A.N Wow once again I am completely overwhelmed by the amount of reviews I have recieved. You guys are awesome. I am so glad that you all seem to be enjoying the story. It is however nearing its end and so I am in planning mode for the next one. If anyone can help me out with a bit of info on American Highschools and how they work I would really appreciate it. Just let me know in your reviews if you're able to help and I'll be in touch. Enjoy Chapter Thirteen.

Giving In To Desires

Chapter Thirteen.

Haley had no idea how long she had been sitting there by the time she was finally able to stop crying. Nathan's shirt was soaked with her tears and she knew the way he sat must be extremely uncomfortable for him but still he remained sitting with her and holding her without a word of complaint. She was vaguely aware of a bell sounding to end fifth period but paid no attention to it. Removing her face from his sodden shirt she looked up into his concern filled eyes and it finally hit her. It had been staring her in the face for weeks now but she had refused to see it for what it was. Nathan's actions had time and time again shown her how he felt about her but she had been deliberately blind. She had always known that Nathan was a person who expressed himself through actions and not words and yet she had never looked for the meaning behind his actions. For a moment she remained frozen in shock simply staring up at him then she leaned in and kissed him putting everything she felt into that one kiss. Nathan's lips were motionless initially as he tried to comprehend what that look in her eye had meant before she kissed him but then he responded his fingers threading through her hair to hold her close as she deepened the kiss.

Eventually they broke apart both breathing heavily. Nathan looked at Haley in shock at a loss to name the feelings that kiss had evoked.

"I'm sorry," she said simply.

"Sorry for what?" he asked roughly. "You have nothing to be sorry for."

"Yes I do. I'm sorry I've been taking you for granted but I promise to be more appreciative in the future."

"If it means getting kissed like that you can be appreciative anytime you want," he said with a smirk trying to lighten the situation.

"I'll keep that in mind," she said. "In fact if you're looking for more appreciation then I could use your help with something."

"Anything you want," he said his fingers stroking lightly up and down her spine through the thin material of her t-shirt.

"I want you to help me find out who was responsible for this," she said gesturing towards the photo that lay on the ground beside them.

"I think it's time we show them exactly who they're messing with."

Nathan looked into her unwavering gaze and heard the no-nonsense tone of her voice and almost felt sorry for whoever it was that had crossed them, almost but not quite. He was going to enjoy making them squirm.


Brooke had watched Lucas leave class and had been very tempted to leave right behind him but she couldn't risk him figuring out that she was behind the picture in his textbook and so she had waited. She waited until the bell sounded signalling the end of History and then she had quickly gathered her books and left in search of her prey. She looked in all the obvious places with no success then headed to the library, scanning the stacks quickly she soon realised that he was nowhere to be seen. Just as she turned to leave though a flash of blue from a letterman's jacket caught her eye and she looked more closely. Hissing with anger as she saw the two dark heads locked at the lips, Nathan's hands massaging the back of Haley's scalp. Now she was confused. Did that mean Lucas hadn't found them? She didn't know but figured the best way to find out was to find Lucas so she turned on her heel and continued her hunt.

Brooke was growing increasingly frustrated she had searched every possible place she could think of within the school and had come up empty. Lucas was nowhere to be found. Spotting Mouth walking towards his class she advanced towards him menacingly.

"Do you know where Lucas is?" she demanded glaring at him impatiently as she waited for an answer.

"I have no idea. Why?"

"Because I can't find him obviously."

"I don't know maybe he's off somewhere with Haley."

Brooke's face turned bright red as she heard this and with her voice lowered she told Mouth exactly how she felt about that idea.

"Why the FUCK would he be with her? She's been cheating on him for months. She's not fit to be anywhere near him."

"Whoa. Calm down. You asked me if I knew where he was and I just suggested the most obvious place. No need to have a meltdown on me."

"A meltdown." She screeched her quiet voice of moments before forgotten.

"You think I'm having a meltdown?"

He looked at her uncertainly suddenly wondering if it was wise to continue this conversation at all.

"Uh no that's not what I meant. It was just a joke." He tried unsuccessfully to reassure her.

Looking at a spot over her shoulder he grew more nervous.

"Perhaps we should talk about this later," he said "we've got company."

Brooke whirled around to look in the direction that Mouth was staring in and saw Nathan and Haley headed towards them deep in conversation. When she turned back she saw Mouth had moved away down the hall and was now watching anxiously to see what would happen.

Nathan and Haley passed by Brooke apparently oblivious to the fact that she was standing there.

"At least now I'll be able to do this whenever I want to." He told her leaning in and kissing her.

"In fact I'm thinking maybe I should be thanking the person who exposed us…" He stopped as Haley elbowed him sharply in the ribs.

A slight glare was on her face as she looked up into his joking face, her distaste for his attempt at humour apparent. But unfortunately from where Brooke was standing she was unable to see how upset Haley was and so her rage increased. Nor was she able to hear Haley's whispered words of admonishment to Nathan as they continued down the hall. If she had things may have been a lot different.

I can't believe this. I finally start my plan to destroy Saint Haley and what happens she laughs about it. This was supposed to leave her alone and instead it seems to have bought her and Nathan even closer to each other. I'm sorry Haley I really didn't think it would be necessary to do this but I can't let you win.

Moving down the hallway towards Mouth she made no attempt to hide from them she knew they were far too caught up in each other to even notice her.

