Chapter 5

Flashbacks and the hit of realization…


The next few weeks passed by rapidly. The more time I started to spend with Haley, the lesser time I spent with my friends.

"Yo Nathan, what's been up with you lately? It's as if you don't want to go out with us anymore," Tim told me last week.

"Just out," I answered as I turned around and looked at Haley, who was reading a book on the bench.

Though, he never knew of where or rather with who I was spending my leisure time with, the single person that no one expected, even I was bewildered; The best friend of my foe, my own brother.

"Hey Haley you want to go to the Billiard's and play some pool?"

And with that single question, was the commencement of our newfound friendship.


Flashback

"Yeah sure…" Haley answered a little hesitant, taken back by his interest to hang out with her after tutoring. "Just let me call my parents and tell them that I am going to be home later," she said as she pulled her cell phone out and called.

I couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy, acknowledging that she had a strong relationship with her parents.

Not like my parents ever cared where I was…

"Okay, let's go," declared Haley as she abruptly materialized beside me with a smile.

Fifteen minutes later we stood in front of the Billiard's.

"Come on," I persisted as I opened the door for her.

"I don't know Nathan…" Haley said as she stood, uncomfortable.

She looked so cute when she was confused and pensive.

So innocent…

A smirk formed on my lips as one thought flashed in my head: Innocence that I wished I take.

"Haley, we are just going to play a little pool, talk, and then go home. Simple as that so don't worry about it," I told her as I held onto the door, smelling the cigarette smoke inside.

"It's just that…" she hesitated trying to find the right words.

"It's just what?" I questioned her, starting to get inpatient. "You don't even know why not. So just do me and everyone a favor and come in so we can play some pool," I advised her.

With a few more moments of her standing, puzzled, she took the additional step and walked inside the hall. She persisted to stroll in front of me while I closed the door and I couldn't help but check her out from behind.

'Definitely not bad…' I stated secretly as I continued to watch her walk, a grin emerging on my face thinking of the endless possibilities.

"Uh Nathan…" Haley called out causing me to bring my attention back to her face. "Why is everyone staring?" she asked, uncomfortable again.

"They are just looking at the hot girl that just walked in," I said with my consistent smirk.

Immediately she started to blush causing me to want to take her purity even more.

The temptation was killing me…

"Yeah right Nathan," she finally voiced as she turned around.

I strolled to the counter with my license in my hand as I handed it to the guy behind the counter.

"Glad to see you back Nathan," they guy said as he handed me the set of balls.

"Hey Mike. You know with school and basketball I really don't have a lot of time to come down here anymore," I told him.

"Who's your friend?" he asked, staring at Haley who stood alone in the walkway, awkward.

"From school," I answered, starting to leave.

"Well she's hot," he bluntly verbalized as he gazed at her with desire.

"Yeah she is," I agreed with him as I sauntered towards an open table, frustrated at Mike's last comment.

I immediately brought my head up, realizing that I got jealous.

'Scott you are just wigging out,' I told myself, brushing the feeling away.

I couldn't feel that emotion towards anyone…

"Hey you just walked away and left me by myself," Haley stated as she showed up beside me.

"I'm sorry about that," I told her, not meaning it.

"You going to break or am I?" she asked as she grabbed a stick.

"You know how to play pool?" I asked her, astounded.

"Obviously, you know being best friends with a male does result in me being better then other girls in some male sports," she declared as she walked to the opposite side of the table.

My face hardened at the mention of my brother. I disliked him and the fact that he spent time with Haley got me even angrier.

Jaded to the fact that what I was feeling jealousy towards my brother…

Haley bent over and hit the ball. The balls stirred all around the table thus ensuing in a striped red ball falling into the side pocket.

"Damn," I voiced, stunned that she was that skilled in pool.

She immediately started to smirk with accomplishment. She moved to the right side of the table and thumped the white ball. The white ball stormed across the table, hitting the red striped ball towards the left corner pocket. The striped ball flew to the pocket, but its inertia decreasing.

"That's too bad," I told her as I turned around and grabbed a stick.

I turned around and faced her, noticing that the ball still moved slowly towards the pocket.

BANG, it landed in the pocket.

"Spoke too soon Scott," Haley advised as the walked towards the other side of the table and persisted to play the game.

That night, I lost to Haley various times, but also won a few matches against her.

"I have to say that I was surprised at how well you played," I told her, as we exited the pool hall an hour and a half later.

