smiled at him, as he stared at her intensely.

"Is she your roommate?" At Haley's nod, he continued, "So she's the girl that's going to Tree Hill with us."

Watching Joanne for a few seconds, he added, "She's a bit more open than Brooke." Shaking his head, turning back to Haley, said, "I'd never thought I'd see a girl WORSE than Brooke."

Defending her friend, Haley said, "She's not bad! And Brooke's not bad either! Leave them alone!"

"I never said that they were bad. I just meant that ... You know what? Forget it." He said, shaking his head. "I seem to say that wrong things at the wrong time."

Haley cried out, "That's not true!" Reaching over the table to take Nathan's hand, she added, "You're one of the sweetest guys I know."

In a better spirit, he replied, "I'm not the sweetest?"

Smiling, she told him. "Nope. But you're up there."

"Good to know," he responded, rubbing a small circle on Haley's hand.

"Hey, Haley. Who's this?" Joanne's excited voice asked.

Laying a hand on Nathan's shoulder and looking at the dark brown hair, it dawned on her.

Gazing up at Haley's blushing face, she mouthed from behind Nathan, [i]'Is this Nathan Scott?'[/i]

Haley gave a small nod in return.

Eyes widening, Joanne walked over next to Haley to get a good look at Nathan. [i]He's cute! Too bad he's already taken by Haley. Oh well,[/i] she thought as she extended her hand.

"Hi, I'm Joanne. You must be Nathan. Haley's told me so much about you," she informed him, receiving a stomp on the foot from Haley.

Smirking over at Haley, he shook Joanne's hand. "Hopefully they were good things."

"Yeah, she went on and on and...Ow!" she cried when Haley stomped again. "She just told me basic things. Well, you guys should go out and catch up, it's been awhile, hasn't it?"

"Yeah," Nathan answered, smiling ruefully at Haley's still blushing face. "You want to go and catch up?" he asked Haley.

"But what about you?" she asked Joanne.

"It's okay. Don't worry about me," she assured Haley, waving them off.

As Haley began to protest, Joanne added, "Maybe I'll stay here a bit longer and get a ride off that cutie over there."

Winking, Joanne started off, shaking her butt a little and tossing her hair over her shoulder.

Shaking her head, smiling amusedly, Haley watched as her friend approached the "prey," sitting down next to him.

Turning around to tell Nathan that she was going to head out, she laughed at Nathan's surprised expression, his mouth agape.

"Is she always like that?"

Haley smirked. "Yup. She always manages to get the guy to succumb to her. And usually she gets the guy for a date. She's gifted like that."

Nathan changed his expression, now smirking. "Gifted, eh?"

"Yeah. You're gifted like that too." Smiling ruefully at him. "You manage to always get a girl. Remember during high school? You had all the girls following you and fawning over you. And I remember that girl who proposed to you!"

Patting him and laughing, she said, "Yup. Really talented."

"But not the girl that counts."

"Excuse me?"

"I mean, I never got the girl I wanted." He repeated, staring intensely at her.

"Oh." She replied. Thinking about how many dates he'd been on so far and who THE LUCKY GIRL was, she felt like crying.

Creasing his forehead, his brows forming a 'V,' he asked, worried, "What's wrong?"

Staring up at him through unshed tears, she quickly replied, "Excuse me."

And she left, grabbing Joanne, who was making out with the guy, muttering an excuse, and dragged them towards the exit.

Nathan watched very confused and perturbed through the whole ordeal. [i]What the HELL was that?! Guess that answers my question. She doesn't even want to be near my presence. Gotta call Lucas and tell him that I was right.[/i]

Taking out his phone, Nathan started to press Lucas's digits as a girl, dressed in close to nothing, came up and snaked her arm around him.

"Wanna dance?" she asked, as husky and sexy as she could manage.

Weighing his options and reminding himself that Haley didn't care, Nathan answered, "Why not?"

Setting his arms over her shoulder, he walked towards the dance floor.

Starting to dance, she asked, intertwining her hands with his, "So what's your name?"

"Nathan."

Pressing her body full on to his, she whispered, her face leaning up towards him, "I'm Jaimie." And started to kiss him, kissing harder when his hands wrapped around her waist.

Pausing for breath, Jaimie said softly, staring hungrily at his lips, "Let's go somewhere quieter."

Nodding his head, unable to talk, Nathan leaned in first to continue the kiss, as they made their way out of the club.

[i]Reminder to self, call Lucas and Jordan tomorrow morning.[/i] Nathan made a mental note, as he fished into his pockets for his keys.

Jaimie pushed him against his car, her hands roaming.

Opening the car door, they continued to make out as Nathan's phone vibrated in his pocket.

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