Hey guys! I'm back from the States with my very own OTH season 2 dvd set. :) I'm so excited to see the episodes again. Though season 2 was kinda crappy for our beloved Naley couple, the first episodes are so cute. And am I the only who thinks that the what-if episode where Nathan and Haley are best friends, is totally one of the best episodes:) So cute! And such a good basis for a fanfic... Hmmm... :D Anyways, here's chapter 6. Hope you like it and don't forget to review. :)

Chapter 6

The rest of the week went by the same way. Tim did his best to keep Haley and Nathan separated. They still talked to each other now and then when Tim wasn't looking, which for both of their bad fortune, didn't happen too many times.

Haley spent most of the days in her room or hanging out with Brooke and Peyton. She had now spent two weeks in Tree Hill which was half of the time she was going to be there. One more week to her and Tim's birthday and one week after that she would go back to Los Angeles. Back to home.

Home. A word Haley had always associated Los Angeles with but in the past few weeks Tree Hill had also became her other home. The more quiet and peaceful home.

Haley woke up to the sound of her cell phone. She answered without checking the caller id.

"Hello?" she asked with a sleepy voice.

"Haley, get your ass off the bed. We're picking you up in 15 minutes." Brooke said with excitement.

"Brooke, I don't know what your crazy plan is but I'm so not getting out of this bed." She said without opening her eyes.

"Haley, get your bikinis and sun lotion. We're taking my boat out." Brooke said grinning. Haley opened her eyes and sat up.

"You've got a boat?"

"Yeah. Haven't I mentioned?"

"No."

"Well, I've got a boat. And we're gonna be in it in 30 minutes. So I'll see you in 15." Brooke said and hung up. Haley groaned but got up and went to take a shower. She went downstairs and found Tim there too.

"Did Brooke call you?" Tim asked.

"Yeah, I didn't know she has a boat." Haley said while starting to make breakfast

"It's her dad's but she's the only one who uses it. It is so sweet!" Tim said. Right that moment Shari came in. Haley grinned at Tim and started to sing quietly a familiar song.

"She's dangerous... super bad... you better watch out or she'll take your cash..."

"She's a gold digger. A gold digger..." Tim continued. Apparently he knew Ludacris's 'Golddigger' too.

Shari stared at them annoyed and left when they wouldn't stop singing the chorus. She slammed the door on her way out. Haley and Tim burst out laughing and high fived. They heard a car honk outside.

"Oh, that must be Brooke." Haley said while still laughing a bit.

"You ready?"

"If it's ok with you." Haley said. They were finally getting along and she didn't want to step over her boundaries when it came to his friends.

"Yeah, sure. It'll be fun. Let's go." She said and they left.

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When Tim had agreed to take Haley with them, he hadn't thought it through. Haley was going to be wearing bikinis. In front of Nathan. And Nathan was going to be shirtless. In front of Haley.

"Your boat totally rocks!" Haley said when they were on the boat, in the middle of the lake/see/ocean/whatever it was. Peyton and Jake were swimming in the water while Brooke and Lucas said that they would go make lunch inside the boat, but in reality they were just making out.

Haley, Nathan and Tim were playing cards on the deck.

"Whatcha got there, Timmy?" Haley asked.

"A pair of 10's and jack high. And don't call me Timmy."

"Nathan?"

"Pair of Kings." He said proudly while laughing at Tim who looked annoyed.

"Cash out, boys. Full house. I win." Haley said smiling while throwing her cards on the table.

"Again? That's the fourth time in a row!" Tim whined. He started to look for money but he had already spent everything he had taken out of his wallet. He decided to get more money from his back pack that was under the deck.

"I'll be right back." He said before leaving.

"Wait, you have two 10's here." Nathan said.

"So?" Haley asked while taking the cards from the table and starting to shuffle them with the rest of the cards.

"Tim had two 10's." Nathan said.

"So? There are four of every number." Haley said smiling nervously.

"Well, I also had on ten." He said. Haley swallowed and smiled coyly at Nathan. "Oh my god, you cheated!" Nathan said laughing.

"No, there must be some sort of mix up with the cards." Haley said.

