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Disclaimer: Honestly, if I did own One Tree Hill (which I don't) we would not have to wait until May 2 for it to come back…
Summary: Nathan Scott is the most popular guy in school and Haley James is just an average girl who happens to be friends with Nathan's half-brother, Lucas. What happens when each of their groups of friends end up staying next door to each other all summer?
A Summer to Remember
Chapter 19
"Mom, have you heard anything about Bobby? Is it true that they caught him?" Haley said, praying that her mother would give her the answer that she wanted to hear.
"Haley? Is that you? I'm so glad you called. Your father and I were getting worried." Lydia responded happily. "What did you say? Something about boobies?"
"Mom, no." Haley smiled a little internally because her mom was so crazy, in a good way. "I said Bobby."
"What? What about Bobby? Did you see him?" Lydia yelled over the phone. Nathan laughed when he saw Haley hold the phone about 5 inches from her ear because of the loud voice on the other line.
"No, that's why I called you. I was wondering if you heard anything about him." Haley could feel the sliver of hope that she had been holding on to slowly slipping away.
"No, I haven't heard anything. Why?" Lydia said inquisitively. "Should I have heard something?"
"No, I was just wondering…I gotta go. I'll call you later." She hung up the phone and looked to see both Nathan and Chris staring at her. Both of their faces were questioning, but obviously for different reasons. "She hasn't heard anything."
Haley was trying her hardest to mask her disappointment, but it didn't go unnoticed by Nathan. "I'm sure they'll find him soon, Hales." He said soothingly.
"Does someone want to tell me what the hell is going on?" Chris asked with a laugh. He was totally and completely lost at this point.
"That's what I was going to ask you." Nathan spat back. "Why the hell are you staying here for the rest of the summer?"
"My manager thought it would be good for my image. You know, stay in a secluded place for awhile, befriend the locals, the norm." Chris answered simply.
"How can staying here be good for your image? No one in 'show business' or whatever you call it will even know you're here." Haley narrowed her eyes and tried to find the real reason that Chris was staying here.
"Ok, fine. I'm just trying to lay low for awhile."
"Why?" Nathan was not the least bit satisfied with Chris answer.
"I don't know really. I think it might have something to do with me saying that I wanted to kidnap baby Suri Cruise, but I was totally kidding about that! I mean, I thought that Tom could take a joke, but apparently not…" Chris trailed off as his eyes wondered to the bushes surrounding the pool area. "Whoa, what happened to that one?"
Nathan and Haley looked to where Chris was pointing and saw the bush that Nathan had disfigured a few weeks ago. Both started laughing as Chris gave them an annoyed look. He hated being left out of inside jokes, and these two seemed to have a lot of them.
"Get a room." Chris mumbled before walking away.
"That guy is so annoying." Nathan laughed as Haley nodded in agreement. "Just the way he talks makes me want to pound his face in."
"But you're not going to." Haley smiled as she grabbed his hand. "Just as I suspected, taking into account the size of your hand and the average speed that someone your size would punch at, the impact of a hit from you would probably break his nose." She said matter-of-factly.
"Ok, why do you know that?" Nathan joked as she playfully stuck her tongue out at him.
"I just do. But you aren't going to pound his face in. You know why?" She responded coyly.
"I'm sure you're going to tell me." He smirked.
"Because you're better than that," Haley said simply and with a smile. "And because Whitey would definitely kill you if you got blood anywhere on his property," she added.
Nathan laughed at what she said, mostly because it was probably true. "You're always looking out for me, aren't you?" He joked.
"If I don't, then who will?" She said playfully as her cell phone started ringing. Why did it always ring while she was talking to Nathan? It's probably Lucas; he said he was gong to call me about going out for dinner tonight. "Hello?"
Nathan watched her closely. It had only been about a week since her Uncle Bobby had called her on that same phone. How can she be so brave? He thought. If his crazy uncle broke out of jail and was running loose somewhere, he definitely wouldn't be able to go on with his life the way she was.
"What?" Haley said unbelievingly into the phone. "Are you sure?"
Nathan thought he noticed a hint of excitement in her voice and couldn't help but hope that whoever was on the other line had given her some good news.
"Ok, thank you very much. Bye." She hung up the phone and put it back in her bag before looking up at Nathan who gave her a 'tell me what whoever it was on the phone just said' look. "That was Chief Kline from the Tree Hill Police Department…" She sad evenly, displaying almost no emotion whatsoever.
"Well, what did he say?" Nathan said impatiently, sending out a silent prayer that it was good news.
"They um…they caught Bobby." She broke into a huge smile, her voice conveying her excitement.
"Hales, that's great!" Nathan exclaimed as she ran over to him and jumped up into his arms, wrapping her legs around his waist.
