He saw Haley, drunk. Brooke was having a hard time holding her up.
"Can you come with me to my car? I might have a hard time putting her in," Nathan asked Brooke.
"Sure."
Nathan picked her up and carried her to his car.
When he picked her up, she squealed and giggled.
"Brookie! When did…..your hair…..? So short?" she giggled as she started to play with Nathan's hair.
"Yeah Brookie, answer her," Brooke told Nathan, stifling a laugh but didn't succeed, she burst out laughing.
Few minutes later, they got to Nathan's car.
"Brooke, open the door," Nathan ordered.
"'Kay" she opened the door.
He gently put her in the seat, laying her down.
"Okay, you can go back if you want,"
"'Kay Hot Shot, Thanks for taking care of her, bye" she kissed him lightly on the cheek and walked away.
He looked at Haley, who was half-asleep. He smiled as she started to fall asleep.
He got in and started to drive. He thought the best thing to do was drive her to his house.
They arrived at his house. He pulled into his driveway and he gently carried her upstairs to his room.
She mumbled something inaudible. Then, her mumbling became clearer and clearer.
"Brookie? Why… doesn't he see…… that I like ……him?"
"I like him…….so much…..even though I said I will never…..fall for him…."
"Brookieeeeeee"
He put her on his bed (his bed is really big, like queen-sized).
He went to his bathroom and changed into a wife-beater and boxers.
He slipped into bed next to her and put his arms around her waist and slowly fell asleep.
She opened her eyes to some unfamiliar walls, she took in the view of rap concert posters and she realized she was in Nathan's room. She tried to get up but something was holding her back. She saw Nathan's arms wrapped around her waist.
She lies back down and put her face near his.
She looked at his sleeping face, she thought he looked adorable.
Her eyes looked past him and saw the red block numbers on his clock.
Her eyes went alerted and wide.
She shook him, " Nathan, wake up!"
He groaned and rubbed the sleep from his eyes, taking his arms away from her.
"That's the second time in 24 hours, Hales," he groaned, letting his head fall back onto his pillow.
"Wake up, we're going to be late!" She shook him again…and again.
He groaned again, pulling her arms off him and he rolled over to her, half his body on hers.
"Nathan!" she protested.
She put her hands on his chest to push him away. "Nathan!!!"
"Damn…he has a hot-ass body!" she thought, this time making sure she didn't say her thoughts out loud.
"Hales, quiet down," he whined.
"NATHAN SCOTT. GET YOUR ASS UP RIGHT NOW!!!" she screamed.
He turned his head to face her, "That's it,"
He leaned over and started to kiss her.
They were making out when she pulled away.
"How dare you kiss me, Nathan."
"You know you liked it," he smirked.
She sat up, "I'm leaving"
"Why?"
"School," she replied.
"Why?"
"'Cause I need an education, I can't live on a basketball scholarship next year like you," she said, at the same time, her phone started to ring.
"Hello?...Brooke?...No I'm not at home….Yeah, Nathan's house…..You guys aren't? … Okay we won't…..Bye…"
He smirked, "Good news?"
"No," she said.
"Let me guys, they aren't going to school either?"
"Yup, like usual."
"Not surprised, we usually don't go to school the day after we go clubbing."
"Damn. Brooke threatened me not to go,"
"Threatened?" he looked confused.
"It's nothing," she replied.
She laid back onto Nathan's bed. She put her head on his chest and closed her eyes, trying to go back to sleep.
"So now you want to go to sleep," Nathan said.
"Yep."
There was a moment of awkward silence between them.
"Hales, are we friends with benefits?"
"What? Why do you say that?" She didn't dare to look at him.
"Because we keep kissing each other," Nathan said.
"I don't keep kissing you," she protested.
"True, but you kiss me back," he replied.
"Well, that doesn't really mean anything…." She trailed off.
"Yeah it does, I heard you talking about me yesterday night," he smirked.
"What?! Were you stalking me and Brooke?!" she screeched.
"Ow...No, I was the one who brung you here, duh," he added, "So that's why you asked 'Brooke' why her hair was so short," he said, laughing.
She glared at him and he immediately stopped laughing.
"Sorry, I'll never laugh at you again," he apologized, putting his arms around her waist and pulling her into a hug.
She hugged him back and a few minutes later, he pulled away.
"Hales?"
"Yeah?" she answered him.
"What you said last night, were you telling the truth?" he asked her.