Okay, oh my, sorry it took SO long for an update...but you know lol... anyways thank you so much for all the awesome reviews... here's chapter 2!

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Chapter 2: Changing Feelings


Those days are gone, and I want you so much
The night is long and I need your touch
Don't know what to say
I never meant to feel this way
Don't want to be
Alone tonight

The book store was almost empty, no one ever came there. It was the one place Haley liked to go and completely lose herself in a great novel. There was a quiet hum from the fan up front, and a few random people walked by every once in awhile to quietly browse, but no one stayed as long as Haley did.

She was curled up in the back of the store, where there were sofa's and a coffee machine. She was relaxed, like at home, reading The Living, for the thousandth time.

"Why did I guess you'd be here?" A familiar voice laughed in front of her, startling her from her concentration. She looked up, smiled, and then questioned him.

"What are you doing here?" She asked.

"I always come here." He laughed, and scratched his head nervously.

"No you don't." She raised her eyebrows. "I always come here, almost everyday, and I never see you here." She put down her book and looked at him seriously.

"You wouldn't see anyone, especially me, sitting up in front, back here in the loner section" He laughed, jokingly.

"Lucas, this is a book store, it's just one big loner section. Definitely not for guys like you." She said, as if she had it all figured out.

"Guys like me?" He asked, a little sad that he seemed to fit the mold of the popular guy, when he knew he actually broke it completely. He sat next to her.

"Yes, guys like you. The popular ones, who would only speak to me in say, the far end of an empty book store." She said, sighing and picking up her novel again.

"Is that what you think? That I'd only talk to you here?" He asked, his sweet side, that certainly broke the mode, breaking through.

Haley just nodded as she read her book. Lucas put his soft hand on her book and pushed it down so he could see her face. "Well, that's definitely not true." He smiled, then silently got up and walked out of the store.

"Nathan! That water is cold! Please don't!" Haley laughed. Once again, Nathan and Haley were childishly fooling around. This time, on the beach. It was a little chilly out, and the wind was blowing through her hair. She was on Nathan's back, her leg's wrapped around his waist as he walked along the edge of the water.

"Alright." Nathan huffed, laughing too. "What are we going to do tonight?" Nathan asked. Something's different. She's different. His stomach was flipping at the feel of her arms around his neck.

Haley leaned her head in, still on his back, and rested it on his shoulder, the sides of their faces pressed together. "I don't know." She whispered. She felt the same thing too. Like there was something different between them.

"I saw Lucas today." Haley said after a few moments of silence.

"Really? Where?" Nathan said, thinking about how much Lucas began to ask about Haley.

"At the bookstore." She sighed, resting her head even more on his shoulder, finding comfort in the grooves in his neck, how her's fit there.

"Ah, meeting of the Geeks. Must be love." Nathan tried to laugh it off, like he didn't care. Haley laughed back nervously, wanting to bring up the difference in the feelings she was having for him today. Nathan became unusually quiet, as he walked at a slower pace.

"We should um, just hang out tonight, grab a movie or something, you can stay over at the house and we'll just stay up watching movies." Nathan suggested. "Like the old times."

"Okay, sounds great." Haley whispered to him. Somehow, with the feeling she had right now, she wasn't sure if it would be like old times at all. But still, she loved the thought.

Nathan was feeling the same way, not sure if having here there would be the same as when they were younger, and didn't have these feelings, but he too, loved the thought

"Okay, so tonight, I figured, I'd treat you to a full night of your favorite season of Charmed." Nathan smiled, holding up the case to season one of Charmed which he had bought especially for her. They were staying in his room, just like usual.

"AH! NATHAN!" Haley squealed as she jumped up into his arms giving him the biggest hug she had. "I've been looking for that everywhere. Where did you find it?" She asked, eyes wide as she grabbed the case from his hand and bit her lip, staring at it.

"I had itsent in, I know we can't get much of those things around here." He smirked.

"You did that for me?" She asked, becoming a little quiet and a little shy. "Why?"

"Because I know how much you love it, and I love you so..." Nathan said, catching himself on the last sentence. Haley's eyes widened as she looked up at him quickly, finally tearing he sight from the box. "Well, as a friend, you know." He said, his heart pounding. There's no way that she could feel this way too.

Haley laughed. " I know, silly!" She said in a childish voice. There's no way he feels the same way. "Well, put it on!" She laughed. As she bounced over to the bed and positioned herself to watch all night. Nathan rolled his eyes and popped the DVD in, then made his way back to the bed next to her to watch with her.

"Aw, Andy and Prue!" Haley gasped. " They are like the perfect love story." She pouted.

