Chapter 14: Part 1

Letting hell break loose…

Ever since Monday afternoon and after the steaming kisses, Haley and Nathan haven't spoken a single word to each other. It was now Wednesday and five minutes before class commences. Haley sat in her seat while starring at the door. Waiting for someone to arrive...for him.

Haley thought that it was going to be different between the two of …she thought that they were finally going to be friends.

'But that is not how it turned out,' she told herself.

Since yesterday, he had given Haley the same attitude as before; the identical cold, dead stare. But she never knew why he converted back to his old self…

But soon she'll find out why…

Her eyes averted back to the door and she finally saw him. He entered casually, but not with the same confidence and composure as before. He appeared cold as if he was frustrated at something.

Or rather someone…

She gazed at him intently waiting for him to look back at her. He glanced at her for a brief moment, gave her the icy gape, and shifted his gaze away as he sat down in his seat.

Haley sat speechless at the similar attitude as the day before. She began to get up to go and talk to him, but was interrupted by the bell, signaling the start of class.

"Damit," she mumbled out loud as she sat back down in her seat.

"Okay class today we have a lot of things to do so…settle down and stop talking," the teacher announced to the class.

Soon enough all the conversations ceased.

"Today we are going to begin something that will take you and your partner a week to complete," he began.

Grumbles and complains arise.

"Yes everyone today is day one of projects," he continued. "Each pair will be assigned a certain place where they have to do research and complete a five paragraph essay," he told the class.

A boy that sat in the back of the class raised his hand.

"Um what does this have to do with English? We aren't in history class..." the boy voiced.

"As I knew someone was going to bring that up," the teacher began before Haley tuned him out.

The teacher rambled on and on about the similarities between the two subjects, but all Haley was doing was thinking about everything. There was so much chaos and confusion in her head that she didn't know what to do.

All the chaos and confusion that resulted because of one single day.

'I am not a faithful hater of Mondays,' Haley told herself as brought her attention back to the teacher.

"As I was saying…I will be picking the groups," he informed them. "So let's not waste any more time. Juana you're with Pablo. You two will be researching…" he continued as Haley regulated him out again till her name was called.

"Haley you're with Nathan and you two will have the Maya Ruins…" the teacher said as he moved on to a different group.

'Fricken great. Now I have to complete an assignment with the one single person that dislikes me,' Haley thought as she bent her head in defeat.

'Yeah I think that God hates me,' Nathan told himself as he looked away. 'Great.'

"Okay well pair off with your partners and begin," the teacher added as he sat back down.

Haley glanced at Nathan and observed that he made no effort to gather or meet with her. He was conversing with a girl who sat with her partner. The girl just giggled at something he just said and Haley saw as the girl unexpectedly touched Nathan's arm. Nathan laughed and smirked at the girl as they continued to chat.

Unpredictably the same emotion she felt in Nathan's house two days ago came back. The same feeling she got when she found out a girl was rooming with him.

'Your breakfast bar just probably didn't make you feel good,' Haley told herself as she shook off the feelings and approached Nathan.

"Oh my God Nathan you're so funny…" Haley overheard the girl say as she still held onto Nathan's arm.

"Sorry to interrupt this rendezvous, but we need to work on our project," voiced Haley, interrupting the pair.

"That's too bad, sure wish we were partners," the girl said as she turned around and faced her own partner.

'God how many times do I have to hear that?' Haley asked herself as she pulled a chair and sat down across from Nathan.

Haley began to get out her folder from her book bag as she stole small glances at him, observing that he went back to the same position he was in before; Sitting down and stared off into space.

"Okay we are going to be researching the Maya Ruins so what are your thoughts on that?" Haley asked the spaced out Nathan, interrupting the uncomfortable peace.

"Huh?" he questioned.

"I asked you what your thoughts are on the Maya Ruins," she replied, annoyed.

"They are the ruins…I don't know" he retorted, exasperated.

"Fine we need to do some research on the project so when are we going to get together to discuss it?" she asked.

