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Hi All, I'm bringing you my 13th Story. I really enjoy writing these. I just wanted to point out while you are reading my stories. There may be a lot of grammar and spelling errors, this is down to my disability. So please be kind and understanding while reading. Lastly, I have the lovely othfangirl helping me with this story, I'm so thankful for her support with writing and encouraging with this story. Happy Reading.

Finding Our Future ch10

Instead of going home, Haley made the short drive over to the apartment she knew Nathan had been staying at.

"You can do this" she spoke walking up to apartment door

Knock, knock

"Don't you have a date to get ready for?" He spoke opening the door and seeing her standing there.

"Can I come in?" She asked softly.

"Sure" he spoke opening the door wider to let her in

"It's not a date. We are just two friends hanging out together" she tried to explain to him

"Come on Hales. Even I can see that the guy likes you," he spoke trying not to shout.

"Are you jealous?" She asked curiously

"Of course I'm jealous Hales. You know I want to be with you. This whole situation just makes everything between us even more confusing" he spoke finally looking at her.

"Nathan, I couldn't live my life waiting to see if we were finally going to get together. I want to explore other relationships on all different levels", she spoke trying to get him to understand her reasoning.

"I get that Hales, I do. I know I have no right to ask, but I just want it to be us for a little while, at least until we figure things out more", he commented to her.

"I'm sorry Nathan. I still need to live my life with or without you. So if that means going on a few dates with other guys, then that's what I'm going to do", she spoke watching how sad he looked.

"I guess there is nothing else to say then. Good luck,"

"Nate please try and be happy for me. It might not even work out with Grant," she spoke closing the space between them.

"I will try. Just one more thing before you go," he spoke pulling her flush to him.

"What?" She asked nervously.

He didn't answer, instead he quickly locked lips with her, pushing his tongue into her mouth and exploring it. Haley couldn't help the groans that escaped as he made her feel things she had never experienced from another kiss. He ran his hands through her hair as their tongues battled with each other.

"Always and Forever," he spoke as she gently pulled away from him.

"I really need to go," she whispered walking away more confused and in love with him than ever.

Xxx

Haley made her way back down to the beach once she had changed her outfit. Her mind was still focused on the surprise kiss she shared with Nathan.

"You made it. I was starting to get worried," Grant spoke as she approached him.

"I'm not late, am I?" Haley worried checking her watch.

"No I was just joking Miss James," he replied smiling at her.

"You can just call me Haley. Calling me Miss James, makes it sound like I'm your teacher," she commented to him.

"Sorry Haley, so you ready for this date? He questioned excitedly to her.

"Ready as I'll ever be. What would you like to do?" She asked him.

"Well I know you asked me on this date, but I do have somewhere in mind that I think you might like where we can get to know each other better, if that's okay?" He explained to her.

"Sure, I didn't really have anything planned for us," she spoke as she followed him to his car.

Xxx

"An escape room?" Haley spoke surprised as they pulled up beside the building.

"Yeah, I thought a bit of team building would be fun," he spoke looking over at her.

"Umm yeah I guess it will be interesting," she spoke getting out of the car.

"Come on Haley, it will be good to see the teacher side of your personality come out," he spoke trying to flirt with her.

"Well I can be a mean teacher", she joked trying to relax and just be in the moment as they went inside.

Xxx

"Good afternoon, just the two of you for the escape room?" The girl questioned to them.

"Yes please," he spoke paying and taking the instruction card from the girl.

The girl led them into the escape room, "you have one hour to escape. Good luck!"

Grant and Haley were now locked in the room, reading through the instruction cards to get their first clues.

"So I think we need to find numbers to unlock the keypads," Grant spoke looking through the instructions again.

"Okay, let's get looking, we are against the clock after all", Haley spoke as she started looking and turning over everything in her sight

Haley was first to find one of the clues. She studied it and was able to work it out with ease.

"Are you just going to let me do all the looking or are you going to help? She questioned impatiently as she saw Grant staring at her.

"Sorry! It's just interesting to see your teacher side come out. It's sexy," he spoke softly while blatantly checking her out.

Just from the look in his eyes her mind wondered back to Nathan and their kiss. Although it made her feel uncomfortable knowing Grant was blatantly checking her out as he still tried his best to flirt with her. In just the short amount of time they had been locked in the room together, Haley could already tell that she didn't get those same feelings from Grant like Nathan invoked in her. She felt she still had to give him a chance though, after all she did ask him out.

"Here are some numbers" he spoke after finding a loose piece of paper in the book.

"Haley," he spoke bringing her out of her thoughts.

Shaking her head she got her mind back on track to the task at hand.

"Great! Call them out and I will see what combinations work with the keypads." She spoke noticing that time was running out on them fast

Xxx

"That was a close call," Grant spoke as he drove to the next place he had in mind for their date day.

"Yeah! It was close. At least we managed to escape before the time ran out. Even if it was down to the wire," she laughed looking over at him.

"So are you hungry?" He asked as he parked the car.

"Yeah, what did you have in mind?" She asked taking off her seatbelt.

"I know this really nice seafood restaurant that I thought we could try," he commented smiling at her.

Haley walked slowly following Grant to the restaurant. She couldn't help letting her mind drift back to Nathan again. Knowing that if he planned this evening, he would have planned something so different that she would have loved, not seafood which she found so unappealing

"Haley, you okay? You keep zoning out on me," Grant asked a little concerned

"Sorry! I didn't get the best night sleep last night. So I'm just feeling a little out of sorts,"

"Oh! Well I can always drop you home after this,"

"No! I'm sure I will be fine, once I get some food in my system," she spoke giving her a small smile.

They both looked over the menu before placing their food orders. They sat quietly talking about the upcoming school year. They did seem to enjoy each other's company but Haley couldn't seem to shake her feelings about Nathan.

Here is chapter 10. I hope you enjoy this chapter and please review