Chapter 12: Part I
Climbing the stubborn Rope…
"I can't believe you," said Haley as she entered the empty gym, aggravated.
"Couldn't believe me?" Nathan questioned frustrated. "You were the one that kept falling down."
"I kept falling down because of your stupid left food that kept tripping me," she snapped as she approached some mats. "Besides, you kept getting up at the wrong time. What part of 1, 2, 3 and getting up when I said 3 do you not understand?" she asked him as she turned around and faced him.
"I thought that we got up after 3, not when you said 3," he answered. "Anybody could have made that innocent mistake," he replied.
"Well I think that after being told over 20 times you would of gotten the clue…" she responded.
Nathan ignored her and finally decided to look around.
"Where is everyone?" he asked as he saw no other teenager in sight.
"Well I think that most of them are finishing up, while we are in here, barely beginning the second activity and we still need to start the third one," she replied annoyed.
Suddenly they heard the doors of the gym open and they saw that the coach had joined them inside.
"What are you two doing there, standing?" he asked them as he saw their current state. "It's been an hour now and you two are the only ones who barely finished the three legged race. You two still need to climb the rope and play a game of basketball," he informed them.
"We already know that sir, but I was wondering if we can possibly… postpone it till tomorrow and then we'll continue," Haley commented sweetly.
"Do you recall Miss James what I stated earlier?" he asked her as he came near them.
"Well yes, but I was wondering if you could possibly make an exception?" she continued. "You can't possibly be serious of us staying after school to complete this foolish assignment," she told him, annoyed.
"I never joke around Miss James," he replied as he got closer to her. "Now you only have 15 minutes of class left so get started. NOW!" he bellowed as he pointed to the rope.
"This is complete bull shit," she mumbled under her breath as she turned around and began to walk towards her destination.
"Care to add something Miss James?" the coach asked her as he heard snippets of what she said.
"Nothing, just need to cough," she answered as she pretended to cough.
Followed by a fake smile.
"That is what I thought. Now continue," he commanded them.
"Good job Haley," uttered Nathan to her.
"Let just get this over with," she told him as she looked at the rope. "So… um…how does this work?" she asked him confused.
"The point is to climb the rope and reach the top. Then you scramble back down," he wickedly answered.
"Good job smart ass, but no…how do you ascend the rope?"
"That is why you have a partner Miss James," commented the coach.
Haley turned around, walked towards the rope, and began to rise. However, her climbing triumph lasted for mere seconds as she was back on the ground. She clambered again, persistently, but she landed back on the mats.
"Let me help you," interrupted Nathan as he began to walk towards her.
"I'm fine," she bit back as she began to climb again.
"Haley…" he started as she got closer to her.
"No!" she snapped again.
"Mr. Scott you should be helping out you partner," the coach yelled out as he stood watching the diverse duo.
"I'm trying coach but Haley over here won't let me. She is too stubborn," he cried back with frustration still in his voice.
"Haley the point of having a partner is to be able to complete exercises in a shorter amount of time and to get help from them when you are in difficult situations like the one you are currently in. However, it doesn't seem like the scenario right now. So would you please accept the assistance of your partner so we can get home… soon," he pleaded.
"You can't possibly be serious?" asked Haley, perturbed.
"Haven't we already established that I don't 'joke' around," he stated as he stood with his arms crossed.
"Fine," she finally agreed," but if you touch me in any places you are not suppose too… you are so dead," she warned him as she pointed and stared at him, intensely.
"Whatever, can we get this moving because we only have five minutes of class left," replied Nathan, irritated.
Haley began to climb the rope and with the help of Nathan she was actually getting higher than the inch she was able to conquer by herself. She continued to move her right hand upwards followed by her left, and then jerked her entire body upwards. The coach noticed the improvement and decided it was time to leave. The door opened and closed, signaling his departure.
"Finally," commented Nathan as he continued to help Haley out.
Nathan turned his attention back to Haley who seemed to be doing a great job getting higher and higher off the ground. Yet, he finally became aware of the situation or rather arrangement he was in. He observed Haley from underneath and he didn't complain of what he saw. He had a better view of Haley's legs and…
All of a sudden his thoughts were interrupted by him letting go of Haley. Haley, not knowing of what was happening, was dumbfounded when Nathan let go of her and ended up causing a chain reaction; she let go of the rope. Without the hold of the rope, Haley fell back onto the ground, but now without landing on something…or rather someone else. Nathan broke her fall and now she laid on top of him gazing at his mesmerizing and paralyzing eyes. She continued to breath rigid, still amazed of the unexpected fall and both made no effort to come back to actuality. Nathan stared at Haley while he held onto her sides.
But the moment only lasted for a moment as the ringing of the bell interrupted their trance.
RING! RING! RING!
"What the hell happened?" asked Haley as she came back from her magical state.
"I lost my balance," he stated as he still held onto her sides.
Haley finally realizing the current position she was in, got off of Nathan and got up.
"Well then…let's continue…" she answered, but with unsteadiness in her voice.
"Yeah let's not stay after more then we're supposed to," he added, still a little dazed at what had happened moments ago.
