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Let Me Go
Chapter Nine: Goodnight and Go
Nathan looked up at the familiar doorway, sighing before he knocked on the door. The person on the other end would be Haley, and he was sort of anxious to see her, to say the least.
The door swung open, and Haley looked up at him, a look of surprise on her face. "Hey Nathan, what are you doing here so early?"
"I-uh, Brooke told me we were doing the movie thing at your house today."
"We are, but in like an hour." She checked her watch, which read six o'clock sharp. She'd been right, they were supposed to be starting in an hour.
"Oh, Brooke told me to come here at six."
Haley rolled her eyes. "Figures."
"I can come back later," He told her, backing away.
"No, it's okay. Come inside, you can help me pick out what I'm going to wear, not that it matters, since we aren't going anywhere exciting, but it'll give you something to do."
"Right, because you know how much I love helping girls pick our their clothes."
"Exactly."
The two made their way upstairs to Haley's bedroom, and once they entered, Nathan instantly regretted coming inside in the first place. Her room was just so - her. The walls were a beige color, and her large bed was so girlish, along with many of the other things in her room.
She flicked on the radio, which instantly went to her CD player. Imogen Heap's strange sounds began flowing through the device, and Haley sat in front of her mirror, applying lip gloss, while Nathan took a seat on her bed.
"I think I look okay now." She told herself.
"I think you look amazing." Nathan said to her, and she turned, blushing.
"Thanks, Nate."
"Don't thank me, thank your parents."
She laughed, and he walked towards her. He wanted so much to tell her he loved her, but it just never seemed possible.
"Okay, let's find something to wear." The two made their way towards her dresser, looking through some of her clothes.
"So, I'm not really good at this." Nathan sighed.
"Picking out clothes?" Haley laughed.
"No, picking out girl clothes. I mean, I'm not a girl or anything, so I wouldn't really know what a girl would ever want to wear.." He trailed off, and Haley couldn't believe how adorable he was being. She giggled, and he laughed as well.
Both looked up into each other's eyes, laughing softly with each other. The words of the song playing flowed through her CD player, explaining her feelings to him so plainly.
Why'd you have to be so cute
It's impossible to ignore you
Must you make me laugh so much
It's bad enough we get along so well
Say goodnight and go
"I don't think you should change," Nathan broke their moment of silence, "I think you look perfect the way you're already dressed."
"Nate, I'm in sweatpants." She looked at him as if he were insane.
"Very nice sweatpants," He noted.
Haley closed the dresser. "If you say they look okay, then I guess they do."
He moved slightly closer to her, looking into her warm brown eyes. He felt so in love with her at that very moment. She wasn't wearing much makeup, and her hair was thrown up in a pony-tail. She was so beautiful, and she probably didn't even know it.
"They do." She moved closer as well. At this point, they were so close, they were practically touching.
Oh why'd you have to be so cute
It's impossible to ignore you
Must you make me laugh so much
It's bad enough we get along so well
Say goodnight and go
God, the song kept getting her. It was making her inch closer to him, and it was totally one of those 'make out' songs.
"I like this song," He said softly, as if he were reading her thoughts, "It's different."
"Yes, very different."
She began singing softly, and he cocked his head to the side. "You sing beautifully."
"Thanks Nathan," She looked down shyly, feeling her cheeks turn a deeper shade of read.
Oh Darling, no
They were slightly at an awkward point here, but she didn't want it to be awkward. She wanted him to lean down and kiss her.
And it seemed as if he were close to doing so.
Nathan began to lean down slowly, and unnoticeably. They were dangerously close now.
The door suddenly swung open, and Brooke stepped in. "Haley.." Brooke's eyes widened as she realized what she'd just interrupted.
"My God, I am so sorry. I was just leaving. I didn't mean to interrupt or anything." Brooke began to leave, and grudgingly, Haley stopped her best friend.
"Brooke, wait. We should start setting up downstairs, shouldn't we? Let's all go." Haley stepped away from Nathan, and he watched her retreating figure with regret.
Why'd you have to be so cute
It's impossible to ignore you
Must you make me laugh so much
It's bad enough we get along so well
Say goodnight and go
Why is it always, always
Goodnight and Go
Goodnight and Go