Oh I love all of you who reviewed. They inspired me to write more often.

And to answer the question about age, Nathan is older than Haley by a year cause he's a senior and she's a junior. And just to let you all know, I was listening to The Wreckers "The Good Kind" the entire time I wrote this so that might help if you listen to it too. Hope you enjoy! p.s. sorry this took so long. for some reason i couldnt upload for like a week.

Tuesday

Haley walked around her room trying to figure out what to wear to school that day. Not that it really mattered much but this was the first time she actually put some thought into it. Normally she'd just grab a pair of jeans and a top but now half of her closet was dumped onto her bed and she was still not happy with anything she had tried on.

"Woah. Tornado much?" Brooke asked walking in and shoving some clothes aside so she could sit down on the bed.

"Ha…you're not helping." Haley said and continued to go through her wardrobe.

"Why are you going crazy with the outfit? Isn't that usually my job?" Brooke asked sorting through the pile and pulling out a halter top and chucking it at Haley's head.

"I dunno."

"Wear that."

"Yes mother." Haley said sarcastically and walked into her bathroom to change. She came out and grabbed her schoolbag. Brooke hopped off the bed and walked out the door with Haley.

"Ready for another riveting day at school?" Brooke asked knowing exactly what Haley's answer would be.

"Yes I am. Ready for another chance to stare at Lucas during basketball practice?" Haley threw back at her. Brooke glared at her before getting a dreamy smile on her face.

"That's the best part of being in school."

"Ug, you guys are just too cute sometimes."

"Well I'd say it's mostly me but he has his good side too."

"My goodness when did your car get so small?" Haley asked leaning towards the door of Brooke's car she had just gotten into to.

"What are you talking about? It didn't shrink."

"Must be your ego taking up all that space then." Haley said laughing at her friend. Brooke gasped in mock anger and then peeled out of the driveway leaving Haley hanging on for dear life.

Nathan strolled into his class and took a seat next to Lucas.

"Hey man, what's up?"

"Nothing really. Just school."

"How articulate of you."

"Luc, I'm still being tutored. Your fancy words are still falling on deaf ears." Nathan said leaning back in his seat. Lucas smiled to himself. His brother hadn't seemed to change but underneath his smooth persona Lucas noticed that he seemed more relaxed and maybe even genuinely happy. Interesting. He'd have to set Brooke on the trail immediately. She always had a way of finding stuff out.

"Alright class. Since you're all looking so fresh-faced this morning I figured I'd do you all a favor and give you a pop quiz. Books away and pencils out people. Chop, chop." The entire class groaned as their teacher passed out the Algebra questions.

"Great…" Nathan mumbled under his breath but for the first time when he looked at the first problem he didn't feel like he was completely at a loss. Maybe some of what Haley had shown him had actually stuck.

A few minutes later

"Ok guys, finish up and hand your papers to the front." Nathan finished his last equation and passed his paper up to the front and felt a small smile appear on his face.

"How'd you do?" Lucas asked looking over at Nathan.

"Surprisingly, not terrible."

"Guess Haley was more help than you thought she'd be."

"Yea, guess so." Nathan said and proceeded to think about his petite tutor who had somehow managed to not leave his thoughts all day.

Wednesday

Nathan walked back into his algebra class anxiously awaiting his test paper. He felt so weird, this feeling of anticipation had never found him before. Usually it was a sense of dread.

"Dude, what's with you? I swear if that grin on your face got any bigger you might start giggling." Lucas said a little worried about Nathan. He had been acting strangely since yesterday and even in basketball practice.

"Nothing, just looking forward to the game tonight." Nathan covered.

"Oh yea, Well we're gonna win like we always do." Lucas said and shrugged off Nathan's weird behavior.

"Alright my little lemmings. I know you're all eager to find out how you did so here are your quizzes. Some of you, let this be a warning." Their teacher said as he passed the quizzes back. When he reached Nathan's desk he smiled a little and said, "Nice job Nathan."

"Thanks." Nathan replied and looked down at his quiz. His eyes almost popped out of his head when he saw the 87 circled in red pen at the top.

"I guess you did well."

"Uh, yea. 87." Nathan said showing Lucas his paper. Even Lucas was stunned at how well he had done. Not that Nathan wasn't capable of it but it was the first time he'd actually applied himself to get those kinds of grades.

"Nice job. But I guess I really should be congratulating Haley." Lucas said eyeing his brother. Nathan nodded and Lucas swore he was almost going to start humming to himself. For the rest of the class Nathan didn't pay attention, his mind was definitely elsewhere.

7th Period

Nathan practically ran into the tutoring center. Haley hadn't been at lunch and he figured she was probably busy helping a fellow student so he hadn't gone looking for her but in the two periods after lunch he had been fidgeting all afternoon. Peyton had finally thrown a paper ball at the back of his head so he'd stop tapping his foot on the floor.

"Woah there champ." Haley said looking up from her desk. Nathan suddenly lost all the confidence he had been building up all day.

"Haley." Nathan said mostly because it was the only thing his mind would spit out.

"Yes?" Haley asked somewhat concerned and even a little scared at his strange behavior.

"Um, hi."

"Hi." Haley said laughing a little and then walked over to the table where she usually worked with him.

"Are you planning on joining me or are you going to learn from there?" Haley asked motioning for him to take a seat beside her.

"What? Oh! Yes, I mean yea."

"Are you ok Nathan? Is something bothering you? We can talk if you want. Not that we you know, talk very much but we're friends right? So I guess that means we can talk about stuff. But only if you want to." Haley rambled. The look he was giving her was making her nervous. Those eyes of his were looking at her almost as if he could read her thoughts with them. Nathan smiled at her rambling. Maybe he wasn't the only nervous one there.

"I had a pop quiz in algebra yesterday. And I got it back today." Nathan said waiting for her reaction.

"Really? How'd you do?" Haley asked while leaning closer to him trying to see if he was hiding the paper from her.

"Here." Nathan said handing her his quiz. His smile grew when he saw her eyes widen in shock and then her face broke out into a smile.

"Oh my goodness. Nathan! This is amazing. Good job." Haley said almost going to hug him and then pulling back a little with her arms at an awkward angle. Nathan noticed and moved closer taking the initiative and wrapped his long arms around her. Even though they were both sitting down and it wasn't the most comfortable position to be in he didn't' really notice.

"Thank you Haley. I couldn't have done it without you." Nathan murmured into her hair. But she heard him. And she felt him too. And at that moment a strange feeling came over her. For the first time she was looking at Nathan Scott in a different way and it felt good.

"Your welcome." Haley said pulling back. She made the mistake of looking up at him and those eyes of his once again seemed to be reeling her in.

"I mean it Haley. I never could have done this without your help. I need you to know that." Nathan said looking down at her face, the small smile on her lips, the blush that was starting to creep up her cheeks and the way her eyes sparkled at his words.

"Oh that's no problem Nathan. I knew you could do it." Haley said finally breaking free from his embrace.

"Yea, so I guess back to work then?" Nathan said smiling. She smiled back.

"Yea, I guess so." Haley said and Nathan pulled out his books. This time however, he didn't make any more advances towards her and Haley felt, for the first time, a little upset that he hadn't kissed her.