"No, we checked the pack, remember?" Nathan said grinning. "I can't believe you cheated!" Nathan said laughing.

"I didn't cheat!" Haley said laughing.

"And I can't believe I didn't notice it! Hey, I want my money back!" Nathan said and started to take his money from the big pile that was in front of Haley.

"Hands off! My money!" she said while slapping his hands away.

"Oh, you're so going to get it." Nathan said and got up. He picked up Haley from the ground and threw her over his shoulder.

"Nathan let me go!" Haley yelled laughing while hitting his back.

"Will you give my money back?" he asked while walking towards the end of the boat.

"No?" Haley asked quietly.

"Wrong answer!" Nathan yelled laughing and threw her in the water. Haley grabbed his arm and they both went flying in the water.

"Oh my god! I can't believe you just threw me in the water!" Haley yelled laughing while trying to dunk Nathan under water.

"Well, I can't believe you cheated!" he said while trying to dodge Haley's attacks.

"Now I'm all wet!"

"Now I'm all broke!" Nathan said and they both laughed. They both fell silent and just stared at each other with a small smile. Nathan swam a little closer to Haley.

"You're not hurt, right?" He asked.

"No, I didn't pull your arm off, did I?" Haley asked. Nathan waved his hands and smiled.

"Nope, still all here."

"Good." Haley said and smiled a little. They fell silent again.

"Nathan, I-"

"What the hell are you doing?" Tim asked angrily. Haley sighed and turned to look at an angry Tim who was standing on the boat glaring at them.

"Nathan threw me in the water!" Haley said laughing.

"Haley cheated on the card game!" Nathan protested. Haley threw some water on Nathan who tried to dunk her in return.

"Get back in the boat!" he yelled angrily.

"Chill out, Tim." Haley said annoyed. She was starting to get sick of Tim's attitude.

"Haley, get in here. Now!" Tim yelled. Haley rolled her eyes annoyed and took a hold of the boat while trying to pull herself up. Tim grabbed her arm and Nathan tried to lift her up by pushing her ass up. Tim glared at him.

"I've got it, Nathan." he said coldly and pulled Haley up. Haley turned to look at Tim.

"God, Tim! What the hell is your problem!" Haley asked angrily.

"My problem? I'm just trying to look after you!"

"Well, don't! I don't need your or anyone else's help! I am beyond sick of everyone telling what to do!" Haley yelled angrily. By that time Nathan had pulled himself of off the water and was staring at the twins.

"You know, you've turned into a real bitch since you got famous!" Tim said angrily. By that time Jake and Peyton had gotten out of the water. Brooke and Lucas also came to see what the noise was about.

"Me? What about you! I've seen you maybe four times in five years!"

"Well, you could've visited me too!"

"You know what? You were obviously right. I shouldn't have come here."

"Wow, took you this long to figure it out! But why should Haley James, the rock star, suffer here! She could always fly back to LA!" Tim said angrily.

"Tim, don't say that! Haley, he doesn't mean it." Brooke tried but was ignored by both of them

"Tempting, Tim. But like I said, I'm not gonna ruin mom's vacation."

"Fine. Do what you want. Just like always. But you better stay the fuck out of my way."

"Same goes for you, brother." Haley said the last word in anger.

"You've got yourself a deal, sister." Tim said angrily.

"Well, at least they agree on something." Lucas whispered to Brooke. Brooke smacked him on the arm.

"I hate to ask this Brooke but could we please go back before I slash my wrists and/or drown my retarded brother?" Haley asked from Brooke.

"Same goes for you, bitch." Tim said annoyed.

"Whatever, loser." Haley said.

"Yeah, sure. We'll leave." Brooke said while looking at Tim who was starting to get very angry. Brooke and Peyton went to drive the boat while Tim went to sit inside with Jake and Lucas. Nathan was torn between Haley and Tim.

"You ok?" Nathan asked from Haley who was sitting on the back of the boat while staring at the water. She didn't turn around. He knew she was feeling miserable.

"Nate, you coming!" Tim yelled angrily. Nathan looked at Haley and sighed. Haley held her breath while looking at the water.

