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Summary: Nathan becomes extremely jealous as Haley's feelings for Jake grow fairly rapidly. Jaley/Naley
Ch.2 – Regrets, Regrets, Regrets
Nathan had overheard the discussion that Haley was having with Lucas, growing more jealous by the second. He couldn't be there anymore, he couldn't stand to see someone else with her, it was too much. But he found himself staying right there, unable to move his gaze from Haley.
Just as Nathan stood watching in regret Jake walked out of the locker room and was surprised to see Haley and Lucas there.
"Hey guys." Jake approached them not even noticing Nathan looking on in fury.
"Hey Jake." Haley said fairly quickly, not wanting Jake to leave.
"Hey man." Luke turned to Haley and noticed her give him 'the look' that basically meant "Get your ass out of here now if you want to live a long and healthy life." He got the idea and walked away from them noticing Nathan still standing, staring.
"Nathan." Luke wasn't too keen on talking to Nathan but he could tell that he was taking the break rough, though, he really didn't know why considering that Nathan broke up with Haley.
"Luke. So what's up with Jake and Haley? Are they a couple?"
"They are going on a date. That's all that I know. If you really want to know more you better ask her yourself."
"Yeah, I will, but not right now. I don't want to interrupt anything." He was beginning to sound sarcastic. This made Luke realize all the more why he hated Nathan so much. He was a world-class jerk that cared for no one but Nathan.
"Right, like you care about their relationship."
"Believe or not I do. Because this is like a learning experience for her."
"Learning experience, huh. Where did you come up with that?" Luke was really getting sick of Nathan's cocky attitude.
"Well, Haley is going to date this guy. But she'll never love him; she'll realize that and know that there is no one that can make her feel complete other than me. So as you can see it all works out in the end."
"Yeah, keep telling yourself that."
"What is that supposed to mean punk?"
"It's supposed to mean that Haley is her own person, she has finally started to accept that you two will never get back together and she will find love, and hopefully she'll find it in Jake."
"She will never love anyone but me. We'll just see how long she can resist me."
"You are too arrogant for your own good."
"Whatever. I'm out of here man."
He and Lucas gave each other one more scowl before exiting the gym letting Jake and Haley be alone. (If you think that Nathan is a jerk that's because he always is with Lucas.)
"So why are you still here Haley?"
"Well, I thought I'd wait for you so we could just get to know each other. I mean, we're gonna go out but I know so little about you."
"Okay. Well how about this? We get to know each other while I drive you home."
"Sounds good."
They got into Jake's car when Haley decided to speak up.
"So, hi, I'm Haley James. I'm 16 and my best friend is Lucas Scott."
"Hi, I'm Jake Jagielski. I'm 16 too and I don't really have a best friend. But if I did I would have to say Luke."
"Yeah, he's a really likable guy. He can get to know you so fast. I remember about 5 months after we first met he had labeled all of my looks. Like he'd say, you're giving me the 'I'm lying' look. Or the 'I'm hurt but I don't want to talk about it' look. He was always good with that kind of stuff."
"Yeah, he reads people so easily."
There was an awkward silence and Haley began to talk again.
"So, tell me a secret; something that nobody knows about you. Unless you don't want to in which case it's totally cool."
"No, that's okay. A secret that nobody else knows, let's see here; okay, I've got one, but Luke knows too, I hope you don't mind."
"No, not at all."
"Okay, I am a single dad raising my daughter with my parents." Jake said this but was a little hesitant. He didn't want to drive Haley away.
"Wow. That's big. So where did the mother go?"
"She got scared and dumped her on me. But I couldn't have had it any other way. Her mom was a bad person and I love Jenny so much so it is perfect the way things turned out."
"Well I'm glad Jake. I really am. Maybe sometime I can meet her."
"Yeah, definitely." They smiled at each other before Jake looked at the road again.
"So which house is yours?" She had told him the directions but not the house number.
"Uh, it's coming up. It's the white house on the left."
Jake saw it and pulled up in front of her house.
"Well it was really nice talking to you Haley."
"You too. I really enjoyed myself."
"But you know…" Jake put a smirk on his face.
"What?"
"You owe me a secret."
"Oh, that. Well I'm a little short on secrets right now but I promise when I think of a really good one I'll tell you… thanks a lot… for the ride I mean. I really appreciate it."
"For you? Anytime."
They smiled and looked into each other's eyes before Haley leaned in a kissed his cheek. Jake blushed a bit. Her lips were so soft and warm. He hadn't felt like this since before his ex, Nikki (whom we all HATE) left him. He felt so comfortable with Haley.
"Goodnight Jake." They were at her front door by this time
"Goodnight Haley."
They smiled again before Haley opened the door and walked into her house. "Goodnight Jake. Goodnight." Haley sighed and went to her room to lie on her bed and think.
She had so many butterflies flying around in her stomach. She didn't know why she kissed him. It was such a natural reaction. His skin was so rough, but in a good way. Haley hugged one of her pillows and smiled when she thought about Jake.
But then she began to cry. She was so happy that she had finally found someone that wouldn't let her go so easily. But was also sad because she knew that she could never truly love Jake until she got over Nathan. She felt trapped. She had to choose, go back running to Nathan knowing that she could never be whole without him or be with Jake and let go of the past, but not yet. Not yet.
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