Why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart? Why would you wanna take our love and tear it all apart, now? Why would you wanna make the very first scar? Why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart?

-A Perfectly Good Heart by Taylor Swift

When I sat down at his table, I think that I startled him because he was so wrapped in trying to understand how to balance equations. After he saw that it was me sitting next to him he smiled the biggest smile that I had seen from him in a long time. "Hey," I said, "need some help?"

"Yea, thanks" he said with a look of extreme disappointment on his face.

Noticing that look I said, "Nathan just give it time."

"Chemistry or us?" he questioned. Darn, I knew that annoying topic was coming up sooner or later. I just had hoped it would've been later. Sitting in a chemistry class with most of his 'closest friends' all around us was not the place I imagined us talking about the theory of another us. I actually hadn't planned on talking to him at all in the near future. I swear someone is out to get me today.

Well, better get this out now. "Both I guess." When I said this, his face lit up a little, like there was still some kind of hope that we could be together again. I still don't trust him and I don't think I'm wrong at all by doing that. I still didn't even know if there could even be an us again. But if Nathan was willing to prove that he was the right guy for me then I had to give him some kind of shot.

"But right now we have to focus on chemistry. Now I have about thirty minutes to try to get you to understand this. If you can prove to me that you understand it, we might have time to talk a little bit." Wow, his face just keeps getting brighter and his smile gets bigger every time I talk. "But, you have to prove it first. That's the key to everything."

With that subtle little note, we began working on the worksheet. At first he didn't get it at all, so I had to show him some examples. After he figured out what I was doing, I had him walk me through a problem. When he got a step wrong, I corrected him. After he did about three problems like that, he did the rest of his worksheet on his own. When I checked all the answers, he got them all right, although I wasn't surprised. Nathan could do anything he wanted to if he set his mind to it.

So the worksheet took Nathan about a total of fifteen minutes to complete, which meant that the rest of the time we had to talk. Not that I didn't want to talk to him, I did, just not about the relationship stuff which I knew we were going to talk about.

After sitting in extremely uncomfortable silence for what seemed like forever, Nathan said, "So, how have you been?"

Not knowing whether to tell him about how I was in the months after the breakup or now, I decided to not pry open more wounds. "I'm been better, but I've also been much worse. What about you?"

Sensing that this conversation was going to be nothing but uncomfortable for the both of us, Nathan cracked. "Haley, you know I never meant to hurt you right? The only reason I did it was…"

Ok, so he was going to pry them open anyway. I might as well go all out with the accusing. "No Nathan. I do not want to hear it. I thought we really had something. If someone had asked me days before who I would have trusted with my life, I would've said you without skipping a beat." Seeing that I hit a nerve, I kept going just to hurt him the same way he did to me. "After you broke up with me, I went to Luke's house crying my eyes out. He was the only one that I could trust now. I stayed at his house and cried for two or three days without talking. Everything that I saw reminded me of you or us in some way which made me cry even more. Lucas didn't even know what happened because I was too distraught to talk." Now after this part of the rant, I looked at Nathan. He wouldn't even look at me. I finally had enough and went back to my desk where I remained for the rest of the class with tears brimming in my eyes threatening to fall.

I got out my cell phone and texted Lucas to tell him not to worry about me next period because I was going home. I could not stand being near Nathan much longer. All this trying to forgive and giving second chances was killing me on the inside. As much as I wanted to, I don't think that Nathan was capable of proving anything to me.

As soon as the bell rang to go to the next class, I walked out the door straight to my car. Normally I would never miss school, but I just had to get away from Nathan. To my surprise, Lucas was at my car, in the driver's seat waiting for me so he could drive off. He obviously knew something big was up because he never missed school either. What did I ever do to deserve a best friend like him?

We didn't talk the whole way to my house. He knew that when I was ready, I would talk to him. I really don't know what I would've done without him. When we got to my house, I went up the stairs to my room to change and most likely take a nap and Lucas had sat on the couch with the television remote in his hands surfing through the channels. I knew that he would probably stay until he knew that I was ok, even if that meant waiting a while.

What I didn't know was that about fifteen minutes into my nap, Nathan had pulled up the driveway to my and was now knocking on my front door. Oh this should be fun.

AN: Hey guys, so here's the 5th chapter. I had so much fun writing Haley's rant. :D I just wish that I could do that to one of the jerks I know. Not the point. So I now have 25 reviews!!! That's amazing!!! Y'all just have to keep it up because I really don't want to leave you hanging with how I left it. I guess that I should take this time to tell y'all that after January 5th, I will probably only get to update once a week. That's when homework starts again and I'll have to start studying for finals. I'm just giving a warning. That's it I think....remember to review. :) -Tay-