The next morning I got ready quickly. I let Millie out for a little while to go to the bathroom and then brought her back in, promising to be back after my first class to let her out again. I made sure she had enough water and food before heading out the door.
My walk was short, but I had a lot of time to think. Think about bad things, of course. What happens when it's all some big practical joke? What if it's just befriend the quiet girl for a day and then humiliate her the next day in class? I was nervous, to say the least.
Once I made it to the front of the building I saw Brooke waving furiously. I smiled and waved back before walking over. Maybe this wasn't gonna be so bad. "Hey, Haley!"
"Hey, Brooke. How's it going?"
She linked our arms together and started leading me to class. "It's going pretty good."
"Well," I interupted.
"Well, what?" she quirked her head towards me.
"You said 'going good' and it's 'going well'," I replied and she looked at me strangely. "Sorry, I can't help but correct people. I was a tutor for so long, I didn't mean to offend you or hurt your feelings or-"
"Did you know you ramble when you're nervous?" she smiled at me and I nodded. "It's okay that you correct me, Haley. I just didn't know what you were talking about." I smiled back at her and everything was okay again. "So, 'tutor girl', you ready for class?"
I smiled at the nickname. "Sure thing, Brookie," I replied and we entered the room. There were seats in all areas, but I didn't really mind where we sat, so I decided to leave it up to Brooke. "Where to?"
She looked around and pulled me up towards the top. As we walked up I saw the guy from the day before. He was staring at me, completely ignoring all his jock friends around him. "Hey, Haley James," he said with a smirk.
I smiled politely at him, replying with, "Hello, Nathan Scott," before heading up to sit with Brooke.
As I sat down I noticed he was still looking up at me. I slightly rolled my eyes before getting out my materials. I looked up at Brooke to see her grinning at me. "What?"
"Who is that hottie that was checking you out?" she asked in a teasing tone.
"His name is Nathan Scott and that's all I know about him, Brooke," I replied and sat forward, hoping she would drop it.
"Yeah? Well, I think you're about to find out more about him," she teased.
I looked up at her. "Why do you say that?"
She pointed towards the stairs. "He's coming up here."
I had a mini panic attack in my head. What did he want? He came right up to me, everyone around was watching. "Hey."
"Hi, Nathan," I replied, attempting to look busy.
"Why are you trying to ignore me?"
I looked up at him with a confused look on my face. "I'm not trying to ignore you! I'm just... busy! I've got to get ready for class to start!"
He just smiled. "Alright, then we'll talk after class, when you're not too busy."
"Uh, I don't think-"
"She'd love to, Nathan," Brooke interupted me and stuck out her hand. "Brooke Davis."
"Nathan Scott," he replied and shook her hand, but kept looking at me. "See you after class, Haley."
I just nodded and he made his way back to his friends. I looked over at Brooke. "Why did you do that?"
"Are you kidding? He totally likes you and you were getting so nervous so I decided to help you! He's probably gonna ask you out now! Aren't you excited? He's so hot! I heard that he's the star basketball player here," she rambled, excitedly.
I sighed. "Thanks, Brooke, for trying to help me, but I don't like him. I don't want to date him."
She shrugged. "So don't date him, but you can at least be nice to him. He seemed like he was a good guy."
"They always do," I muttered. She looked at me, but I shook my head and pointed to the front of the room. The professor was here and ready to teach.
2 hours later, class was letting out. I was nervous because I didn't want to talk to Nathan, but also felt like I did. I was confused to say the least. If I didn't meet Brooke, none of this would've happened... Don't blame her! You wanted this; you wanted a friend!
Brooke started to head out and I was still sitting down. "You coming?" she asked and I nodded. This was it. I was going to talk to Nathan Scott.
We made our way down the stairs and saw no Nathan in his seat. I sighed, relieved and sad at the same time. I looked to Brooke who just shrugged. We walked out of the room, turning to go sit in the Rec Center.
I was stopped by an arm in front of me. I turned to my left to see Nathan. "I thought we agreed to meet after class," he said and moved so he was standing in front of me.
I nodded. "I know, I didn't see you in there and I thought you changed your mind."
He smirked. "Why would I want to do that? I need to learn more about you. I keep running into you. Maybe it's fate," he said, jokingly.
I smiled. I saw Brooke out of the corner of my eye and she gave me the thumbs up before leaving. "Yeah, fate. That's what it is."
"Well, what are you doing right now? Do you have a class?" he asked and we started walking.
I shook my head. "No, I have a 4 hour break before my other classes. I have to head home and let my dog out," I explained. He nodded in understanding. "You can come along if you want."
He looked at me and gave a genuine smile. "Sure, I'll come," he replied and I smiled. "That is, IF you go out to lunch with me."
I dropped my smile and looked up at him. "What?"
"Oh, come on. It's just a meal. I swear,I won't take advantage of you! I just want to spend some time with you, is that so wrong?" I still just kept looking at him. "Listen, it doesn't even have to be like a date. I'll let you pay for yourself, hows that sound?"
I shook my head. "Oh, no. You ask me to go out to eat, you pay," I said and he smiled. "Okay, okay. We'll go. Let's just go let Millie out to play for a little while, okay?"
"Okay," he replied and we made the short walk to my house.
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