AN: Hey Guys! Sorry for not updating sooner, I've been really busy this week. But you should know that I really appreciate your reviews, and I want to thank you so much for them! Thanks to: MB, hello pretty, dopeyde, Jessica, Nathanlvr, beachiegal, JeniRose (I'm so sorry if I have grammatical errors. I really try to read over and eliminate them. If you keep noticing them, then please tell me and I will definitely try harder)

Chapter 8

It was finally Friday. This week was either the best or the worst week in Haley's entire life, depending on how you looked at it. She had started tutoring Nathan. Had had her first crush since the sixth grade. Had kissed him. Had yelled at her parents. And then had promised her mom not to see Nathan anymore. Haley didn't know what to think of this week, until she got to her locker in the morning and saw Nathan right there, waiting for her. And she thought, yeah, this HAS definitely been the best week EVER!

She couldn't help but to smile ear to ear as she walked towards Nathan. Nathan noticed her walking towards her and he smirked. She was so beautiful. She had this air of... innocence. Which Nathan wasn't used to finding very sexy, but in this case, he did.

When Haley got there, she was about to open her mouth and greet him, but he surprised her by kissing her right then and there, before even saying anything. It was pretty short, since there were in the middle of the hallway, but it still made Haley get butterflies in her stomach. When they broke apart Haley smiled and leaned back against the lockers.

She looked over his shoulder to see Brooke Davis, Peyton Sawyer, Tim Smith, Jake Jigelski... Nathan's whole gang just hanging out. They didn't seem to be bothered by the fact that their main man just kissed a 'nobody', which was what she basically was at this school. Nathan could see where she was looking and guessed what she was thinking.

"I told them. And believe it or not, they're happy for me," He said and he gazed into her eyes. "And even if they weren't... It wouldn't change anything." He said sweetly and Haley melted. Nathan wouldn't let his friends get in the way of his and Haley's relationship (not that they WERE in the way) so she shouldn't let her parents to that to her.

Haley swallowed. "My parents are forbidding me to see you." She said looking at the floor. "My mom for some reason thinks you committed some crime yesterday... I don't know." She looked up to find Nathan now looking at the floor, looking a little hurt. "But," Haley said trying to reassure him, "I'm not going to listen to them anymore. We can still be together... We'll just not tell my parents just yet." Haley said hesitantly. She didn't' want it to seem like she was ashamed of Nathan. She was just afraid of what measures her parent's would take to keep her and Nathan apart.

"So, we're together? Are we...? We're dating?" Nathan asked and Haley suddenly blushed. Of course, how could she be so stupid, just to assume that because they kissed then that they were together! She wished she could just erased the things she said. She started fidgeting with the zipper of her jacket.

"Oh, no! I didn't mean... Ok, well I DID mean that... but what I mean NOW is... um," OK, now she was just making an even bigger fool of herself. She looked up at Nathan to find him practically laughing at her. "What is so funny?" she asked getting annoyed.

"Would you like to go out with me tonight?" He asked completely surprising Haley. Haley couldn't help but feel stupid. She was right the first time!

"Yes," she said confidently, now smiling. Just then the bell rang for their first class, which Haley and Nathan did not have together.

"OK, well, I gotta go so... I'll kiss you later," Nathan said smirking as he walked off with his group of friends.

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Haley squealed as she closed her locker door and walked off in the opposite direction. She saw Lucas down the hall and decided that if Nathan told his friends, than she should tell hers. And since she only really had one friend, it shouldn't be too hard.

"Hey, Luke!" She called out. He turned around. And stopped for her to catch up to where he was.

"Hey," He said. "So, listen I need to tell you something."

"Really? Me too," Haley said. "You go first."

"Ok..." He took a deep breath. This was sort of making Haley nervous. "I've kind of been... kissing Brooke." He said.

"What?" Haley said, relieved that it wasn't anything drastic or anything. "Brooke Davis? You two are together?" she asked.

"Yeah, sorry I didn't tell you before." He said. "But I actually really like her... She's different then people see." And Haley could tell he was for real.

"I'm glad," She said. "It's true, you shouldn't judge people on first impressions..." This was leading her to her next announcement. But Lucas's made her feel more relaxed. "I'm seeing Nathan. And before you ask: Yes, Nathan SCOTT." She said.

"Oh... Well, it's OK with me. I mean, if you see something in him, than there must be something there." Lucas said.

"There is. Thank you, Luke." Haley said hugging her best friend. She had missed him. She was so caught up with her feelings for Nathan that she had barely seen Lucas this whole week. It was nice that they could still talk.

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"So how are you an Tutorgirl?" Brooke asked Nathan during 1st period.

"Brooke, she has a name," Nathan said.

"Ok, ok. So how are you and HALEY?" Brooke asked. Nathan smiled at the mention of Haley's name.

"Good," Nathan said, "Really good, actually. How about you and that Lucas kid?" Nathan said.

"Good. So I've been thinking. Now that I've got a boyfriend and you've got a boyfriend and Peyton and Jake seem to be hitting it off, and Tim... well, I'm sure he'll find SOMEONE... We should have a party! I could so have one at my house." Brooke said. Nathan thought about this. It didn't really seem like Haley's thing, but then again, Haley seemed to be in the process of loosening up a little. He figured he could just say yes to the party and ask Haley later if she wanted to go. If she did, then great. If she didn't, then they'd find something else to do.

"Alright. Sounds good," Nathan said.

"OK, so, let's say... Next Friday?" Brooke asked and Nathan nodded.

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Haley was waiting for Nathan in the tutoring center. It was four o'clock and since she was planing to keep her relationship with Nathan a secret from her parents, she thought that they could just once skip their tutoring session so that she could be back at six as usual and her parents would never suspect a thing.

Then Nathan walked through the door, looking hot as ever, Haley couldn't help but notice. She wanted to shout to the world 'That's my boyfriend!' But she was able to contain herself.

"Ok, so I was thinking... To be able to go out tonight without my parents knowing, we should probably just skip tutoring this afternoon and just go out now and then I can be back by six and my parents will just think I was tutoring some kid the whole time." She said practically all in one breath. She paused to catch her breath but before Nathan could respond she went on. "And it's totally cool that you miss one tutoring session. I mean, you've been making some good progress. OK, so it's only been a week but-"

Nathan shut her up by planting a kiss on her lips. And that did the trick. Haley kissed him back and they had their little moment of heaven right there in the tutoring center. When they broke apart Nathan spoke first.

"Let's go." He said and walked towards the door, Haley following him.

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AN: OK I'm leaving u there! Sry if it was short but I need to put this in now, cuz I'm scared that my comp will shut down on me again! I'm sooo sorry for the delay! I hope u guys like it! Please REPLY! Thx a bunch!

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Naley's date