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Chapter 6

Love is sometimes denied, sometimes lost,
Sometimes unrecognized, but in the end,
Always found with no regrets, forever valued and kept treasured.

It was now Friday night and the week had gone by pretty fast for Haley. Her thoughts of Nathan were long gone an she no longer thought about him, or the "what ifs."

Haley, Brooke, Theresa and the guys had all arrived at Tric a little after 8 and the club was already packed and everyone who was there thought it was off the hook.

After a while, Haley finally gave into Brooke and wore the outfit she had picked out for her. She was wearing a white halter top that showed some clevage, black pants that hung at the waiste and black heels. Her hair was down in lose curls and her make up was neatly done. Brooke also had her hair down in lose curls. She wore black pants with a light pink dressy shirt that tied around the neck with black heels.

The girls looked smokin' and even they knew it. Right as they walked in the club, they were already getting whistles and guys were hollering at them. Tonight was going to be a good night, they could feel it through their bones. After they walked in the club, they made their way to the dance floor and started dancing to "Shake," by Ying Yang Twins, featuring Pitbull.

Minutes later the song had ended and a new one had began. The girls were dancing in a circle and Haley began to feel a pair of hands at her waiste. She turned around to find Jake smiling at her as he looked into her hazel eyes.

Haley blushed, "What?"

"You're beautiful." Jake simply replied, making Haley blushed even more.
Feeling confident, "Well you're not so bad your self hotshot," Haley said as she winked at him.

As they continued to bump and grind to the music, Jake titled her head to look up at him. "Hales, I've been thinking a lot lately...About you and I."

Haley's stopped dancing, she new what he was going to say.

"Haley I think that you and I should give us a try."

"I...umm..." Haley stumbled to find her words.

Jake smiled, "It's okay Haley, you don't have to be afrai-"

"Sorry Jake, I gotta go," with that, Haley turned her back and ran too leave.

After eyeing Haley run out of door, Brooke turned to Jake, "What in the hell did you say to her?"

Jake shoke his head, "I was basically asking her out," that was all Brooke needed to here before she went after Haley.

Brooke walked outside and looked around to find that Haley was no where in sight, so she reached into her back pocket and pulled out her cell phone.

She dialed the number and as it was ringing, she said, "Calm on Hales...Just pick up." When she got to her voice mail, she hung up.

About an hour later, Haley found her self walking through River Side Park, the quickest way to get home. Even though Haley knew it wasn't safe to walk alone through the park, especially at night, she didn't care. She wanted to be alone.

Jake was finally confessioning his feelings for Haley but that scared her. For a while now, she had known that Jake liked her but the reasons she was scared was because she had mixed emotions about Jake.

Haley cares a lot about Jake but Jake is just...Well Jake. Jake was too easy to figure out and so simple. He's a great guy and all but she wants someone who is more exciting. But then again, she has thought about Jake as more than a friend from time to time and she could see her self with him. He was perfect for her but sometimes that was just not enough.

As Haley walked through the sky, lightning and thunder could be heard. This made Haley walk faster. Then the rain began to fall, slow at first but then the rain began to come down harder and then next thing she knew it was pouring like cats and dogs. Within seconds she was soaked and cold. She looked around, and no one was in sight so she stopped and took off her heels before taking off in a run.

Minutes later she stopped running and looked around for a place she could hide under. Haley spotted the playground and noticed the big tunnels that kids would play in. As fast as should, she ran over to the biggest tunnel and got inside of it. The thundering and lightning was loud and being out there all alone, frightened her.

"Freakin' A!" Haley yelled out to her self.

"It's pouring and freezing and here I am in this stupid thing, scared shitless. Knowin' my luck, I'll get mugged and die. Or maybe even get bit by some stray dog and if I'm lucky, this stupid thing won't flood! It cannot get any worse...Oh yeah...Isn't my life so peachy?" Haley was interupted from her thoughts when she heard some foot steps running toward the tunnel.

"Aww snap..." Haley said out loud, "You've got to be kidding me!"

"Talk to your self much?"