"I don't know…" he replied as he gawked somewhere else.

"Nathan?" Haley called out.

"What?" he responded as he turned and faced her with a cold expression.

"Could you at least make an effort so we can get this over with," she told him. "We have one week to research the Maya Ruins and then we have to write a five paragraph essay on it. We need to figure out when we can get together and work on it," she continued.

"Yeah I know. I was in the classroom when the teacher said that," he stated, irritated.

"Well since you are barely listening to a single word I'm saying, then I truly don't know if you really are," she shot back.

There was another awkward silence.

"How about tonight? We can get together at my house or yours. Whichever," she commented, defeated.

"Tonight doesn't work for me," he told her.

"What are you doing tonight?" she asked him, aggravated with a hint of jealousy. "What you have a date or something?" she added, acting like she didn't care.

"Just have something to do," he told her. "Why? Do you care or something?" he questioned her as he turned around and finally faced her for the first time in two days.

"I was just wondering Nathan," she responded.

"I see…" he replied as he turned around and didn't face her anymore.

Inside he was hoping that she would finally confess to feeling something, the similar fixation that he felt on Monday afternoon.

The day that changed everything.

"Nathan, what the hell is wrong with you?" she asked him, finally erupting from her irritation. "Ever since..." she began, but lowered her voice. "Ever since yesterday you have been nothing but ignoring me and I don't know why. I thought…I thought that maybe after what happened Monday you would act differently towards me," she finally finished.

"Well so did I…" he declared. "But Haley please enlighten me and tell me what exactly happened Monday afternoon," he responded, crossing his arms and staring at her intently.

"What do you mean what happened?" she questioned barely above a whisper. "You know what happened," she told him as she turned around and noticed that other students were turning around and looking at them.

Gazing at all the commotion Nathan was causing.

"Yes I do know what happened when you were at the house with me, but do tell me what happened afterwards," he verbalized, not even lowering his voice.

"I really don't know what you are talking about…" she retorted as she moved her head around, as if trying to hide from everyone.

"God Haley do you honestly think that I'm that stupid?" he asked her furious, getting off his seat and having the attention of the entire class.

"Nathan would you please lower your voice down," Haley asked him, trying to hide her embarrassment.

The bell rang, indicating the end of class. Though, no one made any attempt to gather their things as they stood amazed at the disputing duo.

"Say hi to Pedro for me," was the last thing that Nathan said before he grabbed his stuff and stormed out of the classroom.

'What the hell does Pedro have anything to do with this?' she asked herself as she stood agape at Nathan.

"Yo Hales is everything alright?" Lucas asked as he approached her surprised figure.

Haley turned around and noticed that everyone was back during their normal routines. After Nathan left, everyone collected their things and left to their next class. That is everyone except for her best friend, Lucas.

"Yeah everything is fine," she answered as she put on a fake smile. "Well got to get to class," she stated as she began to leave.

"Haley," Lucas called out after her. "First, we are in the same class next hour and second…what the hell was that back there?" he asked her. "What were you guys talking about that happened on Monday?"

"Nothing…Lucas. Nathan and I stayed after school working on an assignment, then we went back to his house, and Pedro gave me a ride home. End of story," she told him.

"Wait a moment…" she said as she started to remember Monday's conversation with Pedro.

"I agreed to go on a date with Pedro," she voiced aloud as she finally began to piece everything together.

She stood astonished as she realized the mistake she had made and at last recognized as to why Nathan was angry.

'I had settled to go out with Pedro and not him,' Haley stated to herself.

Chapter 14: Part II

Mending the Differences…

Haley roamed around the glowing city that was Acapulco, Mexico. After the confrontation with Nathan all she was able to do was think about different things. Think about Nathan and his reaction to her date with Pedro. Hell she even forgot she had a date in the first place.

'The only reason I agreed to go out with Pedro was to get him off my back so I could go to my room and reflect about the events of that day,' Haley confessed to herself.

The actions that involved Nathan.