'What the hell is happening to me?' they both asked themselves silently as they walked back to the mats, to reality.
Chapter 12: Part II
The basketball lesson and the beginning of the moist excursion home…
After 30 minutes, the diverse duo completed their rather difficult task. Right after they shared the spellbinding moment, they got right back to completing their exercise without fooling around. No other single soul stood with them outside; it was deserted. Now the two stood on the basketball court with Nathan holding onto the ball in one hand and both looked up at the sky.
"That's odd, we were just out here and it wasn't even cloudy," Haley stated as she looked at the tremendous clouds above them.
"They must have just rolled in," commented Nathan as his gaze shifted from the gray, threatening clouds and onto the basketball hoop. "Finally, something I could actually do," he added as he threw the ball into the basket.
Switch.
"God I love that sound," he said as he smiled in triumph and walked to retrieve the ball.
"That's nice and all, but can we get started on the game because I really want to get home. Pedro and Maria are probably wondering where we are at and those clouds look like they are about to splatter any minute," she responded as she glanced from the clouds to him.
"Yeah…so we'll only use half of the court. The first to 15 points wins," he told her as he held the ball. "Since I'm such a nice guy, I'll let you start first," he added as he gave her the ball.
"Don't do me any favors," she replied as she handed the ball back to him. "Let's just play this fair and square…"
"Fine, rock/paper/scissors then?" he asked as he set the ball onto the court.
"Fine…" she vocalized as she took out her hands. "Rock…paper…scissors," she voiced as they both showed the objects they picked.
Haley selected rock, Nathan chose paper. Paper covered rock.
"Looks like it's my ball," he commented as he grabbed the ball from the ground. "Ready?" he asked her as he stood outside the box and bounced the ball a couple of times.
"Yeah," she answered as she stood anxious to finish the game so she can go home.
He bounced the ball, checked it, and walked onto the court. Haley didn't seem to really grasp the concept of blocking because she ran after him and moved her arms around like a crazed maniac. However, that still didn't block him from making a basket.
Nathan-1, Haley- 0
"What the hell was that?" he questioned her as he laughed.
"What the hell was what?" she asked back.
"That blocking you just did. You seemed like you were a lunatic because of how much you were moving your arms all over the place."
"It's the way I block…Do you have a problem with that?" she questioned him as she crossed her arms, irritated.
"Never mind, pretend like I didn't say anything…" he told her as he smirked.
The next 5 points were like that. He checked the ball, she jumped around like mad, and he scored. Now the game was:
Nathan- 6, Haley- 0
"You never played ball before, huh?" he asked her as he got ready to score another point.
"I've played a few times with Lucas, but never an actual game," she retorted as she positioned herself.
"That's why…" he responded as he ran across the court and scored a point without any blocking from Haley.
"What was that?" he questioned her, confused.
"Well since you're scoring all the points I decided to just let you continue with your scoring spree without me being an obstacle," she replied with a smile.
"Oh…I see…well it's your turn," he stated as he handed her the ball.
"You scored the last point, it's yours," she told him.
"No…you see after one player/team scores 7 points consecutively, the opponent automatically gets the ball," he informed her.
"That's not true…" she answered.
"Didn't you just say yourself that you've never actually played a game?"
"Yeah, but…"
"I highly doubt you've actually watched a game before then…"
"I've watched your games."
"But did you ever actually pay attention to the point system?"
"Not really…"
"So then, hurry up."
Haley oddly walked to the outside of the box and bounced the ball a couple of times. She checked the ball and began to walk onto the court while bouncing the ball at the same time. Though, when she bounced the ball again, she ended up hitting her foot causing the ball to stop bouncing and roll onto the ground.
"Opps…" she vocalized as she ran after the ball.
"That's all right," he responded, "Just next time don't bounce the ball on your foot, but on the court."
"I know…" she answered as she held the ball again.
She again bounced the ball, checked it, and walked onto the court. Nathan followed her, but made no effort of blocking her. She lifted her arms with the ball and shot…
The ball flew over the hoop and landed about 20 feet to the right of the hoop.
"So I'm guessing that you've also never shot before, huh?" he asked as he stood surprised that someone could have missed that bad, but amused at the same time.
"Yeah…Lucas tried to show me once, but…well as you can see my making a basket hasn't improved," she replied.
"Well…" he said as he ran over to the ball and picked it up. "Here let me show you…." he told her as he ran over to her.
"Okay so you stand, lift up your right hand with the ball, and throw the ball, aiming for the basket, but always through it a little higher. Imagine that a box is printed on the backboard and you throw it," he directed as he let of the ball and…
Switch. A perfect shot.
"Easy like that," he retorted as he grabbed the ball and gave it to Haley.
She held the ball, imagined a box, arched her hand, though slightly closed her eyes, and threw the ball. Unfortunately, the ball landed still a good 10 feet away from the basket.
"Easy like that, huh?" she asked him annoyed.
"You did everything basically right, but this time don't close your eyes. Trust yourself," he told her as he handed her the ball again.
She again held the ball, imagined the box, arched her hand, didn't close her eyes, and threw the ball. This time the ball hit the backboard, but she still didn't make a basket.
