Chapter 18

iFrom 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." /i

"Oh, Tim? I come here, and all you have to say is 'oh'?" Nathan replied.

"Well, what do you want me to say?"

"Um, how about why you went to my girlfriend's house today and told her some bogus-ass story!"

"Whatever man." Tim stated, starting to close the door, but Nathan pushed it back.

"Don't you even try to close this door Tim or I swear I'll bust it down and the sucker punch you in the face."

"Fine," Tim said, stepping outside and closing the door behind him. "You want to know why I said that to Haley?"

"No Tim. I came here so we can have a tea party and catch up. Yes doofus, I want to know why you said that to Haley!"

"Chill. I went to Haley cause I was trying to salvage our friendship and our basketball team."

"What are you talking about Tim?"

"Dude, ever since you've been dating Haley you've been acting like a jerk to me. I mean seriously, it's like you have no time for you real friends, only for your nerd of a girlfriend. I mean you have been freaking spending more time with Lucas, who by the way I thought hated you, than me. But that's not even the real reason I talked to her. I did it for our basketball team."

"Tim, why would you do that? We have won every game this season with me being the leading scorer."

"Yeah, but ever since you've been with Haley the games keep getting closer and closer. I mean, last game we only won by 10 points. Plus, I heard that you were thinking about leaving the team. Obviously because you'd rather spend your time with this girl who your supposedly 'in love' with."

"First off iDim/i, I'm not the only person on our team, you can't hold the score against me. Plus, we have all the harder teams at the end of the season. Obviously we're not going to score as many points. Jesus Tim, you really are a dumbass sometimes! And what the hell, do you really think I'd leave basketball behind? Yeah I was thinking about it, but it was only cause I was pissed with at my dad and all the pressure he puts on me. Ironically, you know who kept me from quitting?"

"Who?"

"Haley. Yep, the girl who was supposedly keeping me from basketball. No she told me I shouldn't give up the game I love just cause my dad is an ass. I took her advice and kept playing, but thanks to you now I have the game I love, but not the girl."

"Look Nate…"

"Whatever Tim, looks like yet again you only thought of yourself. I mean, what the hell. Why do you always have to be such a jerk to me and Haley?

"I don't know why. I just am," Tim said, trying to avoid the whole subject.

"You were the one who put the tape in weren't you?" Nathan questioned, piecing all this together.

"Yeah Nate. But don't be mad okay? I was trying to help the team. We needed you and this girl was taking up your life, so I thought if we got some dirt on you guys and told everyone, then well, blamed it on you that she'd get so mad she'd end it."

"Don't be mad? How the hell can you look at me and say that with a straight face? Of course I'm mad. Because of you're little stunt Haley doesn't trust me and I don't even know if we're a couple anymore, but don't worry you're precious little basketball team is safe! God, she helped me with basketball! It's my dad and his stupid need to pester and pressure me all the time that messes up my game. But whatever. I'm sick of all this crap. I hope you're happy Tim. Don't worry, I'm still playing basketball. But do worry if you go near Haley ever again," Nathan said as he walked off, but turned to say one last thing. "Oh yeah, and back to before… the only reason I've been a jerk to you lately is because every time I see you, you have some rude or mean comment to say towards Haley or our relationship."

"Wait, Nate!" Tim yelled realizing his terrible mistake. However, he was only greeted with a certain finger from Nathan as he drove off.

"What have I done?" Tim mumbled under his breath.

As Nathan drove in his car trying to get rid of some of his emotions, he found himself at the Rivercourt. He grabbed a ball from the backseat of his car and started to take some shots. 'What the heck is wrong with Tim,' Nathan thought to himself while taking a shot. 'Seriously, how could he think this little scheme could end up in anything but bad? And now Haley can't even look at me. Wonderful. Why would she believe him anyway? He's only been an ass to her, while I have been anything but. Maybe, she's just scared. Either way, I'm going to show her I'm true. I would never do something like this to her or try to hurt her in any way.' He continued to take shots at the basket, releasing his anger. There was only one problem, shot after shot after shot, he was unable to make it in the hoop.

"I DON'T GET IT!" He screamed at the top of his lungs about both his inability to make a shot and his current situation, chucking the ball at the backboard and watching it roll to the bushes at the far end of the court. As he went towards the bushes to get the ball he could of sworn he heard some sniffling. He made his way past the bushes to see who was there, and that's when he saw her sitting down by the river. "Haley," he whispered to himself.

There you have it, chapter 18! Hope you enjoyed. Leave some reviews please, they mean a lot! And just a note, this story will be coming to a close fairly soon. Don't worry we still have several chapters left, but I don't see this as going past 25 chapters, it might even be less. We shall see. It depends on what pops into my head. Either way I enjoyed writing this and don't worry, this story is not at its close quite yet! Anyway, leave reviews… the good, the bad, the happy, the sad. And I'll try to update soon!