Nathan and Haley spent the rest of that night in the room. Jake, Peyton, Brooke and Lucas all knew what had happened or they would have heard about it not working out.
Haley's eyes fluttered open and she was suddenly aware of the warm strong body lying next to her. At first she was alarmed. She had never woken up in a guy's arms before! None of then had ever meant enough to stay the whole night. She was about to get up and leave when she felt him shift beside her and the previous night came flooding back to her. He had told her that he loved her! Now she was okay with waking up in a guy's arms as long as it was his.
"I can't take the suspense anymore!" Brooke cried. Her, Peyton and Haley were out for breakfast an hour after Haley left Nathan's apartment. She really didn't want to but Brooke was calling non stop.
"What do you mean?" Haley asked.
"I mean, I know you and Nathan had mind blowing sex last night and I can't take the suspense anymore!"
"Well, I'm sorry but there no way I'm going in on details. I'm just not." Haley stood strong.
"Ugh! I noticed you stayed over all night. That's new." Peyton commented.
"Duh! That's because I'm in love with him." Haley pointed out.
"Oh yeah, you guys are so cute. So what did he get you for Christmas?" Brooke asked.
"Oh, well after we went to the room, we didn't do much talking…if you know what I mean." Haley threw them a suggestive smile and winked. They laughed before Haley realized that she hadn't gotten anything for Nathan yet!
"So, he didn't get anything for you?" Brooke asked. Haley shook her head, no.
"But what he gave me last night was good enough. Now, next subject!" Haley urged on.
"Fine, so, what did you get him?" Brooke asked. Haley looked at her feet and smiled at her perfectly manicured feet.
"Um…see that's kind of what I needed to talk to you about." Haley said.
"So did you tell her?" Lucas asked. The usual guys were at the usual place playing basketball.
"Yeah, I told her." Nathan smiled.
"What did she say?" Jake asked coming over from the bench.
"That she loved me back."
"And then did you guys have awesome sex?" Tim blurted out. Jake smacked him on the back of his head. Nathan laughed but nodded.
"So, now what are you guys going to do?" Lucas shot the ball and it swished through the hoop.
"I don't know, just enjoy being in love, I guess." Nathan replied. Lucas nodded and went to receive the ball. They all heard a scream and spun around to see Peyton and Haley holding an empty bottle of water laughing hysterically, and Brooke soaking wet. Only one thing could have happened. Brooke spotted Lucas and started barreling towards him. She didn't know that the sprinklers had just been on and so the grass what slippery wet. Everyone except for Haley and Peyton cringed when Brooke's feet spun out from underneath her and she fell on her ass in mid-sprint.
"Bitches!" Brooke screamed to Haley and Peyton who blew her kisses. By this time all the girls had reached the guys. Haley caught sight of Nathan who was smiling at her and ran to him. She flew into his arms and wrapped her legs around his waist.
"Hey, lover boy." Haley whispered into his ear before showering him with kisses.
"I missed you this morning." He whispered back.
"Yeah, well, Brooke dragged me away before I could do anything."
"Sure," Nathan gave her the puppy god eyes and Haley caved in.
"I'll make it up to you tonight," Haley kissed him long and passionately, "Promise." She finished.
They played around for a while before Jake's cell phone went off. He jogged over to his car to answer.
"Dad, dad! Calm down and tell me what happened." Jake said with panic in his voice. When he came back to the group, he was on the verge of tears and his voice was shaky.
"Baby, what happened?" Peyton asked.
"Nikki almost got her. My dad went to the bathroom for just a minute and when he came back Nikki was trying to get away with her. I have to go." Jake explained. And with that, he and Peyton ran off to Jake's car.
"Shit," Brooke and Haley said at the same time.
"What are we going to do?" Lucas asked. Haley sighed.
"I have no idea." She said. Nathan sensed the fear in her eyes and voice and put an arm around her. She leaned into him, feeling much more secure with his arm around her.
"What if we went away for awhile? I mean if we took Jake, Peyton and Jenny out of town for a vacation or something, we could have that much more time to figure out what to do from there." Brooke suggested. A smile spread across Haley's face.
"Brooke that's it! That's what we should do. Just one thing though, where are we going to go?" Haley jumped up and hugged her best friend.
"Boat trip?" Brooke asked
"No, too risky. If she found us we wouldn't have anywhere to go. We'd be really trapped." Nathan denied the proposal.
"The beach?" Lucas suggested.
"No, same problem." Haley insisted.
"How about my dad's old cabin in Estes Park, Colorado? It's such a small town that she won't even think of looking there." Nathan said.
"That's good, my aunt lives up there if we need a plan B." Brooke said.
"Great! Then it's settled. We leave tomorrow." Haley said her goodbyes and pulled Nathan home. They had to get packing. Brooke had promised to call Peyton.
"Nathan, are you sure this is a good idea?" Haley asked just as she packed her last shirt.
"Yeah, why wouldn't it be?" Nathan sat on the bed and pulled her into his lap.
"I don't know. I just have a bad feeling."
"Hales, we'll be back before school starts. It's okay. Estes is really tiny." Nathan tried to comfort her.
"I know it is. That's not what I'm worried about. I just have this feeling that we weren't alone at the River Court this morning. After Jake's dad called, I saw some people come up that I didn't see leave." Haley said.
"Hales, your over reacting. If it was Nikki, someone would have said something. It's okay, I promise." Nathan kissed her on the forehead and all her thoughts of not being safe before melted away in that one kiss. Maybe this wasn't such a bad idea...but then again, maybe it was.
So what do you think? I was just in Estes so my head is still up there. lol. Leave me lots of reviews! Again, if you give me your name and email...I'll send you some spoilers!
XOXO
Emily