"Better…" he commented as he ran to repossess the ball. "But your aim is totally wrong…" he added. "Here position yourself with the ball, but don't throw it yet," he said as he gave her the ball.
Haley held the ball in her hands and arched her hand.
"Okay…" Nathan vocalized as he moved her aim. "There we go…Now remember to follow threw with the throw and since you are so short, I think it's best if you jump a little to give your aim a little more power," he continued to tell her.
"Okay…" she responded as she was about to throw the ball, but was once again interrupted by Nathan's voice.
"And Haley…relax," he added as he walked over to her and laid a hand on her. "I'm not a monster or anything so you don't have to be so tense around me," he continued as he touched her again.
"You sure about that?" she asked him, trying to ignore an odd sensation in her stomach as Nathan touched her.
"Hilarious aren't you?" he commented as he still held onto her sides.
'There's that funny feeling again…' he told himself, puzzled of what it was.
"Uh…Nathan?"
"Yeah?" he questioned back as he still held onto her.
"I can't really throw the ball with you holding onto my waist," she told him calmly.
"Oh…sorry about that," he responded as he let go of her.
Haley threw the ball, after she jerked off the eccentric sentiment and the ball hit the backboard and…
Switch.
"Oh my God!" Haley yelled with a smiling victory, excited that she actually made the basket and unexpectedly jumped to Nathan's arms.
Nathan surprised of Haley's sudden action, held onto her with no complains. She smiled widely as he held onto her trying to comprehend her sudden geniality.
"Uh sorry," she said unsteady as she got off of him, finally registering what arrangement she was in.
"Don't worry about it," he replied as he stood unstable. "Let's finish up the game…" he told her as he came back to veracity.
"Yeah," she answered as she walked over to where he was going to stand.
Haley grabbed the ball, checked it, and walked onto the court. Nathan ran over to where she was and began to block her. Although, she suddenly felt some water hit her face.
"Eww Nathan…don't spit on me," she warned him as she whipped away the water from her face.
"What the hell are you talking about?" he shot back, befuddled.
"You just spit on me," she retorted.
"No I didn't," he replied.
Haley looked at the clouds and noticed the water sprung from them. She moved her gaze to the cement and observed water droplets all around. The water began to fall harder, but still Nathan and Haley stood without making any effort to move.
"You've got to be kidding me…" she vocalized as she let each droplet hit her.
Nathan stood quiet as he watched Haley get wet all over. Her previously white shirt was now soaked and it appeared as if it became with her; invisible. He was able to see what was underneath the shirt and stood dumbfounded at what he saw…
Although, his thoughts were again interrupted by the coach's voice.
"You two can turn in," he yelled out to them. "So go grab your things and head home," he added before he entered the gym and disappeared.
"Great…" she mumbled. "Maria most likely already left and probably Pedro is also gone. Now here we are stranded outside while it's raining and no way to reach anyone," she stated, aggravated.
"Look I only live a couple of blocks from here so we can both walk together there and you could change into some warm/clean clothes, and Pedro could take you home," he suggested as his eyes kept averting back to the see-through shirt.
"I don't have any clean clothes…" she informed him with irritation still present in her voice.
"You can borrow some of my clothes. I have some sweats and a T-shirt you can borrow. They'll be a little big, but at least they aren't wet," he responded. "So come on …Let's pick up or bags so we can get home faster and we won't catch pneumonia. "
Haley weighed her options and she came to the conclusion that there wasn't any more. She had to take Nathan's offer.
"Fine let's go…" she answered as she continued to walk still not realizing the visibility of her bra.
Haley and Nathan walked, beginning their wet journey home.
AN: Hey what's up you guys! Well as u can see I updated! And this chapter is hella long! Well I hope you liked it and it filled some of ur neediness of Naley!
Sara- Yeah she is a bitch…but I kind of like that at first, as you can see that she is starting to steam down…so she'll shut up soon!
Lysser8312- Yup they ended up staying after skool! AHA! They lost their balance but no kiss…but trust me that there is going to be SOON! About the Leyton…you'll still have to wait for that…I am trying to set the Naley first…
Onetreetheoc73 (Shelby) - Yup they fought in the beginning, but the war has finally begun to ease down…Glad that you are likin it ;)
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Volleygrl710- Happy that you liked the last chapter. The Naley has already begun to develop…oh…
RavenHottie23- Yeah I have to admit that the last chapter was a little short…but this chapter should make up for it. Took me two days to type it…lol…But if u noticed most of my chapters for The Spanish Experience are lengthy, but the ones for Prohibit Love…aren't really…lol. And I am so happy that you love my stories. It makes me so happy that someone really like them. THANKS!
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Spoilers:
-Finally arriving at Nathan's…
-That balance issue…
-Naley!
What an awkward position these two get themselves into…
Well next I have to update Prohibit Love and then I'll update this one! So look for a chapter later on this week or on Monday!
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P.S.2- Remember that i also have another story out called Prohibit Love. The last chapter i updated included them at the party and The Class discussion and the The Bet follow next time i update! You should check that out if you haven't!