A.N Chapter nine is here and I hope you all enjoy it. I want to say a big thank you to all the reviewers who have been reviewing so regularly it's great to know that you are still enjoying the story. However I'm starting to worry whether this story is any good or not because it seems that even though there are plenty of people reading it there are not that many reviews coming through. I am probably worrying needlessly. But please if you read my story and you haven't reviewed please do even if its a criticism I would rather know what people think. Enough of that nonsense. Read and review because chapter 10 is ready and waiting. Oh and I found a way to incorporate a bit more of Jason and Kelly's story into this chapter. Let me know in your reviews if you think I should continue with this.

kaos2405 Hey I'm glad you enjoyed that chapter. Thanks for the review. When It Comes is such an amazing story I am completely hooked. I wish I could write anything even close to as good as that. I think its quite obvious from my stories just how much I adore Nathan too so I totally agree with you there.

Cap'n Keira Sparrow Yes poor Haley. She's really having a tough time of it lately although what happened inthe lastchapter is nothing compared to what I have in store for her so make sure you keep reading. This story hasn't been that great so far in my opinion but I'm really happy with the chapters I've got written that are just waiting to be posted. I can promise you that at the very least in my opinion this is only going to get better. I really appreciate the feedback you offered.

MeSpikeAndAngelinA3sum So I guess by that review I should take it that you are a fan of this story. I definitely thought it was time to start turning up the heat for Nathan and Hales and they are very easy characters to write strong sexual tension between. If you liked what happened in the last chapter you should see what they get up to in chapters still to come. Thanx so much for the review.

TinyDancer7 Yeah things are definitely heating up between them. Knowing Nathan he will make things as difficult as possible for Haley. How far he will go I guess you will have to wait and see but I'm certainly planning to continue with the aggressive behaviour at least for a while asit adds a bit of a different element to this story. The next chapters are definitely going to have some interesting moments for the two of them. Glad you enjoyed that chapter and hope you continue to read and review.

unfolddream Glad you enjoyed seeing a bit of action between Nathan and Haley. I have the next few chapters written and ready to post and I can assure you that there is plenty more action coming up between them and it is going to become a lot more frequent. Wonder whether Haley will be able to resist once Nathan starts really turning up the heat. Thanx for reviewing.

hesfadedme All I can say to that review is if you found that chapter to be dirty as you described it then I hope that you liked it, because I can guarantee some of the other stuff that is coming up in future chapters is a hell of a lot raunchier than that. Thanx for the review and keep reading and reviewing I like hearing what you think.

Chapter Nine

The rest of the day passed in a state of constant nerves for Haley.

She kept waiting for Nathan to appear and start trying to seduce her.

Not that he would have to try that hard she admitted ruefully to herself as she felt that familiar flutter in the pit of her stomach as she thought of him and every little touch that had occurred between them in the last 24 hours.

Considering that before they went to dinner the night before they hadn't touched in five years it certainly seemed as if they were making up for lost time.

Not that there was any way that she was going to let this continue.

Being around Nathan again was simply reminding her of their past and she kept getting caught up in all those old feelings but the simple fact was that those feelings belonged in the past and that was where they would have to stay.

She had Josh now and as soon as she could convince him that there was nothing in this town that was preventing her from moving on with her life she would go back to Chicago and they would marry.

When the final bell rang she practically raced back to the teachers lounge wanting to leave before Nathan had a chance to corner her again.

Thankfully when she arrived there was no sign of that familiar dark head lurking anywhere around so she was able to gather her things and leave in a slightly more dignified manner.

Walking across the courtyard she caught sight of that young girl Kelly from her Freshman English Class and was once again struck by the similarities between herself and this girl at that age.

From what Haley could see she was really quite an attractive girl but seemed to deliberately hide herself away behind that long curtain of dark hair and clothes that did nothing to draw anyone's attention to her.

But as Haley glanced around the rest of the courtyard it seemed that Kelly had attracted the attention of at least one person.

She could see Jason standing in a group with all his jock friends and all the girls who would most likely make up the Tree Hill Cheerleading Squad in the not too distant future but he wasn't really noticing the larking around of his friends instead his focus seemed to be fixed on Kelly unbeknownst to her.

One of his friends became aware that Jason was not joining in on their fun and as Haley watched she saw him follow Jason's gaze to where Kelly was standing.

Turning he nudged some of his other friends and started sniggering at Jason.

From her vantage point she was unable to hear anything that was said but she saw the way Jason's friend clapped a hand down on Jason's back which broke Jason from his trance and she knew without having to hear that some derogatory comment was made about Kelly.

As she watched she saw Jason grimace slightly at the comment made by his friend before laughing along with them and turning away from Kelly as if she was of no further importance to him.

Haley stayed where she waswatching fora little bitlonger hoping for some sign that Jason was not going to turn out to be just another arrogant jock who would ultimately end up only dating cheerleaders and be the automatic selection for Prom King etc.

She didn't know why it mattered so much to her to see some sign that Jason genuinely felt something for Kelly but she found herself unable to tear her gaze away.

Finally just as she was about to give up hope she saw him turn and covertly cast a longing glance in Kelly's direction.

Seeing this Haley turned and walked away with a smile on her face even though she didn't know why it was there.

Nathan too had been watching this little scenario play out but his attention had been drawn to it only after he had spotted Haley watching them so intently.

As he watched them though he could not figure out why Haley was showing such interest in the group of adolescents.