However, after hours of pondering and pounding her head with different questions she had come up with one conclusion.

"If Nathan was interested then he should of spoke up and set aside his ego," she finished out loud as she felt the light breeze of the city.

'Besides didn't Mrs. English tell me to take advantage of this experience?' Haley asked herself. 'Isn't that what I am doing? Getting to know different people?'

Although, after trying to convince herself that she didn't do anything wrong, the one thing that she did know was because of one single mistake, she had ruined the small possibility of Nathan and her finally becoming friends.

Or so she thinks…

All throughout the classes she had with Nathan, she just ignored him and looked away. She didn't want to deal with him; all she wanted to do was clear everything out.

'I'm a straight-A student and I can't even figure out when someone likes me,' Haley told herself jokingly but with a hint of disappointment as she strolled on the sidewalk of the town.

Once she got home, she immediately locked herself up in her room to think. Maria kept questioning her on what was wrong, but all Haley did was say the fundamental response.

"Nothing," she replied as she gave her a fake smile and left.

Nevertheless after being inside four walls for hours, she decided that it was best to take a breath of fresh air; she announced it to Maria and left. And that is how she got there, that is how she got to the place she is right now.

As she was walking along the sidewalk, she couldn't help but feel hunger. Ever since Nathan's outburst in English, Haley disregarded him for the entire day, including during lunch. Instead of attending lunch with the rest of her friends, she decided to skip out, head to the library, and read a book.

'Restaurante Ramirez,' said a sign above the door.

The faint smell of the food, couldn't help but arise her hunger even more. So she did what any other person would do in her situation; she opened the door to the quaint restaurant and went inside. The sound of Mexican music filled the room, distributed by the juke box in the far corner. She approached an open table, pulled out a chair, and sat down. She grabbed one of the menus resting on the table and glanced through it.

'Guess this is where my Spanish knowledge comes into use,' Haley told herself as she tried to translate the menu to English.

Irritated by the menu, Haley decided to look up, putting her appetite on hold. She gazed up and glanced around the restaurant. It seemed that business was a little slow, but still there were about 6 or so couples conversing amongst each other as they ate. She turned around and stared at the front desk, where a lady was calculating the sales for the day. Haley glanced at her watched and noticed that it was 8 o'clock, at night.

'Geez, better hurry up and get home,' Haley told herself as she brought her attention back to the menu.

"Hola, bienvenidos a Restaurante Ramierez. Te podría empezar en algo de tomar ? " the lady who was sitting in the front desk asked Haley as she held onto a notepad.

Haley just smiled at the lady, trying to comprehend what she just said.

'Oh man…' Haley thought. 'She's probably asking me about something to drink…' Haley told herself.

"Sí podría garrar un vaso de Coca-cola, " Haley went with the safest choice.

'Everyone has Coke,' Haley commented secretly.

"Claro…" she said before she gave Haley and odd look and left to go acquire Haley's drink.

"Now to decide on something to eat…" Haley said aloud as she scanned the menu. "Hum…" she voiced as she looked through the selection of tacos, seafood, and plates.

Haley racked her brain for some Mexican dish she in fact tasted good. In the end, she decided on the safest bet, tacos.

'I've had some from Taco Bell and they weren't so bad…' Haley stated to herself.

Haley could hear the approaching steps of the waitress as she came with her drink.

"Now what would you like to eat Miss…" came a more masculine voice as he set her drink down.

Haley looked up and met her eyes with the individual that has caused her so much chaos and confusion for the past couple of days.

"Nathan?" Haley asked, surprised.

" Mrs. Ramierz sent me over here because she had someone who didn't understand Spanish so well, an out of towner. As a result she got me to take your order," he informed her.

"I see…" Haley verbalized, beginning to think that entering the restaurant was a bad idea. "Well can I have three tacos," she told him as she set the menu down.

"What kind?" he asked her as he kept his gaze on the notepad.

"Carne asada," she replied.

"Do you want any of toppings on it? Like onions, tomatoes, or something…" he asked her.