"We're going ahead with Phase Three and I expect you to do it as soon as possible." she told him walking away quickly before he had a chance to argue.

He stared after her with his mouth hanging open. When he had originally agreed to help her with this he had never imagined that she would take things this far. For a moment he considered trying once again to back out of his end of their bargain but he knew that they had come too far now for her to let him walk away easily. She would make his life Hell if he didn't go through with this last stage of the plan. He walked to his locker to gather the necessary materials.


Nathan led Haley outside to a secluded area of the courtyard where no one would overhear their conversation.

"So how are we going to figure out who's behind the note and the photos?" he asked.

"I wish I knew." She answered him quietly deep in thought.

"I guess the best place to start would be to try and think of anyone who might have a grudge against me."

"Ok" he said uncertainly "but this whole thing has been pretty extreme. Whoever it is would have to have a hell of a grudge."

"I know and the only people I can think of are too obvious. I mean Brooke would have the perfect motive for all this if it wasn't for the fact that she had no idea what we were up to."

"Or the fact that she cheated on me," He mumbled but Haley heard him and turned to look at him in surprise.

"She what?"

"She cheated on me." He told her honestly.

"That was the main catalyst for our break-up on the weekend.

"After the club the other night she took some guy home and fucked him."

"Who was he?" she asked anxiously.

"I have no idea. He was already gone when I showed up."

Haley's mind flashed back to Lucas and Brooke dancing so closely at the club the other night and the way they had both disappeared. It couldn't be, could it? No what am I talking about Lucas would never do something like that. I'm just suspecting him because if he did cheat on me it would ease some of my guilt. Try as she might though she couldn't quite shake the feeling that maybe this was all connected.

"Come on Hales there's no way Brooke could be responsible for this. We've just got to keep thinking."

Over the course of the next forty-five minutes they bandied around several names but none of them quite seemed to fit.

"Maybe we're going about this the wrong way. Perhaps we should start thinking more about who had opportunity rather than motive. We need to figure out who could have seen us." She suggested seriously.

"Right well it could have been one of your neighbours. They might have seen me climbing in or our your window."

"Maybe" she agreed hesitantly "but it must be someone that has something to do with the school. Otherwise how did they get that photo in my locker and didn't Lucas say he found one in his textbook."

"What about Mrs Cameron?" she asked in complete seriousness.

"Our Biology teacher?" he asked incredulously.

"Yeah well maybe she could see more than we thought she could under those benches."

"Haley I seriously doubt it. If we're going to accuse her then we may as well throw Whitey's name in there too."

"Huh?" she questioned him.

"Well maybe Whitey's got secret cameras hidden in the locker room and he was watching when you paid me a visit in the showers."

Haley looked at him as if he was losing his mind.

"Well its no more ridiculous than your suggestion of Mrs Cameron." He said defensively.

"Alright so I think we should rule out teachers."

"Ok so that narrows it back down to the entire student population." He said sarcastically.

"Who are we kidding we're never going to figure this out." She said her shoulders slumping dejectedly.

Nathan could see how upset she was at the idea and rushed to reassure her.

"Don't worry Hales we will figure this out. It's just going to take some time, that's all."

Looking up he saw the hordes of students poring out through every exit.

"Well looks like school's over for the day. How about we grab our stuff and get out of here."

"Sounds good to me" she agreed and walked behind him as he pushed his way against the current of teenagers all anxious to get away from the school.


Already there were only a few stragglers remaining behind at their lockers and Nathan and Haley were able to make their way down the hall relatively unimpeded. As they approached her locker a figure hurried towards them head bent and completely oblivious to their presence. Nathan grabbed Haley's arm to steer her out of the way and was able to for the most part avoid the collision his arm however knocked against the other person's hand and they dropped their armload of papers.

Looking up in shock Mouth found himself confronted with the sight of Nathan and Haley standing over him. His eyes glazed over with panic and he dropped to the floor madly trying to grab the papers he had dropped.

"Oh Mouth I'm sorry." Haley apologised. "Here I'll help you pick them up."

"No" Mouth said anxiously "it's fine Haley don't worry about it."

But Haley was already bending over picking up the paper lying face down on the floor. As she picked it up Mouth practically snatched it out of her hand and Nathan's suspicions were immediately aroused. Reaching over he grabbed one of the sheets of paper before Mouth had time to react. Turning it over in his hands Nathan's lips formed a thin line of anger and his fist unconsciously bunched up.

"It was you." He thundered glaring ominously at the much shorter boy standing in front of him.

"Well Haley looks like we just found our blackmailer." He said turning and thrusting the piece of paper towards her.

Haley took it from him slowly, shuddering as she took in the details of the copied picture. Nathan reached over and knocked the remaining copies out of Mouth's arms and back to the floor. Hundreds of copies of Haley and Nathan's rendezvous' were scattered all over the floor.

Haley looked at Mouth uncomprehendingly.

"You, but why would you do something like this? I've never done anything to you."

Mouth looked over Haley's shoulder and saw Brooke a discreet distance away listening intently. She threw Mouth a threatening look and he knew he could not turn her in.

"Lucas is my friend. I couldn't stand what you were doing to him." He said simply.

A.N There will probably only be another two chapters of this story before it ends. So review if you want to see how it ends. I know some people probably think I don't update quick enough but I have been writing this story as I go along and I have to fit my writing in around work and everything else. But I can promise you that I am not intentionally dragging the story out any longer than I have to. Don't forget to review.