Author's Note: Here's the next chapter. It should answer a few of your questions. Thanks for all the reviews.
Tutor Girl
Haley James, a cute brunette, walked up to the two brothers. "You know what you want yet?" She asked as she pulled out a small tablet to write down their orders.
"Umm, yeah…I…" Nathan looked up at the girl. "Wow." He said out loud, not meaning to.
Haley blushed slightly then smiled. "I think I'll take that as a compliment."
Nathan looked down at the menu. "You should. I'll take a burger and fries, no onions…please." As Haley wrote down his order, he glanced at Lucas. "So, what's your name?"
Haley looked up, surprised. She had been working at Karen's Café for over a year now, and neither one of the guys in front of her had ever paid that much attention to her. "Haley James."
Nathan smiled. "Well, Haley James, I'm Nathan Scott, and this is my brother…"
Lucas…yeah…I know. I've worked for your mom for almost 2 years now." She said as the smile left her face.
"Oh. Well, it was nice to meet you. I'll be sure to pay better attention from now on."
Lucas laughed and shook his head. "I'll have the same as him." He said putting the menu back.
"Okay." She wrote the number 2 beside what she had already written then turned back to Nathan. "It was nice to meet you, too." She smiled then turned to place their orders.
Lucas turned and looked at Nathan with a smirk. Nathan smiled at his brother. "She's cute."
"Uh huh." Lucas said still looking at Nathan. "You were so hitting on her."
Nathan looked shocked. "Since when bring nice, means I'm hitting on someone?"
"When it's a girl for one." Lucas said, grinning at the hurt look Nathan had planted on his face.
"Man, Luke, you make me sound like an ass."
"Well, you know what they say…if the shoe fits…" Lucas laughed as Nathan hit him once again.
"You better be glad you're my brother, and I have to love you…because otherwise I…" But Lucas never found out what Nathan would do. At that moment, Haley walked up with their plates, setting them down in front of each guy.
"Can I get you anything else?" Haley asked as she refilled their drinks.
"No, we're good." Haley nodded then walked away. "The fact is…if a girl doesn't look good, you don't give her the time of day." Lucas said as he put ketchup on his fries.
"That's not true." Nathan said with a full mouth. "And to prove it, I'm going to become friends with our waitress."
Lucas laughed almost choking on his food. "Yeah, because she's hot." The two laughed together as they finished their food.
The next day at school, Nathan was determined to start befriending Haley. He started asking around about her and found out that she was really smart, a tutor even, she comes from a big family and usually keeps to herself. When the bell rang for lunch Nathan walked to the courtyard with Peyton to meet up with Lucas and Brooke. As the four sat down at a table, Brooke looked over at Nathan. "So I heard that you've been asking around about little miss tutor girl over there." She said then nodded towards Haley.
Peyton looked at Haley then back at Nathan. "Why have you been asking about her?" She said, getting defensive.
Nathan also turned and looked at Haley before looking back at the others. "She works at my mom's café. She doesn't seem to have many friends and I'm just trying to be nice." Brooke and Peyton looked at each other then started laughing. "What's so funny?" Nathan asked with a little edge to his voice.
"Just the fact that tutor girl has been working at the café for a long time and now your gonna be nice?" Brooke said through laughs.
"And since when are you nice?" Peyton asked.
"Man, whatever." Nathan got up , threw his lunch in a nearby trash can then started walking towards Haley.
"Hey Nate, they were just joking." Lucas yelled after him, but Nathan kept walking.
Haley was sitting on a bench, eating her lunch and reading over what looked like an essay. "Hey Haley." Nathan smiled as he walked up to her. "Mind if I sit down?"
Haley looked up at Nathan. "Sure, I guess." She said as she moved her bag off the other side of the bench, wondering why one of the most popular guys at Tree Hill High was going out of his way to talk to her.
Nathan sat down and looked at the paper she was reading. "Is that the essay for English that's due next week?" Haley nodded. "I'm in that class too. But I haven't even started mine."
"Oh…" then it dawned on her why he was talking to her. "If you want me to tutor you…I can't. Sorry." She said as she put her essay into her bag and started to get up.
"No wait. I'm not asking for you to tutor me. I was just…making small talk." He looked up at the beautiful brunette. "Please stay."
Haley looked at him for a minute before putting her bag back down. "I'm sorry, but why are you talking to me?" She saw the hurt in his eyes and continued. "What I mean is…you've never talked to me before."
