"Peyton?" Jake asked. She had been standing there in awe for the past minute. He really wanted an answer but he also didn't want to rush her. "Do you have an answer?"
"Yes, of course I will marry you." Peyton answered. As she said these words Jake carefully place the ring on her finger. Once the ring was on Jake leaned down to kiss her. It was a loving kiss. They pulled away and Peyton immediately smiled. "Ahh. I cannot believe we are engaged." She said while a smile was still plastered on her face.
"I can." Jake said as he kissed her again.
"Haley…" Nathan said, but instead of saying what he was going to say he crashed his lips into hers somewhat therapeutically. To his surprise, she kissed him back with a need that both surprised and overjoyed him. The kiss progressed as they made their way to the bed and both of them got lost in the kiss. Nathan felt Haley's tongue brush up against his signaling for him to open up his mouth. He gladly accepted and Haley's tongue slowly slid into his mouth. After a while, Nathan broke the kiss to take off his shirt. Haley decided to be bold and pulled off hers as well. She then pulled Nathan into another deep kiss and his tongue immediately slid into Haley's mouth when--.
"Nathan, it's time for--, oh my god." Deb said as she noticed what was occurring in her son's room.
"Mom, hi, I uhh already ate." But Deb did not hear this because she was already out of the door.
"Haley, I'm so sorry." Nathan said as he leaned down to kiss her again but was stopped by Haley.
"Nathan, maybe we should just stop to think about all of this for a minute and the repercussions of our actions."
"Ok. Well I know that we are both pretty upset about Lucas and Brooke but I also think that we should be together."
"Nathan, I am not about to just have a one night stand with you."
"No, Haley, I want to date you." Nathan explained.
"You're just realizing this now? Now that Lucas cheated on me. Uhhh, Nathan why don't you walk me home and we can talk about this on Monday."
"Ok" Nathan said as they left. The walk to Haley's house was very much like the walk to Nathan's. Both were silent because there were so many thoughts roaming around in both of their heads. Nathan was thinking about anything he could say to break the silence. He knew that the way Haley and him had gotten together wasn't the most conventional but it had happened. Haley was thinking about how wrong it had been to do this even though part of her knew how much she wanted this. Haley's thoughts were interrupted when they reached her house.
"Well, thanks. See ya Monday." Haley said sounding hurried.
"No, Haley wait, do you want to go out on a date with me tomorrow night?" Nathan asked nervously.
"Um yeah, ok." Haley agreed.
"Ok. I'll pick you up at seven." Nathan said.
"Ok."
"And Haley. I am not sorry about anything about tonight," Nathan stated sincerely. Haley couldn't help but say in her head "neither am I".
"Brooke! I thought we agreed to tell them together. I had it all worked out." Haley had just stormed out of the room and was followed by Nathan.
"It all worked out, right? I mean, I know Haley was really upset but maybe her and Nathan will hook up or--."
"They better not." Lucas states with a hint of jealousy in his voice, but he didn't know why.
"Why not exactly?" Brooke asked curiously.
"Because she is too good for him."
"And I'm ok for him." Brooke asked.
"No, I didn't say that."
"But that's what you meant." Brooke said as she walked out of the room.
1 hour later
Lucas' mind- where could Haley be? I have been calling her for almost 45 minutes and there is still no answer. She is probably with Nathan. I know I said that Haley was too good for him but that's just because I hold Haley to a higher standard than everyone else because I have seen her act better than everyone else. I don't know why I am being like this right after I broke up with her for another girl but I don't want her to get hurt. I lover her but I am not in love with her. She is a great friend and person in general. Maybe I should call her again.
"Hello" Nathan answers
"Nathan? What are you doing answering Haley's phone."
"Umm, well she left it here."
"Where? Your house?"
"Yeah"
"Why was she there? Why didn't she go home?"
"Because she didn't want to talk to you." Said Nathan matter-of-factly. "Listen man. What you and Brooke did was wrong and hurt the both of us. It sucked." Nathan said. "But I like Haley and asked her to go out on a date with me and she agreed. Now I am going to return her cell phone. Bye."
Lucas heard a dial tone as Nathan hung up the phone. He just couldn't believe that Haley had agreed to a date with him.
Haley's mind- I cannot believe I kissed Nathan. This is soo crazy, earlier today I was telling one guy that I love him and now I end up thinking about a completely different person, let alone his brother. Nathan is a really nice guy and a really good kisser. No! I can't be thinking about him, this is not the way it should be.
DING DONG
Haley opened the door and grabbed Nathan to kiss him. She didn't know what came over her but that didn't matter. Nathan was quick to respond and closed the door, still kissing haley. After a few minutes they both pulled away breathing hard.
"Hi." Nathan said still breathing hard.
"Hi" Haley answered. "So, um, what are you doing here?"
"You left you phone at my house." Nathan said as he took the phone out of his pocket and handed it to Haley.
"Oh, thanks." She said. Nathan started to walk towards the door. "Do you wanna stay for a little while?"
"Yeah. Sounds good."
"Ok. We can watch a movie. Um, what kind of movie do you wanna watch?"
"Doesn't matter" Nathan answered as Haley turned something on.
As they watched the movie Nathan put his arm around Haley and they cuddle up together and watched. This made Haley feel safe and protected. Haley looked at Nathan and smiled.
"This feels right." Haley said, surprised at how outgoing that had been.
"Yeah, it does" Nathan agreed. For the first time in his life he felt satisfied with just cuddling with a girl.
"I still can't believe we got engaged." Peyton said looking at her ring. " Who should we tell first?"
"I think we should celebrate first." Jake said with a very suggestive smile.
"Jake!"
"What? We should."
"Ok hotshot, let's go home."
Jake slid his hand into Peyton's as they were driving.
"Happy?" Jake asked.
"You have no idea how much"
"I think I might" Jake said barely audible