"Yeah." He said sadly and left Haley by herself. Haley took her towel from the ground and wrapped it around her. She sighed in sadness and closed her eyes. She was so sick and tired of everyone telling her what to do and then fighting with them about it.

She liked Nathan and wanted to get to know him but Tim was not making it easy. Then she realized that maybe it was for the best. After all, she was going back to LA in two weeks and long distance relationships weren't her thing.

"Hey, how are you?" Haley turned to find Brooke behind her.

"Just peachy." Haley said.

"Peachy... Code word for miserable, huh." Brooke said and smiled a little. "You mind if I sit down?" Haley made room for Brooke to sit down next to her on the bench.

"I'm really sorry, Haley. I don't know why Tim's acting like that." Brooke said.

"She's mad cause Nathan and I are friends." Haley said sadly.

"Just friends?" Brooke said.

"Yes, friends. I don't know why he's so against it. Nathan lives in North Carolina; I live in California. He's in high school; I'm probably starting my second tour in a month. It's not like anything could ever happen." Haley said.

"Would you like something to happen between you and Nathan?" Brooke asked quietly to make sure no one else heard.

"Nothing can happen. It doesn't matter what I want." Haley whispered.

"Haley, that's the only thing that matters. If you really like him and he likes you, like I'm sure he does, than I'm sure you can work it out."

"I don't know. I've only dated once and look how that ended."

"You can't compare Nathan to a fucker like Chris. He obviously wasn't smart enough to hold onto you." Brooke said.

"I'm leaving in two weeks." Haley said. She still couldn't confess that she wanted to be more than friends with Nathan.

"I can't tell you what to do, Haley. I can only say that Nathan's a really good guy and you should talk to him."

"There's always Tim." Haley said rubbed her temples. She was sick of fighting with him.

"Let me handle Tim." Brooke said smirking.

"What are you gonna do?" Haley asked curiously.

"Like I said, handle him." Brooke said and cracked her knuckles. Haley giggled at Brooke's expression. Brooke smiled at her, happy that she was able to make her laugh. "We're here." Brooke said when they got to the harbor. "Don't worry, Haley. Everything will turn out fine."

"Thanks, Brooke. For some reason, I actually believe you." Haley said smiling.

"Good, you should. And you wanna know why? Cause I'm always right." She said and grinned.

"You better be right about that." Haley said.

"What did I just say? I'm always right." She said smiling and went to get the rest. Haley put her shorts on and started to look for her shirt. Nathan, Tim, Peyton, Brooke, Jake and Lucas came. Tim glared at Haley but didn't say anything.

"Are you looking for something?" Peyton asked from Haley.

"Yeah, can't find my shirt." Haley said. "Ah, it doesn't matter. It's hotter than hell outside anyways." Haley said and took her stuff and jumped off of the boat. They were in the middle of securing the boat when suddenly 5 reporters came from nowhere and started to take pictures of Haley.

"Shit..." Haley mumbled.

"Hey, get out of here!" Brooke yelled to the guys with the annoying cameras. But of course they didn't move.

Haley wrapped her towel around her upper body and put her sunglasses on. "Are we ready?" Haley asked from the guys.

"Not yet. But we have two cars. You girls could just go and we'll come later." Jake said.

"Great, can we go?" Haley asked quietly from Brooke and Peyton.

"Yeah, let's go." Brooke said and took her stuff. They started to walk towards Brooke's car while the cameras flashed around them.

Jake, Lucas, Tim and Nathan looked at the girls leaving. Brooke and Peyton were around Haley, who was just staring at the ground while walking as fast as she could.

"Poor Haley." Nathan muttered.

"Must be hard to live with people like that." Lucas said.

"Can she ever have a normal life?" Jake asked. Tim stayed quiet while staring at his sister who was trying her best to shield herself from the cameras. Tim sighed and felt bang guilt for treating her so badly.

"Are we ready?" Tim asked from the others. They turned to look at him and finished securing the boat without saying anything.

So, how was it? I know it was kinda short and lame but I promise it'll get better. Don't forget to review. :)

-Fes-