Okay... Austyn's been bad... I haven't written, I spent a weekish at the beach w/ my cheerleaders, at our competition, i swear, if i thought i was going to be this lazy, i would have said something last chapter... dont hate me... and if you're wondering... we got overall honerable mention. go us! go spartans! yea... we are the Laurel Spartans, Blue, Gold, and White... or Black... lol.. so enjoy.
A u s t y n
Chapter 11- Tonight We Dance
"You feel better?" Haley asked, after their long run back to the hotel room.
"Yea, maybe I should run more often, I guess I never tried, just assumed I couldn't," he looked around the hotel room, it was a plain room, blue carpet, blue walls, an end table on either side of the bed with a lamp on each one, a dresser with a T.V. on it, and a coffee maker. The fire emergency plans hanging on the wall by the door. A do not disturb sign next to the door, he continued looking around, then it hit him, "You weren't joking about there being only one bed."
"Would I joke about that?"
He thought for a minute, "Probably not, I guess I'll take the floor."
"Suit yourself. More room for me," she smiled and jumped on the bed.
"Seriously? You're just going to let the crippled guy take the floor?"
"Well, I don't think you're very crippled, I mean we ran, what, a bit over a mile today, I don't think I guy with a crippled leg could do that. Nice try."
"We seriously ran that far? It didn't seem like it."
"Oh, but we did my friend, we did," she said, reaching for her cell phone.
"What are you doing?"
"Goodnight ritual," she said simply. She opened her phone and started pressing buttons, he had no clue what she was doing, until he heard their voices.
She then told them all good night, Peyton, Brooke, Jake and Lucas.
"Why was I never included in this?"
"You never asked."
"You have to ask?"
"It started out with me and Brooke, she got lonely after I left, since we did live together, and called me every night to say goodnight. Then Peyton joined in, cause Brooke missed her best friend. Jake bugged us all to be let in our little group, which is when word reached Lucas, so they joined our goodnight ritual."
"Interesting. Why didn't I think of that?"
"No clue, but it's late, and I need my beauty sleep, so, goodnight Nathan," she said and turned off the light.
"Goodnight Hales," he smiled, laying down on the pillows and blankets Haley threw on the floor for him.
The room was silent for a while, until Haley started whispering, "Nathan, Nathan are you sleeping?" She received no answer, so she grabbed her pillows, and blanket, and laid down on the floor next to him, "My bed's too soft," she complained, and fluffed her pillow and went to sleep on the floor. Naturally, he put his arms around her, his subconscious mind told him to do it, and since he was asleep, he didn't really have any power to stop what was happening. She was asleep too, so she didn't stop him.
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By morning when they woke-up, Nathan had his arms around her, and she was laying with him with a smile on her face. He quickly got up, awaking Haley.
"What's wrong?"
"What- When did you get down here?"
"I dunno, my bed was to soft, I asked you, and you didn't answer, so I assumed a yes. What happened?"
"You slept in my arms."
"And that's a bad thing?"
"I don't know. We never really talked about this sort of thing before I said yes."
"Well, thanks for being my alarm clock, I'm going to take a shower, and you're going to get room service for breakfast, and find something good on T.V. to watch while we eat," she said, returning the mood of the room to normal.