"Perfect love?" Nathan said bitterly. "Talk about your obvious oxymoron!" Nathan exclaimed sarcastically.

"First of all, Oxymoron?" She said, impressed. "Very good, you're learning." She laughed, Nathan laughed with her. "Second of all, yes, perfect. They grew up as best friend's and then finally realized, after a long time, that they were in love. Perfect. Who better to spend your life with, then the person who knows you the most?" Haley realized what she had said, and saw Nathan's blushing reaction, and blushed also. Trying to break the awkward mode, she laughed, "Of course, he died, but she did too so in the end they were together. A modern day-"

"Romeo and Juliet, minus the suicide of course." Nathan smirked, knowing what she was going to say.

"Exactly." She smiled.

The night dragged on ahead of them, they talked like they used to, about everything. They watched episode upon episode, and finally Haley began to finally get too tired. Nathan had already fell asleep. So quietly, she pulled on one of his older, pale blue T Shirts, and dashed downstairs to get a drink of water. She was leaning over the counter, as Lucas quietly walked in behind her, and stopped to look. Her tanned legs were showing from under Nathan's T Shirt that fell just above her knees. One of her small bare feet was pressed against her other leg, and he could barely see the lining of her shorts as she leaned over, causing the T Shirt to raise a little in the back. Her hair was up in a messy bun, and strands were falling down to her shoulders. All in all, she looked beautiful.

"Wow, my brother's shirts look a lot better on you than on him." Lucas laughed, as he walked next to her and sat on the stool.

Haley blushed. "Just getting in?" She asked, changing the subject.

"Yea..." He answered, glancing over at the clock on the stove, reading 3:38am.

"Well, Im going to go to bed so, I'll see you in the morning." Haley smiled nervously and began to walk upstairs. Lucas sighed in disappointment. Almost wishing he could be in Nathan's position, live his life. He sometimes wondered why Nathan couldn't see how great he had it with her.

"Good night." He called at her small fading image, progressing up the stairs.

"Uh huh." She called back.

Up in Nathan's room, she positioned herself under his covers. This was something she had done a thousand times before. Slid into his shirt, slid under his covers and fell asleep with him next to her. As she felt his warm breath on her neck, a shiver wen down her spine. There was still something different. Something different about his smell of cologne on the shirt she was wearing, the feeling of his body so close. She tried to shake it off but couldn't She found herself shifting closer to him, without even noticing. And Nathan, raised his arms to let he small body fit into his. He wrapped them around her and pulled her closer. They both felt so comfortable, and neither thought of how it would be in the morning.

The sun broke through Nathan's bedroom window, as Nathan woke. Haley was still sleeping soundly in his arms, and the smell of her shampoo made his hands tremble. Silently, he backed away, not wanting things to be too weird, after all, he was so certain that to her, they'd only ever be friends. He made his way down the hall and to the shower and slipped inside. As Haley laid, still sleeping, in his bed.

When she woke, she rolled over hoping to face Nathan's sleeping body, but instead she found emptiness. Disappointedly, she reminded herself, that to him, they were no more than friends. As she got up and made her way to the hall, she fixed her hair in the mirror and glided down the stairs.

"Oh Haley! Sweetheart! Join us, please." Karen smiled as she pushed Haley into a chair next to Lucas at the breakfast table.

"Karen, Im still in my - or, well, I really need to change." She blushed, as she noticed Lucas in the corner of her eye, watching her.

"Don't be silly." Karen laughed, as she sat down next to Keith, who was just getting up.

"I have to get to work." He smiled, leaning down to kiss Karen and walking out into the hall.

"Oh shoot!" Karen said, as she looked at her watch. " And Im running late. Sorry I can't join you two, but I have to get going. Haley, help yourself to anything, as usual." She smiled as she too, disappeared into the hall.

"How'd you sleep?" Lucas asked, smiling at her, making her feel more comfortable to be there with him. He was truly sweet, definitely not how she thought he was.

"Fine, thank you." She smiled.

"Where's Nathan?" He asked.

"Im not sure actually..." She started. Before Nathan bursted down the stairs and plopped down next to her. "Right there!" She laughed. Lucas laughed too, and just looked at her again, wondering how he could have not noticed her around after all these years. Lucas got up and walked towards the door. " You guys need a ride to school?" He asked.

"No, I'll drive us, but thanks." Nathan answered, smiling at Haley. Haley smiled back at him.

"Sleep good?" He asked after Lucas had gone, still smiling at her.

Haley nodded. "Yea..." She said quietly.

"Me too." He smirked.

Okay, there it was, chapter two... hope you liked it.. please please please review:)

Michelley