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bChapter 17/b
Nathan drove to Haley's house after school that day. He tried to find her during the video incident, but he couldn't find her. He figured she had gone home, but couldn't check because he was on truancy patrol for too many cuts. As he turned onto his street, he could have sworn he saw his estranged friend Tim Smith leaving her street. He brushed if off though, because why would Tim be there anyway. He pulled into her driveway and walked up to the door. He continued to ring the doorbell but there was no answer.
Haley had just said goodbye to Tim and was sitting up in her room, her eyes swelled and red. Someone was now ringing her doorbell incessantly and she tried to ignore whoever it was. However, once it became too much she walked downstairs to the door and looked outside. 'Nathan,' she thought to herself, rolling her eyes. As soon as she saw his face she turned around and walked up the stairs, not even giving him a second glance.
"Hales!" Nathan yelled through the door as he watched her retreating figure. "Hales!" She didn't respond so he let himself in the unlocked door. By the time he got upstairs Haley had already locked herself in her room. "Hales… talk to me."
"Go away Nathan," she said harshly through the door.
"Haley, why are you being like this?" He said, leaning his forehead against the door.
"Why am I being like this? Why am iI/i being like this?" She yelled through the door. "I'm being like this because I was just mortified in front of the whole school and your responsible for it!"
"What are you talking about? You're the one who wants to dance in the rain! You're the one who pulled us outside. Besides! It was fun, and I don't regret it. Why are you blaming all this on me? It's neither of our faults, we're young and in love!"
"No Nathan. We iwere/i young and in love. That was until I found out we were built on a lie!"
"Haley, I seriously have no idea what you are talking about. Where are you getting all these accusations from?"
"Tim."
"Tim?"
"Yeah, he came over after everything happened today unlike my supposedly loving boyfriend."
"Okay… and what did he say?"
ibFlashback/b
"Tim…?" Haley said, opening the door.
"Hey Haley! I'm soooo sorry about what happened today. I came over to see how you were doing."
"Not good. I'm so embarrassed."
"Oh Haley, it'll be okay. People will forget about it eventually. That was a horrible thing for someone to do."
"I know. I can't get over it. Everyone thinks I'm some promiscuous girl now. Who would do such a thing!" She said, on the verge of tears.
"Haley. I know this is going to hurt you, but Nathan did it."
"No… I don't believe you. Nathan loves me. He wouldn't."
"But he would. Earlier this year he made a bet with a bunch of the guys on the team that he could make you fall for him. If he won, and had proof of it, then the guys were going to vote him captain of the basketball team next year instead of Lucas. He told a bunch of the guys you guys were going on a date that night and that he was planning on saying 'I Love You' and had them follow you guys to get what happened on tape. I'm sorry."
"I… I…" Haley tried to get out a sentence, but she was now sobbing.
"It's okay Haley. It's okay. Tim's here."
"I just. I thought he loved me."
"Nathan is a player Haley, always will be. Why do you think I kept saying all that mean stuff to you? Sorry about that by the way. I was only doing it to try and break you guys apart so you didn't get hurt. I wasn't part of this bet, I think it's a horrible thing to do."
"God, I actually thought the jerk changed," she said, tears streaming down her cheeks. "But once again, Nathan Scott proved little me wrong."
"It's okay Haley, I can help you get through this. Lucas too. You don't need Nathan."
"Thanks Tim. And I'm glad you told me. I don't want to be the butt of Nathan's scheme anymore."
"No problem Haley. Do you need me to stay with you for a while?"
"No, Tim. But thanks. I just… I want to be alone."
bEnd Flashback/b/i
"Haley, you don't seriously believe that do you?" Nathan asked sincerely.
"I didn't at first, but I do Nathan. I mean, me and you… we're nothing alike. You're the jock, I'm the tutor-nerd. We don't have any of the same friends, and we just... we don't make sense. We've been kidding ourselves, and now I know why."
"Hales… imy Haley/i. None of this is true! Me and you are meant for each other. Yeah, we're different, but opposites attract! Do you seriously think I would do this to you? Or to me? That video wasn't exactly the most masculine thing ever."
"You know what Nathan. Stop it. Just stop it!" She yelled through the door, breaking into sobs which she had tried to hold back. "I know about your little bet. And you got me to fall in love with you, so congratulations you're next year's basketball captain. Hope it was all worth it!"
"Haley why are you doing this! I didn't make a bet! I didn't have someone tape us, that's just creepy! The only thing I'm guilty of is falling in love with you! Why are you believing Tim of all people? He's been nothing but a jerk to you, and now, one day he decided to be nice and you totally through away our relationship?" He yelled through the door getting frustrated.
"No Nathan. You threw away our relationship when you decided to play the tape and mortify me in front of the whole school!"
"Hales, please. You're killing me. Open the door. I need to see you. I would never do something like this to you!"
"Save it Nathan. Why should I open the door? So you can see what you're little bet has done to me? So you can see my heart break into a million pieces? So you can see the fact that my cheeks are stained and my eyes are red? Well here, are you happy?" Haley replied as she opened the door, revealing her shattered figure.
"Oh Hales…" he said, walking up to her and brushed a piece of hair from her face. All he wanted to do was envelope her in a giant bear hug.
"Nathan. Please, just go. I just. I can't and don't want to see you right now."
"Fine, I'll go. But I just want to let you know, that I did not know about the video. About any of this."
"Fine, now leave. Please." Haley pleaded a single tear rolling down her cheek.
"Bye Hales," Nathan said sadly, turning to go down the hallway. As he headed down the stairs he turned around giving her one last glance, and stating, "I didn't do any of this Hales. You've got to believe me."
Haley watched from her window as his car pull away, then crawled into a ball on her bed and cried. She was so confused, and had no idea what to believe.
From Haley's house, Nathan went straight to Tim's. Knocking on the front door till he opened it.
"Nathan?" Tim asked.
"Guess where I just came from?"
"I don't know. The gym?"
"Haley's."
"Oh."
a/n: Oh snap! It's a cliffhanger. What will Nathan do once he get to Tim's? Why would Tim tell Haley all that… and who was responsible for the video? What will become of Nathan and Haley? All good questions, to be answered in upcoming chapters (most in the next)! So, until then… thanks for reading! Please leave reviews, I love getting them, they mean a lot! Until next update… peace out!
- Katie
