Sorry for the wait; I thought this chapter uploaded, but I never got a conformation notice! Oh well, enjoy #3!
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Haley sat on her couch, nervously biting her fingernails. Her foot rested on the coffee table and the TV flashed with scenes of Gilmore Girls. The white cordless phone from the kitchen sat in her lap, her thumb resting on the 'Talk' button.
"Oh, for God's sake Haley! Call the guy already!" Haley's sister Taylor called from her bedroom loft.
Haley glared up at her sister and lowered the TV. She pulled the crumpled piece of notebook paper out of her pocket and dialed the number that was scrawled on it.
Three rings came and went before anyone picked up the phone.
"Hello?" It wasn't Nathan, but some other man's voice, possibly his brother.
"Hi, this is Haley James, I'm sorry to be calling so late, but I was wondering if---" she was interrupted by the man's voice.
"OK, first of all, it's not late, it's 7:30, and yea, I'll get Nathan." The man's voice was familiar, but Haley couldn't put her finger on it.
"Hey, I was wondering when you'd call." Nathan's voice came onto the line.
"Yea, sorry about not calling for awhile, I have my dumb English RN due tomorrow and it's about The Elements of Style which is by far the hardest book to analyze… sorry."
"You say sorry a lot, Haley James." Nathan tossed a pillow at Tim, who was over at his house and making disgusting kissing noises.
"Who was that?" Haley asked, responding to Tim's yell.
"Just Tim, you know, the guy who asked you for sugar." Nathan smiled, recalling the day.
"Oh yea! Was that him, answering the phone?" She questioned.
"Yea, he was being stupid, as usual." Nathan received a punch in the arm as he walked into the den to talk on the phone in private. "So listen, the end of the year dance for the juniors is coming up, and I wanted to know if you'd like to go with me." Nathan walked into the kitchen and grabbed an apple out of the bowl.
She was quiet for a minute. "Well, don't you want to go on a date first?" Her innocence caused him to burst out laughing. "What's so funny?" She questioned, a little annoyed.
"That would be the date. Unless you wanted another to go with it, in which case I wouldn't mind." He tossed Tim the apple and flipped the channel to ESPN.
"Oh, well, okay. But can I please pick the restaurant?"
"Sure… just please no Indian… it has a bad effect on me…"
"Um, okay, TMI…"
"HEY! Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Tim shouted into the phone.
Nathan rolled his eyes. "Anyway, what are you doing tomorrow?"
"Um… going to school, then coming back home, and after that, nothing." She flipped the channel to MTV and the sound of Green Day poured out of the TV.
"Ok, cool, then we can go on our date then. Where do you want to go?"
"Oh, definitely La Villa Italian… they have the best raviolis you will ever taste!"
"Okay… I'll pick you up at 7:30…um, where do you live?" He questioned, realizing that he didn't even know where the girl resided.
"16875 S. Sheridan Dr…" The conversation ended shortly after and the two settled into their couches. Nathan watched the Lakers lose to the Cavaliers 110-92, and Haley watched Kristin and Lauren from Laguna Beach bitch about each other. Tim watched Nathan, and knew that he was slowly changing, becoming more confident, and he was happier. Taylor glanced over the stairs and saw Haley smiling to herself, and knew that her sister had finally found the guy of her dreams.
A/N: I did a little reference to "The Elements of Style" by Will Strunk, I also meant it to mean Nathan has style… whatever, sorry if it was hard to understand. Review Review Review!
