I spotted Nathan as soon as I walked into class. He was sitting with his regular group, right in the middle of the attention. I smiled as he laughed and joked with his friends. He looked over to where I was standing and, if it was possible, his smile grew wider. He stood up and walked over to me. "Hey, beautiful," he said and gave me a hug.
I wrapped my arms around his waist and burried my head into his muscular chest. "Hey, yourself," I responded and looked up at him.
He moved his head down and kissed me lightly on the lips. "Wanna come sit with me?" I nodded and he brought me over to all his friends. They looked nice enough, well some of them did. "Everyone, this is Haley," he introduced and I waved then he continued, "my girlfriend. Hales, this is Tim, John, Derek, Matt, Sarah, Casey, and Rachel."
"Hello," I said when he was finished pointing out each one. Rachel seemed like she was only trying to be nice to me. "It's nice to meet you all."
Nathan made one guy, I think his name was Tim, move over so that I could sit next to him. They all bombarded me with questions. "How long have you two been together?"
I looked at Nathan then back at Sarah "Umm, just a couple of hours, actually-"
"When did you two meet?" Casey asked.
"Almost a week ago, but-"
"And you really think this is gonna last?" asked Rachel and everyone turned to her. "I mean, no offense Haley, but Nathan's not one to get too serious about a girl. I mean, he's more of a love them and leave them type of guy. Aren't you, Nate?"
I looked at Nathan who was glaring at her. "Rachel, that was high school. I would think you would get over it by now," he responded then looked down at me. His eyes softened, "I would never do that to you, Hales. I was still in high school and I was young and stupid."
I shook my head. "You don't have to explain yourself to me, Nate. I believe you," I said and kissed his cheek. He smiled and put his arm around me as the professor walked in. "Oh, Brooke wanted to get together tonight with this mystery guy she's been dating and she wants us to double, do you mind?"
He shook his head. "No, that's cool. Sounds good to me," he replied and we both turned our focus to the professor.
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We headed out of the classroom and Nathan grabbed a holdof my hand. "So, are they gonna meet us somewhere or..?" Nate started and gestured me to finish for him.
"Well, she said she's just going to bring him over to my place. Her class is shorter than mine so she probably already has him there," I explained and then I stopped walking. "She better not be doing anything in my bed."
He laughed and pulled me to him. "I don't think Brooke would do that to you, Hales. She's your friend," he soothed my worries.
"Let's hope so," I muttered and he laughed, kissing my head.
"So, who is this guy? I mean, do you know him? Haven't met him yet? What?"
I sighed. "Well, his name is... ummm... I forget his name, but it starts with an L and he's supposed to be really hot, nice, and smart, according to Brooke at least," I explained as we turned the corner to my street. "We will just find out in a minute. Be patient!"
"I am being patient, I was just wondering what you knew about him," he explained as I worked on unlocking the door.
I opened it to find Brooke sitting on the couch, playing with Millie and nobody else around.
"Aww, Brooke. He couldn't make it?" I asked and sat with her.
She looked at me weird. A realization hit her, "ohh! He's in the bathroom. Sorry, I was confused for a minute," she explained and I smiled.
"That's okay, I'm just excited to finally meet the man from your dreams, litterally," I joked and she nudged me, hard.
"Haley! Not so loud, I don't want him to hear you!" she said in a harsh whisper.
"Don't want me to hear what?" we all turned towards the voice. A tallguy was standing there looking confused. He was actually really cute and seemed nice enough. "Oh, hey Nate."
"Hey, Luke! What's up, man?"Nathan replied and they gave each other a man hug (too cute if you ask me!).
"What? Wait a second, you know each other?" Brooke asked and I just nodded.
They both laughed. "Know each other?" Lucas asked.
"We're brothers," Nathan said and then they came over to sit next to us on the couch.
Brooke got a smirk on her face and looked at me. "See? I knew this would work out! Brother, Haley!" she exclaimed and I just looked at her like she was crazy. "Don't you know what that means?"
I looked over at Nathan, then to Lucas. Both seemed as clueless as me. "No, Brooke. What does that mean?" I smiled at her.
"It means, lots and lots of double dates! We know they like each other!" she squealed and the guys groaned.
I laughed. "Whatever you say, Brooke."
"Thats very true and I'm happy that you're finally accepting that," she joked and winked at me.
It grew quiet for a minute, almost awkward. I ended it with, "So, what should we do?"
Brooke looked pensive. "Well, why don't we order a pizza and watch a movie or something along those lines," she suggested.
Lucas nodded. "Sounds good, but we can't start the movie until the pizza gets here."
Nate nods. "Yeah, don't wanna have to get up in the middle of the movie," he explained.
"Well, then. I'll go order the pizza, you guys decide on a movie and what we'll do while we're waiting for the pizza, okay?" I asked and everyone nodded. "Pepperoni okay with everyone?" Again, more nods and I walked into the kitchen to place the call. Five minutes later I walked back over to them to find them fighting over which movie. "Okay, what are the final choices?"
Nathan started. "Well, I wanna watch the Patriot," he explained.
"And I want to watch Napoleon Dynamite," Brooke whined.
"And I don't care," Lucas smiled up at me.
I acted like I was thinking about it really hard. "Well, I'm sorry, Nate, but I'm really not in the mood for all the blood thats in the Patriot, so I go with Napoleon," I said and he pouted. I laughed and sat down next to him. I put my hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry. Next time, you'll get to pick, okay?"
He smiled. "Okay. Now, what are we doing while we wait for the pizza?"
Brooke got a weird look on her face. "Well, why don't we just talk. I don't know much about you Nathan and Haley doesn't know much about Lucas and vice versa," she explained.
Lucas nodded. "Yeah, why don't we just talk about ourselves? Haley, do you wanna start?" all three looked at me.
I started to panic. Why would they want to know about me? Why was that the one thing they wanted to do. I started to think of ways to get out of it. "Why don't I get us some drinks. Anybody thirsty?" I said, shyly. Everyone looked at me weird.
Brooke broke the tension. "Haley? Is everything okay? Did we say something wrong?"
I sighed. "I just really don't want to talk about me right now. Why don't one of you guys go first?" I said quietly, looking down at my hands.
Nathan pulled me over to him, placing me down inbetween his legs. "Alright, Brooke. Why don't you go first," he said and kissed my head.
She smiled. "Okay, where to start. I grew up in California. I'm an only child. My family is rich, which is good but also can be bad because my parents really don't care too much about me. My best friend is Haley, even though I just met her about 2 weeks ago. I love love LOVE shopping! School is okay, I guess. Ummmm, what else is there to tell about me?" she tapped her chin as she thought about it. "Well, I guess that's it! Nate?"
"Okay. Uh, I grew up here in North Carolina in a small town called Tree Hill. Lucas is my twin brother and we don't have any other siblings. My dad gets pretty crazy on both of us with basketball. It got so bad in high school that we both wanted to quit. My mom works with my Aunt Karen at her cafe. I play basketball here at Duke. Ummm, not much else to say about me. Lucas?"
"Well, I'm Lucas Scott. I love reading all sorts of books. I think Nate pretty much covered our family and the fact we play basketball. Ummm, I used to work with my Uncle Keith in his car repair shop. I'm dating Brooke Davis and... ummm... thats about it," he finished and then he and Brooke looked at me. "Haley? Want to go now?"
I took in a shaky breath. "I-" I was saved by the doorbell. I jumped up and went to open the door. "How much will it-"
"That'll be $20.36, miss," he said, not realizing that I was staring at him. He looked upand smirked, "Hello, Haley. Long time no see!"
I stood there, shocked. "Chris."
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