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Chapter 5

It was finally Friday morning and unfortunately for both of them, Haley was in a crappy mood. A very crappy mood.

Ever since their little lap dance incident from the previous day, things had been uncomfortable between them. Haley could not stop fantasizing Nathan's shirtless, sweaty body under hers and Nathan couldn't shake off the feeling of Haley grinding him and running her hands all over his body.

So to avoid the awkward moments, they had gone back to being snappy and sarcastic.

"How was your sleep, princess?" Nathan asked bored while coming to the kitchen to get something to drink while she was making their lunches ready. Haley cursed when she saw that he was yet again shirtless and she did her best to ignore the fact that he looked extremely hot and instead tried to concentrate on glaring at him because he got her golden ring hanging around his neck as always.

"I'm having my period and can therefore legally kill you. So shut the fuck up." Haley snapped. She had a sick feeling in her stomach and didn't need any crap from Nathan.

"Eew." Nathan said disgusted. "Don't say stuff like that to me." he said and started to pack his basketball stuff. "Did you wash my game uniform?"

"Yeah, your 'then-disgusting, now-clean' clothes are drying in the bathroom. You can probably get them by yourself or am I overestimating your I.Q. again?" she asked sarcastically.

"Jesus, what the hell did you have for breakfast? A bowl of bitch-cereal?"

"I haven't had my morning coffee yet, Molly. Don't make me kill you. Besides, I just washed the floors. I'd hate to get them all bloody this early in the morning." She said without looking up from the lunch she was making.

Nathan huffed and went to get his clothes. He came back few minutes later with something much more interesting than his game uniform.

"Well well well, looks like my 'disgusting' clothes weren't the only clothes you washed." He said. Haley's head whipped around to look at him holding her black bra and looking at them with much interest.

"What the hell are you doing?" she asked annoyed but couldn't help the blush on her cheeks.

"Black. Victoria's Secret. Very Sexy Collection. Very hot." He said inspecting the black bra with much interest. "34 B. Knew you were bigger than A." He said and looked at her boobs.

"Give me those." Haley mumbled and grabbed the bra from his hands.

"Didn't know you were so- Ouch!" he yelled when Haley smacked him across the face with her bra.

"So what!" she asked while holding the bra up ready to smack him again.

"So violent! Jesus." He said rubbing his cheek annoyed but with a hint fear. Haley smiled smugly and went to hide her bra with the rest of her clothes before going back to finish his lunch.

"Peanut butter and jelly?" she asked already knowing his answer.

"Yeah."

"You're so predictable." She huffed.

"Just make the damn sandwich." Nathan said without turning around to look at her while packing his basketball stuff his back towards her. "Miss Black Lace." He added with a smirk and immediately ducked down to avoid the newspaper Haley threw towards him. It missed his head by inches.

Few hours later...

"I swear to god I just wanna kill him every time he opens his mouth." Haley said. She was walking with Lucas towards the cafeteria.

"He's not that bad."

"Not that bad? Not that bad! He was so mean to me on Monday! He basically said I could never be as good as he is!"

"That's not what he said." Lucas said. "But you're right, he shouldn't be mean to you." Lucas said and smiled a bit. "But to his defence, you were pretty mean to him too." He said. Haley stopped in her tracks and took a deep breath to prevent herself from not screaming.

"Luke, I understand you two are brothers and all but I've been your best friend for 10 years." She said through gritted teeth. "It'd be nice to see you put some value in that." she said and threw her lunch in the garbage can.

"What are you doing?" Lucas asked.

"I'm not hungry anymore." She said and started to leave.

"Haley!" he yelled after her but she wouldn't stop. Nathan came next to Lucas.

"Dude, what did you do to make her so mad?" he asked. "You've gotta teach me!" he said grinning.

"Shut the hell up, Nathan." Lucas snapped and started towards their usual table.

"Ok, what's up with you? Brooke not giving you any?" Nathan asked while sitting down opposite from Lucas.

"It's definitely not that." Lucas mumbled. He coughed and turned to look at Nathan and sighed. "It's about Haley."