"They caught him! They caught him!" She whispered happily over and over again.
Nathan laughed as he held her up and buried his head in her shoulder, taking in the sweet scent of her hair. "That's so great." He said in a low voice that was barely audible.
She pulled her head back and looked straight into his eyes. Those eyes, when they looked at her she felt like they were looking into her soul. For a moment, they stayed like this, faces just inches apart, staring into each other's eyes.
"I should probably go tell Brooke and Lucas." Haley whispered.
"Yeah." He gently set her down on the ground, wishing that he had taken the opportunity to kiss her.
Haley looked at him one more time before turning around and grabbing her bucket of cleaner. Why did she have an overwhelming desire to kiss him?
"Brooke? Lucas?" Haley called as she entered into her own condo.
"In here, Haley!" Brooke's cheerful voice called from Lucas's bedroom.
Oh God, they better have clothes on, Haley thought as she made her way over to Lucas's room and opened the door. Luckily, both were fully dressed.
"Hey Tutor Girl. What's up?" Brooke said as she went through Lucas's CD collection. "Ew, Broody, you actually listen to this Mozart guy?" She said, holding up a CD with a piano on it.
"No!" He responded defensively. "Only when I'm writing."
"Ok, um, I have some big news guys." Haley interrupted as they both turned to look at her.
"Are you pregnant?!" Brooke yelled. Lucas grimaced and shook his head. He never wanted to think about Haley, who was practically his little sister, pregnant.
"What?! No! Brooke can you be serious for like a second?" Haley's face showed that she really did have something important to say.
"Oh yeah. Never mind, I know you're a virgin." Brooke winked.
"Brooke!"
"Do I really need to be in here for this?" Lucas questioned as he got up off the bed and started walking to the door.
"Yes." Haley responded pleadingly. "Please don't leave me alone with her." She was joking of course, but her tone was still serious.
"Ok, I'll be serious." Brooke promised. "What did you want to tell us?"
"They caught Bobby." She smiled.
"What?!" The other two yelled at the same time and Brooke engulfed her in a hug. "This is like, beyond amazing news!" She squealed. "Oh my God, we have to go out dinner to celebrate! Will you come Lucas? Please?"
"When you say 'will I come' you're really asking 'will I pay' aren't you?" Lucas smirked.
"Well, that's not what I was thinking, but since you offered…" Brooke laughed.
"Great. Fine, let's go." The two girls quickly changed clothes and did their make-up. On the way out, Haley realized that now that now that Bobby was behind bars again, there was no reason for her to sleep at Nathan's…
It was 10:00 p.m. when Peyton finally returned home from spending the whole day with Jake. It had been a very good day. "Haley's not here?"
"No, um, they caught Bobby." Nathan said as he played NBA live. He had been in sort of a bad mood all evening because Haley wasn't there, he missed her.
"Oh, that's great!" She responded as she set her purse down on the table. "So, I guess you two won't be shacking up together anymore?" She couldn't help the playfull smile that crossed her lips.
"I guess not." He abruptly turned off the game and headed towards him room. "I'm going to bed."
There is definitely something wrong with him, Peyton thought. Nathan Scott doesn't go to bed at 10:00. For as long as she'd known him he didn't really even think about sleep until after 11.
Dinner had been great, Haley had had a lot of fun just hanging out with her two best friends, but now she was alone, trying to sleep in a cold and empty bed. She had gotten into the habit of falling asleep in Nathan's firm embrace over the past week, and now trying to sleep in this big bed, all alone, just wasn't working.
She quietly got up out of her bed and made her way into the kitchen, hoping that there was ice cream in the freezer.
Nathan couldn't sleep. It was as simple as that. Without Haley sleeping soundly under his arm, he just couldn't fall asleep. After laying in his bed for close to thirty minutes, he finally decided to take action. He got up out of bed, noticing that the time on his alarm clock now said 11:45, and left his room.
He didn't really know what he was going to do or say, but before he knew it, he was standing in front of condo number 9.
He slowly reached up and knocked rather softly on the door. He didn't want to wake anyone up, but he just needed to see her.
The quick opening of the door startled him, he hadn't really expected anyone to answer the door that fast.
"Nathan?" Haley was staring at him while holding a bowl of ice cream.
"Hey, I just um…I need to talk to you." His nerves were showing through and Haley had to wonder what had him so agitated.
"Ok, um, hold on." She reached back and set down her bowl and then walked out into the hallway with him, closing the door behind her. "So you couldn't sleep either?" She joked as he shook his head. "Yeah, I think that I had some trouble falling to sleep because your bed is, like, 15 times softer than mine, and plus the whole difference of surroundings thing totally threw me off-"
Before she could say another word, Nathan leaned down and kissed her…