"Yeah well there are a lot of things you don't know about me," she declared as she sauntered to the passenger side of my Navigator.

Curiosity took over me, wanting me to know more about her, finally acknowledging that there was more to her then meets the eye.

Wanting to know everything about her…

"Well looks like we have a lot of tutoring sessions for me to uncover some," I announced as I opened my door and unlocked the doors.

"Maybe," she said as she grinned, knowing that my interest was ensuing.

I immediately started to laugh at her action, intrigued of how she handled herself.

A real laugh…

"What about you? Am I going to hear some captivating secrets from the Great Nathan Scott?" she questioned as she glared at me.

"Maybe," I answered, mocking her.

A laugh escaped her beautiful features.

"Well let's go Secretive Scott," she joked.

"Haley, you are just weird sometimes," I teased her as I turned on the engine and put the car into park.

"Hey!" she said as she smacked my arm.

End of Flashback


Since that day forward, we spent more and more time together. From going to the Billiard's to play pool, to going to the movies and watching an action flick. We in addition went out to dinner a few times, but in every occasion that we hanged out we talked. She was constantly there to listen to me whenever I had problems, always open ears.

She listened to me more then my family or friends ever had…

Slowly what started out as a way to get to my brother and wanting to get the unattainable, changed to appreciating the time I spent with her. I laughed and smiled more then I ever had in my seventeen years of existence.

When I was with her I was plain old Nathan Scott…

No letterman jacket, basketball legendary, or cocky Nathan Scott, but normal me. I actually started to anticipate our meetings at the docks in the morning and the few ones that we had after school in the same place. Sitting by the ocean, listening to the wave's crash onto the shore, without being inside the four walls of the school or of my house.

Which each was hell…

She brought the side of me my friends didn't even know existed. The one they hardly see, but the one Haley witnessed everyday that we spent together.


"Haley do you remember that day in front of the school?" I asked her one day during tutoring.

"What day?" she asked me, perplexed.

"That one day that I was talking with Tim and you just stared at me with puzzlement written all over your face," I stated.

"Oh…" she said, realizing of the occasion. "Yeah I do. Why?"

"Why did you look at me with confusion?" I asked her, curious since that day.

Always wondered…

"I don't know…I just saw you and you had the saddest look in your eyes…I just never saw you like that before," she declared, tapping her pencil on the book. "I was just a bit taken back that's all."

"Oh," I said, surprised that she was able to see through my barricade that my own friends couldn't even see through.

And I saw them every day of my life…

"Why were you so down that day anyways?" she asked me, interested for herself.

"I don't recall," I rapidly answered, not wanting to tell her the real reason why.

"Sure you don't," she replied, gazing at my eyes for an answer. "Well let's continue this so we could go home," she persisted as she opened the math book.

I gazed at Haley as she explained to me how to find the distance between two points in the graph. I continued to look at her with new fascination. She intrigued me, always surprising me with her wise comments and unusual actions.

Always astonishing me…

She was able to bring down the wall that my own friends weren't ever capable to acknowledge.

The barricade that held my emotions aside from anyone's eyes…

I have never met anyone quite like her and now, I never wanted to get her out of my picture. I gazed at her as her mouth persevered to move in explanation of the problem.

Wanting to kiss those tender lips…

Suddenly, it stroked me so solid that I moved back, astounded at what I just realized. I finally understood that I was starting to fall for Haley.

And I was falling hard.


AN: So after a long hiatus, I finally found the time to update! Yahoo for me! I know that i have been slacking, but if you have read my other AN's on my other 2 stories it is all explained there why i am talking so long to update my stories. Once again I am so sorry about that! But onto the chapter...

Well I included some of the Physics I learned last year! Yahoo, putting what I learned into good use! Yeah! And I decided to include the Billiard's. I actually based it off of the one I actually go to, so kinda kool that I was able to put in some of my own experiences into the fic and making it unique in it's own way. I actually like doing that to all my fics, putting the things i do, places I go, or just random things I have seen into my fics. Kinda kool. But anyways, I hope you all liked the update and I hope you all enjoy it!

So everyone please review cuz I love to read your feedback on my updates.

BTW, has everyone seen the new pics of the cast? Damn I have to say that James looks hella fine in his pics! Literally breath taking! So go check those out at FanBolt if u haven't!

Well next up is an update on TSE, which should be up next week! Thanks you guys for being patient!!!