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"She thinks I'm taking your side in all of this."

"Which is smart." Nathan said smirking.

"She's my best friend, Nate! She knows me better than anyone else and she's always been there for me." Lucas said.

"Yeah, I get that." Nathan said. "Just don't forget that blood is thicker than water, or whatever." He said not being sure what the saying was.

"She's my best friend and I don't want to have to choose between you two." Lucas said. "Just try to be nicer to her. She really is a cool girl." Lucas said.

"I find it hard to see past the evil in her."

"Just try to be nicer." Lucas pleaded.

"Not gonna happen, Lucas. She's the biggest bitch around me."

"And according to her, you're the biggest asshole around her."

"Hey, if she would play nice, I would." He said.

"You just have to take the first step, Nate."

"Why?" he asked.

"Because you hurt her feelings." Lucas said. Nathan's ego stopped him from saying that she had hurt him too.

"I won't promise anything." Nathan finally said and started to eat his sandwich.

Later that day...

"What's up, Tutor girl?" Brooke asked when Haley came to the gym. It was almost 5 pm and the cheerleading and basketball practises were almost over. Brooke and Peyton were stretching close to the bleachers.

"Nothing, just got done with yet another annoying tutoring session." Haley said referring to her tutee. "I don't know which one is worse: tutoring the retard-jock or waiting for the Asshole." She said looking at Nathan while sitting down on the bleachers.

"Whitey doesn't want you at the practises?" Peyton asked.

"Yeah he does but I have tutoring. He wants me there every day next week when the playoffs start."

"What about Forrest Gump?"

"I changed him for Laura's 'Sweating Fisherman'."

"The kid with the mullet?"

"That's the one. Big problems with English. The good thing is that I don't have to start with him in three weeks. Thank god."

"So, whatcha doing tonight?" Brooke asked changing subjects.

"I have no idea." Haley said. "Cleaning, laundry, dishes... Whatever he says." Haley said looking at Nathan and sighed. "I swear to god I've vacuumed the place like 4 times this week." Right then Lucas and Nathan came to them.

"Hey, honey." Lucas said and kissed Brooke. He then turned to look at Nathan and gave him a pointed look. When Nathan didn't acknowledge that, Lucas elbowed him lightly and cleared his throat.

"Oh, yeah." Nathan said and turned to look at Haley. "Luke and I are playing ball with the guys tonight so you can have the night off." Nathan said. Haley looked at him surprised.

"Really? Umh, thanks." She said.

"Yeah, whatever. I still expect breakfast by 10 am tomorrow." He said and left with Lucas to get his stuff from the locker room.

"At least you got the night off." Peyton said.

"Which is perfect!" Brooke started excited. "Cause we're going to a party tonight!"

"What?" Haley asked.

"Yeah, just as girls! We're gonna have so much fun!" Brooke said excited.

"What do you suggest, Brooke?" Peyton asked.

"Well, there's a party at this frat house and we're totally gonna go there and rock the place." She said excited.

"I don't know, Brooke." Haley started. "I mean, it's my only night off from him." She said.

"Which should be reason enough to get crazy and party!" Brooke said. Peyton and Haley looked at each other realizing they really didn't have much of a choice when Brooke had her mind made up about something.

"Sure, let's do that." Haley finally said and Peyton nodded her head in agreement. Brooke clapped her hands together furiously in enthusiasm.

"Sweet! This is gonna be so awesome!" she said and then turned to look at Peyton. "Peyton, I'll choose your party clothes. None of that gothic thing you've got going on." She then turned to Haley.

"And Haley, I'll do your hair." She said and then continued. "And make up. And choose the clothes. The whole shebang!"

"Hey, I can't be that bad!"

"Of course not, honey. Your hair is."

Haley smacked her lightly but Brooke ignored it.

"But no fear, Brooke is here." Brooke said with an excited gleam in her eyes. "Yes, tonight will be great. Tonight will be awesome." She said slowly while rubbing her hands together and looking past the girls into the distance.