He recognised a few of the boys as ones he had earmarked as possible starters for the Tree Hill Ravens but could not for the life of him understand why Haley seemed to be watching them so intently.

He saw her turn and look towards a young girl who stood talking quietly with a small group of friends.

He vaguely recognised her but was unsure of her name.

Turning back to the group of boys he saw Jason amongst them apparently watching that girl whoever she was and smiled slightly to himself.

There were times when he looked at Jason that he could almost see himself the way he was eight years ago.

So arrogant and full of himself everyone clamouring to be friends with him because he was so popular destined to be king of the basketball court.

Well that was until Haley came along of course because she had been one of the only people in the entire school who hadn't stood for any of his shit.

Sometimes he wondered what sort of person he would have become if he and Haley had never gotten together but he wasn't sure he liked the probable answer to that question.

Besides he'd never had a chance to find out.

Coming out of his thoughts he looked across the yard to where Haley stood and saw a faint smile steal across her face as she continued to look at the group.

He turned just quickly enough to catch a glimpse of Jason looking at that girl and once again wondered why Haley seemed so interested.

But when he turned back to look at Haley hoping to gather some more clues to her strange behaviour he saw that she was gone.

Looking at the parking lot he was just in time to see her car leave.

It was the end of her first week at Tree Hill High and the weekend was ahead of them.

He decided that he would be paying a visit to Haley in the next couple of days.

He needed to continue to pressure her if this plan of his was going to be a success.

Haley drove to the market her mind still on the situation she had witnessed between Kelly and Jason.

She was at a loss to know why the two of them had become so important to her but she simply could not stop thinking about them.

Pulling into the car lot in front of the grocery store she made a conscious effort to forget about them and instead concentrate on enjoying the weekend and the respite it would give her from Nathan's advances.

She had lunch with Brooke to look forward to tomorrow and other than that her weekend was her own to do as she pleased but first she needed to buy some food unless she intended to starve for the next few days.

She grabbed her list out and commandeered a trolley walking briskly down the aisles collecting what she needed and paying little attention to those around her.

Moments later a voice halted her.

"Haley, is that you honey?"

That voice was so familiar but surely it couldn't be.

Looking up from the contents of her trolley she forced her lips into a welcoming smile.

"Deb how are you?"

"Oh Haley it's so good to see you after so long.

What are you doing here?"

Haley took a deep breath wondering how the news she was about to impart would be received.

"I'm actually living here again.

I got a job at Tree Hill High as an English teacher."

Haley watched as Deb absorbed this information thoughtfully then saw a huge smile cover her face.

"Oh that's such wonderful news.

I wonder why Nate didn't tell me."

As Haley listened to Deb ramble on about how wonderful it was that fate had brought Nathan and Haley together again she thought back to the special relationship she had always shared with Deb.

In some respects Deb had been more like a mother to Haley than her own mother had.

Haley's mother had always been too caught up in her work and the antics of Haley's many siblings to pay much attention to her much quieter youngest daughter.

She had always been supportive but had never shown a lot of interest in what was happening in her life.

In fact probably the only time she had really ever gotten either of her parents attention was when she and Nathan got engaged.

Lydia and Jimmy had been ecstatic with the news although Haley had often privately wondered whether it was genuine happiness for her or simply relief that Haley had found someone else to spend her time with.

Deb on the other hand had always shown genuine pleasure to see her whenever she came to visit Nathan and had fully supported and encouraged Haley's relationship with her son.

Sensing Deb watching her she turned back to see her looking at her expectantly having obviously just asked her a question.

Haley was reluctant to let on that she had in fact zoned out while Deb was speaking and so took a chance and answered her with an uncertain "Ok".

"Oh sweetheart that will be wonderful.

Just come to the house at about seven o'clock tomorrow night.

Now did you want me to call Nathan and tell him or will you be seeing him tonight?"

Haley looked at her aghast this had to be some sort of cruel trick that fate was playing on her surely she did not just agree to dinner with Nathan and his family.

She wondered if she could possibly back out of it but looking at the pleasure clearly present on Deb's face she couldn't bring herself to disappoint her.

Damn it she inwardly cursed when am I ever going to grow some balls and stop caring so much about trying to please everyone else.

"Umm you had better call him.

I'll just see you there."

Deb continued to chat away for the next few minutes but Haley couldn't focus on a word she said.

How do I keep getting myself into these situations?

Making a concerted effort she forced herself to focus on what Deb was saying otherwise she'd probably find herself agreeing to a night of naked pole dancing although come to think of it even that sounded better than another night spent in Nathan's company.

"Anyway Haley I'd better get going but I'll see you tomorrow night ok.

Oh I am so looking forward to this.

It's going to be just like old times having you and Nathan together again."

Forcing herself to sound cheerful Haley responded with an appropriate.

"Yes I'm sure it will be wonderful.

I'll see you tomorrow night."

Deb pulled her into a quick hug before bustling away beaming at the thought of what the next night would bring.

Haley half-heartedly looked down at her list and continued her grocery shopping although the way her stomach was feeling at the moment she could not imagine herself eating much in the near future.

It seemed her stomach was too full of dread to actually have any room left over for food.

A.N I decided to give you some spoilers of what is coming up in the next chapter. So here they are.

Haley and Brooke go to lunch but they are joined by two unexpected guests. Brooke has some advice for Haley that Haley doesn't necessarily like. Haley's ready to go to dinner but she's in for a surprise with her mode of transportation.