"Nah, just carne asada," she told him.

She stared at Nathan's retreating figure as he handed one of the cooks the order and brought his attention back to what he was doing before. He was cleaning some of the tables toward the front. She continued to stare at Nathan as she observed a girl come out of the kitchen and hit Nathan with a towel.

The same girl that was in the portrait.

She persisted to gaze at the two who were having a towel fight. Normally she would think that it was cute…

"Aww…look at that adorable couple," she would tell herself, but not now.

She was hoping that the girl would get off of Nathan and leave him alone.

She was brought back to reality at the sound of the bell the cook made as he hit the signal. Nathan brought his attention back to his job as he grabbed the order and walked to Haley's way. He set the food in front of her as he began to run off again, without saying a word.

"Are you planning on giving me the silent treatment for the rest of the trip?" Haley voiced as she looked at Nathan.

Nathan paused, contemplating if he should answer or not, till he turned around and faced Haley.

"So some date your having," stated Haley as she looked at Nathan with a smile.

"Excuse me?" Nathan questioned, baffled.

"You know…in English class. You said something about not being able to work on the project tonight," she told him.

"Yeah had to come and work," Nathan replied as she gazed at her attentively, confused at Haley's sudden remark.

"So how come you just didn't tell me that?" Haley asked as she took a bite from her taco.

"I don't know…" he replied truthfully as he walked closer to her table, pulled out a chair, and sat down.

"Kind of weird, huh?" she questioned him again.

"What? Me sitting down?" he asked, puzzled again.

"No, you being the waiter and me being the one being served," she stated with a grin. "Never thought I'll see the day…"

Nathan began to smirk at Haley's comment.

"Yeah I guess…never thought that I, Nathan Scott, would be the one serving. Hell I would of never thought that I would be working in the first place," he admitted with a smile.

"Guess this trip is a first time for a lot of things, huh?" she declared with a beam.

"Like you would never believe," he added as he glared at her with longing eyes, having his own secret meaning.

Haley just gazed at him with intensity, finally understanding what he was talking about.

AN: What's up u guys!? Well here is another lengthy chapter for u guys. As you can see Haley and Nathan finally mended their differences so now hopefully they are going to be more of friends. And to clear up any confusion, the reason that Haley forgot about her date with Pedro wuz because she really didn't want to go out on a date with him, as u should already know that from the second part of the chapter. Well hope u guys liked it and please tell me how I did.

LucasPeyton4ever- Glad that u'll stay tuned for the Naley!
Volleygrl710- Yup finally some action…but damn Haley, she can be so dense sometimes…lol.
Keke8148, OTHLover04, OTHFanatic129- Glad u liked the last chapter and I hope u like this one!
LockerRoomBandit17- Yup, water does have that effect, just added some steam into the kiss, LOL. Yeah I'm not a big fan about the Pedro/Haley thing, but just wait and see how the Naley unfolds…
CMMJL4EVR- Yeah three quarters naked…but damn Pedro's timing! LOL Naley forever! LOL…
Sara- Yeah it did take over a week to update…Opps… BTW, thanks for replying to Newfound Feelings, yeah I got the review alert and I wuz like, "What the hell?..." so funny, but glad u liked it! Thanks on the Congrats, I have 124 reviews! But my goal is to get about 10 for each chapter…lol, damn my high expectations! LOL.. So ur from AZ? That's awesome! AZ power! LOL, j/k.
Lysser8312- Cute, huh? I wuz expecting like intense, powerful, or something like that but cute? LOL…u r a very funny! J/k, whatever works for u! Glad ur liking the Naley!
Barbra- Of course, Nathan and Haley are going to get together. Hope u liked this chapter!

Spoilers:

At the beach

- Competitiveness…
- Jealousy…
- Maria and Rosa…
- Pedro AND Mario…

Oh, man…can u already sense the drama that is going to unfurl?

Everyone please REVIEW!

With much love,
Sleepneeded911

Should have an update for The Spanish Experience in a couple of hours...