Chap 3
Nathan groaned as he was awoken from a deep sleep by his alarm the next morning. Reaching out an arm he hit the button on the clock silencing the continuous beeping and lay back on his bed, contemplating the possibility of blowing off school and spending the day at home. The thought didn't last long as he thought of what Whitey's reaction would be if he were to miss practice. He shuddered at the thought and even worse would be his dad's response if he found out. Not that Dan would care about missed classes but missed basketball practice was another matter entirely.
This was one of those rare times where Nathan knew that he really shouldn't take the chance of pissing Whitey off. The coach had been on his back lately and had even threatened to leave him on the bench for an entire game if he didn't change his attitude. To be honest though Nathan didn't really buy it, after all he was the best player the Ravens had and that was not about to change even if Whitey seemed to believe that the sun shone out of Lucas' ass these days. His face scrunched up in contempt as he thought of his older brother. It seemed everyone thought he was so perfect. He'd even heard rumours that Pukass had a girlfriend though he couldn't imagine what sort of girl would be desperate enough to hang around that asshole.
His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of his cell phone beeping indicating that he had a new message. He shook his head in disbelief as he read the message informing him that he had five new voicemails. I must have been more tired than I thought to sleep through that many calls. Nathan held the phone up to his ear listening intently as the first message began to play.
"Hi Nathan, its Beth. Just thought I'd give you a call and see how you are. I've been waiting for you to call me but maybe you lost my number anyway I guess you'll have it again now." Nathan started to tune out as she blathered on about nothing. "Anyway I'm sure you've just been busy with basketball and everything so I'll speak to you soon. Give me a call when you get the message. I miss you".
All five messages were from Beth and all five were basically the same except she had gotten progressively whinier with each call until by the last one she was practically begging him to call her. "Like there's any way that's going to happen" he smirked to himself "been there, done that. Now its time for something or rather someone new."
His face brightened as he remembered Tim's latest challenge. Tim had pointed her out to Nate as they had walked past the tutoring centre last night. After seeing her Nathan's confidence had actually increased if that was possible. This girl Haley didn't look like she would present a problem to Nathan. Although admittedly she was not the type of girl he would usually look twice at, he couldn't help but think that she would be one of his easiest challenges yet. He had immediately assessed her and put her into the bookwork category. Poor Girl probably spends all her time in the library and has never been on a date and come to think of it I'm almost certain I've never seen her at one of our parties which to Nathan was a fate worse than death. One blast of the Scott charm and she'll be begging me to take her out. Yes today's the day Miss James' life is going to change. Hopefully she'll at least last out the day before succumbing to my charms to provide me with some entertainment. Glancing at the clock he realised he was already running late and quickly headed to the shower whistling to himself as he went.