Nathan looked down at the ground, slightly ashamed. "I know. Basketball sort of runs my life." He said then looked back up at her. "But I'm hoping to make up for it."
She looked at him quizzically then looked over his shoulder at a blonde woman who looked liked she was watching them from the parking lot. "And how do you think your going to do that?" She asked looking back at him.
"Well, I was hoping we could get to know each other. You know, maybe even be friends."
Haley blushed slightly as she glanced at the woman that was still watching them. "Do you know who that woman is?"
Nathan turned and looked at the blonde who immediately turned to walk away. "No." He turned back to Haley. "So, what do you say…friends?"
Haley sighed. "Fine, but you better not be messing with me." She said pointing her index finger at him.
Nathan laughed. "I'm not, I promise."
"Famous last words." Haley said as she leaned back against the bench.
"Okay, so, now that we're friends…tell me something about you." Nathan said with a sexy grin.
Haley looked from Nathan's face, to his arms and chest, and back up to his face. Look at me, I'm sitting here talking to the hottest guy at school, who wants to be friends with me. She smiled at that thought. "Well, from what I hear, you've found out a lot about me today, so why don't you tell me something about yourself."
Nathan looked at her then smiled. "Okay…you know my mom and dad, their great. My brother is a pain in the ass."
Haley laughed. "I mean something real…not stuff I already know."
Nathan nodded. "Okay…something real…" He thought for a minute then continued. "Well, I've played basketball since I was little. It pretty much is everything to me." As he talked, Haley looked at him…she really listened to him, and he liked that. It was never like that with Peyton. With Haley, it was just different. He liked talking to her…he liked how she seemed to hang on his every word, yet it wasdifferent from the other girls at school.
"So, what about your girlfriend…Peyton is it?" She asked
"Yeah, Peyton…what about her?" He asked looking over at his brother, Brooke and Peyton.
"Well, how does she feel about you trying to be friends with me…not that I'm some kind of threat to her or anything."
Nathan looked back at Haley. "Are you serious. Haley, why do you do that?" He asked, noticing that she didn't seem to think much of herself.
Haley sighed. "I'm smart…I put a lot into school and tutoring. I don't really have many friends. I'm not in the 'in' crowd or anything…not really on the same level…are we." She said looking away from him.
"Compared to me, who is pretty much counting on basketball to get into college…and friends…yeah, I have a lot, but not many true friends…and your right…we're not on the same level…so it looks like I have my work cut out for me to get up to yours."
Haley looked up into his eyes and smiled weakly. "Now I know your playing me…"
Nathan shook his head. "Haley, you got it all, beauty, brains…and probably more talent in your little toe then most of the girls...and guys for that matter, at this school."
Again, Haley blushed. How did he have this effect on me. "Thanks." She said quietly.
Nathan nodded his head as the bell rang for class. "Can I walk you to class?"
Haley smiled. "Yeah." The two got up and started walking back to the main building together. "You never did answer my question."
"And what question is that?" He asked as they walked into English class.
Haley sat down and watched as Nathan sat in front of her. "How does Peyton feel about you trying to be my friend?"
"I don't know…and honestly…I really don't care. That's her problem if she doesn't like me making new friends." Nathan smiled faintly before he turned and looked at Mr. Ellis as he walked into the class.
Haley smiled to herself as she got her things out of her bag and started taking notes. This year just got very interesting.
After school was out, Nathan met Lucas in the locker room before practice. "Hey" Nathan said as he started to change into his practice uniform.
"Hey…Peyton's not happy with you." Lucas said as he too changed.
"What did I do now?" Nathan asked exasperated.
"Because of you spending all of lunch with that girl…"
"That girl's name is Haley." Nathan cut in.
"Plus walking her to class." Lucas finished then turned to look at his brother. "Do you like her?"
Nathan rolled his eyes. "She's cool. And…she's a friend, okay."
Lucas raised an eyebrow but didn't push it any further. "Okay." The two shut their lockers and started for the gym.
"Anyway, I have bigger things to worry about right now then Peyton being jealous of me making friends." He thought back to the blonde woman who Haley had pointed out during lunch. Was she really watching us? He thought as they walked into the gym and immediately started practice.
Author's Note: Okay guys, that's the end of Chapter 2. Let me know what you think and I will try to get Chapter 3 up ASAP.