A Friendship Grows into Something More (Chapter four)
/Around the middle of ninth grade, I realized that I had feelings for Haley other than friendship. I was crazy about her but I never acted on them because I didn't want to ruin what we had. Haley had confided in me. She had told me she was adopted, something she had never flat out told anyone before. That meant that she trusted me now and actually thought of me as one of her closest friends. But I couldn't deny that my feelings were overpowering my want to keep things ok with us. Man, was I in trouble. Big trouble./
Nathan slowly walked into the tutoring centre. Haley poked her head out of a book and smiled at him. He felt his heart skip a beat and smiled back. "Hey," he said. Haley made a face.
"Hmm. He speaks. His mouth opens and sounds come out. He didn't call all weekend, I figured his voice was gone," she said in a tone that suggested she was offended. He looked at her in confusion for a minute until she cracked a smile.
"You know, that's starting to get lame," he said as he sat down across from her. She put her book down and laughed at him.
"The look on your face is still amusing to me," she said, chuckling as she grabbed one of his notebooks and opened it to the last page. She frowned and looked at him. "Where's the math homework we were assigned on Friday?" she asked. He looked at her for a second.
"Whoops," he said, shrugging. Haley looked at him in annoyance.
"Nathan," she started, "you need to do your homework all the time. Not just when a test is coming up." She continued to flip through the book and found a page with some equations scrawled on it. She looked up at him and noticed that he was smiling mockingly at her.
"And your reaction to when you think I didn't do homework is still amusing to me," he said, trying to grab the notebook out of her hand but she anticipated this and whipped him on the head with it. She then put the notebook down in front of him and smiled as he glared at her. He couldn't help but smile back. She was too irresistible.
"So what'd you do all weekend that prevented you from picking up the phone?" she asked, starting to put things away in her bag.
"Played basketball at the river court with Skills, Tim and Luke," he said. She rolled her eyes.
"What else is new?" she commented. It seemed to her that he always played basketball at the river court when he wasn't playing in the gym or in school.
"Oh and what did you do, Miss Spontaneity?" he asked. Haley looked down. "Let me guess. You worked at the café, then you went home and did homework and when you were done that, you either read or studied," he said. Haley's eyes narrowed in annoyance. "See? I'm not the only one who's predictable," he said.
"Jerk," she said. He laughed at her childish remark. She started laughing too when she realized how ridiculous it sounded.
"So what do you say we both do something out of the ordinary and see a movie tonight?" he asked.
"Together?" she asked. He nodded.
"All right, but I get to pick it," she said. He shook his head.
"No way. You'd probably pick some chick flick and there's no way I'm going to get roped into seeing one of those," he said. Haley looked at him in annoyance.
"I don't watch that many chick flicks, Scott and there's no way I'm going to see some movie that a rapper stars in that's conveniently the story of his life," Haley said.
"How about Annapolis?" he asked.
"Hated it," she said. He looked at her in shock.
"Final Destination 3?" he suggested.
"Saw it," she said.
"The Family Stone?" he asked, seeing if she really didn't watch that many chick flicks.
"No way in hell," she said. He threw his hands up in the air.
"Then, why don't you suggest something?" he said.
"How about 'Underworld: Evolution'?" she said. He shook his head. "Why not?"
"I saw it already. It was good, but I don't want to pay to see it again," he said. Haley nodded.
"Date Movie?" She suggested. He looked at her in confusion.
"What's that about?" he asked.
"You know. It's like scary movie only it's making fun of chick flicks," Haley said.
"Sure," he said.
"You've got yourself a date," she said, chuckling and he laughed.
/Me and Nathan going to the movies together was a dream come true. I had started to develop feelings for him a while ago but I never acted on them because I didn't think he felt the same way. I love to look in his eyes; they're the most intense shade of blue I'd ever seen./
That night…
Haley opened her front door and smiled when Nathan was on the other side. "Hi," he said.
"Hey," she said. He looked her over and couldn't help but smirk. She was dressed in a simple blue t-shirt and navy blue flared jeans with three blue, white and pink flowers embroidered onto the pockets. Her brown hair was brushed through but fell just above her shoulders. She was gorgeous.
"You look great," he said. She smiled at him.
"So do you," she said.
"Let's go," he said and led her to the car. He opened the door for her and then closed it when she had her seatbelt on.
They walked into the theatre and sat down. Nathan put his arm around Haley and she leaned into him. Afterwards, Nathan drove Haley home. He parked outside her house. "I had a great time," he said.
"So did I. The movie was awesome," she said. He nodded in agreement. Haley grabbed her keys out of her purse and took her seatbelt off. She leaned over to him and pecked him on the cheek. "We should do it again sometime," she said. He exhaled and looked at her. Without thinking, he pulled her to him and kissed her on the lips gently at first but it grew more passionate. Haley put her arms around his neck.
"Yeah. We definitely should," Nathan said in agreement.
/ Nathan and I had a great time at the movie but I have to admit that my favourite part was after the movie. That kiss was amazing. I don't think I'd ever been kissed like that before. /
/Well, I'm not in trouble anymore. Haley and I talked for a long time after that and decided that our feelings for each other were mounting into something more than friendship especially after that kiss. We decided to start dating. Now I can call Haley my girlfriend./