Chapter 7 – heart of ice

So here I am, holding a pack of ice to my face in the principal's office. I really hope that my eye doesn't swell up to bad. I look over at Brittany who is scowling and trying to stop her nosebleed. This is so typical, things were going great and now I'm sitting in the office with my worst enemy next to me. The principal walks into the office and he just looks at us. He's shaking his head slightly and opens his mouth, but closes it and looks at us again. He looks so disappointed, and confused, I hate it when people get disappointed in me.

"So, which on of you is going to tell me what that fight was about?" I look over a Brittany and she's looking back at me, but neither of us are going to answer, but I know were both thinking it, Nathan.

6am that morning

"Haley, come on, were going to be late if you don't even wake up." I opened my eyes to see Nathan standing over me. "I know that you need your beauty sleep, I mean you really need it, but get up!"

"Are you implying that I'm ugly?" I love the flirty banter that we do so often.

"Of course he is." That was Brooke. It was a typical day for us; Nathan and Brooke both have come over every morning for the past week. The three of us get along pretty well. Of course it's not fun when I have a hangover thanks to Brookes girls night in idea, and I have a math class first. Not mush motivation to get out of bed. So, I'm going to sleep.

"I refuse to get out of my bed, sorry, but I'm sleeping!" Maybe that will shut them up, at least for 15 more minutes. But by the way their whispering, and the way that Nathan is smirking I doubt that I'll get much more sleep.

"Haley, get out of bed now, we have to go to school." It was just Nathan and I now and he is walking towards me. He looks hott in the morning. Damn.

"No, I wanna sleep." I'm using my cutest pouty face and I think that he's caving. "Ahhhhhh!" Or not, he just threw me over his shoulder and is carrying me somewhere. "Nathan, put me down. What are you doing? This is an attack, I'll call the police." It was obvious that my threats meant nothing and he was heading towards the bathroom, why, I have no idea. But I have to say that I was enjoying being so close to Nathan. He smells really good. Okay, now I smell him, which is just awkward, even though I'm enjoying it. Okay, so I have no idea what's going on, but I hear water running and Brooke is in the bathroom, so, Oh Shit!

"Nathan put me down now! Do not throw me in that water!" This isn't working. "Ahhhhhh, this water is freezing!" What a great was to start off my day, being thrown into a tub of ice-cold water by my boyfriend, with the help of my best friend. And I'm in a white shirt, no bra because I was in pajamas and I'm really cold, so I fell like an idiot. Luckily Nathan is too busy laughing his ass of f to notice that I'm more exposed than I particularly enjoy.

"That was so not funny." I need a towel, luckily Brooke hands me one, which I wrap around myself and step out of the tub. I am trying to keep a straight face and not smile because I want them to think that I am mad. Oh, screw it that was hilarious so I can't help but laughing and Nathan and Brooke soon join in.

"Please Hales, it was hilarious, now come on bestest friend, hurry up and get ready, or do you need another wake-up call?"

"I'll be down in 15 minutes Brooke." I really will take like a half an hour, but hopefully the wont notice. Man, I look horrible and I need a real shower!

It only took me 25 minutes to get ready and believe me that is a record. Now Brook is trying to get me an Nathan out he door because she has to meet Lucas at school and god forbid she keeps him waiting. I'm a little bitter about their relationship because I hate it when she puts him before me, I get jealous since my friendship with her means everything to me. And I need her to be there, which makes me resent Lucas, which is unfair because he really is a nice guy. He doesn't deserve to have me hate him, and Brooke doesn't deserve it either. But I should probably head out to Brooke before she has a heart attack. Before I could though, Nathan grabbed my arm and whispered in my ear,

"Don't think that I didn't notice what you were wearing before I threw you into the tub, white really is your color." As he walks away from me I notice that my cheeks are burning and that I resemble a tomato, hopefully, red is also my color.

Everything has been going great since this morning. Its chem. Now, a class, which I have with Brooke and Nathan, plus we get to do a lab today, which I hope we can choose our partners for.

"Okay class, today we are doing a density lad, in which you will be creating a density column. I will be assigning your partners now." I hope that I get Brooke of Nathan! "Haley and Brittany Brooke and Nathan." Dammit, I really hate Brittany. She and I have always been at silent war, we used to be really close, until 7th grade when I liked a kid named Mark, and she knew that. She said that she would talk to him for me, but I guess shoving her tongue down his throat was more important. She is such a whore. And I have the pleasure of working wit her. Gag me.

"Haley, were stuck working together, and it sucks, but I need to pass this class, so lets just do the assignment." I hate to agree with her, but I guess its necessary.

"Fine, but don't say anything to me besides chem. stuff, deal?"

"Um…no. Don't try to boss me around Haley, cuz it won't work. By the way, you an Nathan make such a cute couple." Did she actually just say something nice? "But not as cute as when I'm with him, which will be very soon." God, she is such a stuck up bitch. I would rather sleep on a bed on nails that play nice with her. So, maybe I wont. She just walked by me and purposely hit me on the arm, making me drop the glass beaker that I was holding. Oh, that bitch is going down!

"Haley, aren't you going to pick up the mess that you made?" Is she kidding?

"No way in hell, you hit me, you clean it up!" As I said that I was moving towards her, which she did in return. So now we are face-to-face, noses practically touching. The teacher, Ms. Miller, is yelling at us to clean up the glass. And so I brush past Brittany to get the dustpan, but she grabs my hair pulling me back towards her and I fall onto my ass. The rest of the class is silent as I hop up and walk towards her slowly, right before I slap her across the face. I can see the shock in her eyes, and mine are equally as shocked as she shoves me into the wall. The rest of the fight was a blur of slaps, insults, hair pulling, and punches before Nathan and Lucas manage to pull us off of each other.

"Both of you to the office, now." Mrs. Miller says it with such venom in her voice that we both look to the ground and leave the room.

So her I am in the office, waiting to hear what our punishment is. And as I look around I start to wonder when my life became so out of control, but as the principal starts to talk, all that matters is what he just said, that is the worst punishment ever!