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Finding Our Future ch8
"Thanks for inviting me guys. It's been a fun afternoon," Grant spoke to the group after they all had a chance to dry off.
"No problem! Glad you could make it," Clay commented to him.
"Are you not staying to go watch the fireworks with us?" Quinn questioned to him while glancing over at Haley.
"No sorry! I have to head over to my family's house now for their celebrations," he explained to her.
"Aww well, have fun with your family", Nathan spoke, finally glad to see Grant was leaving after stealing Haley's attention all afternoon.
"I'll walk you out", Haley suggested knowing that it would make Nathan a little uneasy.
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"Haley I'm sorry if I have caused any drama between you and Nathan today," he spoke as they walked quietly out to his car.
"What do you mean?" She asked curious of his answer.
"Haley come on. It's clear to everyone in there that Nathan views you as more than a good friend," Grant answered finally making eye contact with her.
She stood there in shock not sure exactly what to say next.
"Umm no, he is just a little overprotective of me. We have known each other since we were small kids", she answered nervously trying to justify the situation.
"You can call it whatever you want Haley, but if you like he too, Then I won't stand in the way of that", he commented with a small smile.
"Haha! I can assure you we are just good friends. Which brings me to my next question", she spoke casually to him.
"Yes?"
"Would you like to have dinner sometime?" She asked seeing the surprise on his face.
"Yes that would lovely," he spoke smiling at her.
"Good it's a date," she replied smiling at him.
"Well, have a good night Miss James," he spoke giving her a small kiss on the cheek.
"What was that for?" She asked feeling happy from the sweet gesture.
"It just felt right in the moment. Anyways, I'll see you soon," he spoke getting into his car.
"Bye," she shouted as watched him drive away.
"God Haley, what have you gotten yourself into with him now too?" she thought to herself.
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"That was a long goodbye," Quinn commented to Haley.
"Oh I never noticed. I was too busy making out with him by his car," she spoke seeing Nathan getting even more annoyed than he had been earlier in the day.
"Who are you and what have you done with my sweet and innocent baby sister?," she joked with her.
"Treat them mean, and keep them keen, isn't that what mom always told us", she commented to her sister.
"It is. Now you better go clean up and change or we will be late for the fireworks," she spoke handing her her clothes from earlier.
"Okay, I'll be quick. I promise," she spoke heading into the house to get ready.
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Once the rest of the guest had left, Quinn also went and made a quick change of outfits.
"Are we ready to go?" Clay asked once he saw that Quinn was ready.
"Nate, is Haley not changed yet?" she asked not seeing her sitting there waiting.
"No, you guys go head on, Haley and I will meet you there once she is ready," he suggested to them.
"You're sure?" Quinn asked him.
"Yeah! Who knows how long she will take to get ready. I heard her in the shower when I was changing into my clothes," he explained to her.
"Ok man. Well here is the spare key and just lock the house when you guys are leaving," Clay spoke tossing the spare key his way.
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"Hales can I come in?" Nathan asked knocking the door.
"Yeah", she answered back
"Nathan!" She spoke surprised still in her towel
"I thought you said it was okay to come in", he answered softly, trying not to look at her.
"Sorry, I thought you were Quinn", she spoke surprised to see him.
"They already left for the fireworks because you were taking so long to get ready," he spoke finally looking at her in the towel.
"I sort of forgot to pack clean panties. So now I'm trying to dry the bikini bottoms with the hair dryer", she spoke a little embarrassed.
"Right well everyone else has already gone. So we have a couple of options."
"Which are?"
"You continue drying them like that and we miss the fireworks."
"Option 2?"
"You let me go to the mall and buy you a new pair and we get to the fireworks late."
"Nate nowhere will be open at this time. What's the third option?
"You could always just go without any. It's not like anyone would know other than us," he commented smirking at her.
"Yeah, you would just love that after the day we had being at each other's throats. Since we really don't have any other good choices, I'm just going to go home and let you go watch the fireworks with everyone else", she answered softly.
"Okay look, I know that today hasn't been great for either of us. If you want to date Grant, then I won't stand in your way. You clearly like him after making out with him shortly after meeting him, which by the way seems totally out of character for you, but that's not the point. I do have one more option for you though", he spoke with a raised voice going off on his rant.
Haley was trying really hard to keep it together. She liked seeing this side of him, as it showed that even thought she was playing with his emotions, he really did care for her, which made her feel guilty for lying.
"What's the other option?" she asked curious.
"You can wear a pair of my shorts, and we stay here and watch the fireworks together", he spoke after calming down a little.
"I like that option the best", she spoke smiling at him.
"Right", Nathan looked around for his gym bag before pulling out an oversize t shirt and pair of basketball shirts she could wear.
"Thank you", she spoke taking the clothes from him.
"Once you're changed, meet me on the patio", he spoke before exiting the bedroom.
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Haley came out to the patio once she had changed. She saw that Nathan had cleaned up and made it more date like for them.
"This looks nice," she spoke making her presence known him.
"Yeah I thought we needed a relaxing atmosphere."
Haley smiled as she came and sat down on the sofa beside him.
"At least my clothes worked well for you," he spoke noticing how sexy she looked in his clothes.
"Still don't have any panties on though," she joked at him.
"It can be our secret," he relaxed back into the sofa.
"Nathan?" She questioned after a few moments of silence.
"Yeah," he spoke looking over at her.
"I didn't make out with Grant today. He did kiss me on the cheek though," she explained making eye contact with him.
"Well I'm glad you didn't make out with him. Why are you telling me this?"
"I haven't been fair to you since we started getting to know each other again,"
"Okay I'm listening."
"I know I have been driving you crazy with how I been treating you. I guess in some strange way, I wanted to see how far I could push you until you got to your breaking point," she confessed softly.
"Why?"
"Of how we left things seven years ago. I know we never got together back then, but when I was ready for us, you kept pushing me away and telling me I needed to live my own life. Seeing you with all those girls was absolutely crushing for me, and I couldn't help thinking why couldn't that be us? So I just came to the conclusion that I wasn't good enough for you", she spoke trying to hold back the tears.
"Haley, I'm sorry! I appreciate you being honest with me, but that doesn't explain your actions with Grant and how it affects me though", he commented to her.
"In my head I thought if I could flirt with someone and get a reaction from you, then It would make you see how hurt, alone and unloved I felt by your rejection."
"Wow, I never knew you felt like that," he spoke looking over at her.
"That's the point, Nathan. I'm sorry I have been putting you through hell the last few days. It's just seeing you again; all those emotions came flooding back. I wanted you to feel some of the emotions, I have buried for so long. I know there was probably a better way to go about it, but I just couldn't see that and I got caught up in everything," she spoke finally letting the tears fall.
Seeing the tears Nathan pulled her into a tight hug "It's okay! This has helped me understand you a lot more. Please don't cry,"
"Sorry, you must think I'm such a girl", she whispered wiping away her tears.
"At least now we both know what we need to work on to continue building our friendship back," he spoke holding her tight.
"Thank you for always being there for me," she spoke leaning up to kiss him.
This time they both gave into the kiss, letting their tongues explore each other's mouths. He pulled her in flush to him so she was nearly on his lap, as they battled for dominance lost in each other's embrace.
"Always and Forever," he whispered breathless against her lips as the sound of the fireworks started going off.
Here is chapter8. I hope you are all still enjoying this story. As always if reading please leave a review.