"You do know that you're starting to sound a bit psychotic?" Haley asked studying her face carefully.

"I'm fine with that." She said snapping out of her daze. "P.Sawyer, take that 'skeezy in the jungle' top and those tight jeans I bought you and be ready by 1800 hours." She then turned to look at Haley.

"But-" Peyton started but Brooke was on a roll.

"And Tutor Girl! P.Sawyer and I'll be at Nathan's place approximately 1815. We'll get ready there."

"Roger that, ma'am." Haley said in deep voice and saluted Brooke.

"So, what time are you leaving?" Haley asked from Nathan. It was after school and they were walking towards Nathan's apartment.

"Why, trying to get rid of me?" Nathan asked bored.

"Just counting down the minutes to my night off." She muttered.

Nathan was about to say something when he saw a person standing next to his apartment, leaning on the door. Nathan groaned out loud.

"What do you want, dad?" he asked annoyed.

Haley looked at Dan and frowned when she saw him looking at her from head to toe. Haley tried to look as confident as possible but Dan's intense staring gave her the creeps.

"Just thought I'd come by to make sure you're prepared for the game. I gotta say, son that I'm pretty disappointed in you. Having sex only few days before the game? You gotta be able to give your 110 at the game. Lose the girl." He said looking at Haley. Haley rolled her eyes and huffed annoyed.

"We're not having sex, dad." Nathan said and took a step in front of Haley almost protectively. Sure, he didn't get along with her but no one deserved the wrath of Dan.

"Dan Scott. Nathan's father." Dan said while offering his hand to Haley while staring at her.

"Yeah, I know." Haley said and shook the hand.

"Oh really?" he asked interested. "And why's that?" he asked with a smirk. Nathan looked at his dad in anger and disgust. How dare he flirt with her.

"Well, for one I'm best friends with your son." She said with a sweet smile.

"Nathan, why haven't you told me about her?" Dan asked.

"Actually, I meant your other son." Haley said sweetly. Dan's face fell when he heard that. "And second, I also work at Karen's cafe." Haley said still smiling. When Dan heard that, he took a step back and looked at her disgusted.

"Dad, meet Haley James." Nathan said proudly when he saw Dan taking a step back. Now we only need few more and he's down the stairs.

"Since when have you been slumming, son?" Dan asked from Nathan. Nathan looked at him furiously while Haley just smirked. Now she wouldn't feel bad about giving him a piece of her mind.

"Not that it's any of your business but Haley's not my girlfriend, she's my temporary roommate." Nathan said annoyed.

"Son, if you're in that desperate need of money that you can't even pay your own rent, just come home!"

"Dad, I'm doing just fine." Nathan said annoyed. "Now, if that's all..." he said.

"Come home, Nathan. You're wasting your life playing house with white trash. When do you realize that I just want what's best for you?"

"What's best for me is you out of my life. For good. Leave." Nathan said.

"Fine, I'll see you at the game. Your condition's crap. You better improve it."

"My condition's fine. Leave." Nathan said a bit more forcefully and opened his apartment door to go in.

"You're ruining your life!" Dan yelled before Nathan huffed annoyed and went inside his apartment.

Haley followed him but before closing the door, she turned to look at Dan one more time.

"What do you want?" he asked nastily from her.

"You know, you should be nicer to your kid, Mr. Scott. He's the one who chooses your nursing home." Haley said with a smirk and slammed the door in his face.

Haley shut the door and turned around happy that she had gotten the last word. She went in the kitchen and started to do her homework. Nathan looked at her for the longest time before finally walking in front of her.

"Thanks." He said sincerely.

"You're welcome." Haley said with a smile.

"I'm sorry he called you white trash."

"I'm sorry your dad's an ass." She said.

They looked at each other for few seconds with smiles but then they both blinked and snapped back to reality.

"I'm hungry, make me dinner." Nathan said trying to sound snappy or mean but it came out totally opposite.

"Yeah, as long as you don't talk to me." Haley replied in the same voice.

So, any thoughts?