Hey guys, here's what you've been waiting for! Finally some real Naley… lol. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Doesn't everyone know by now that One Tree Hill does not belong to me?
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 20
"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 continue, she was interrupted by Nathan leaning down and softly covering her lips with his own.
Her eyes closed as she took in every emotion that she felt at that moment. Her head was spinning in circles of happiness and confusion. Never in her life had something felt so…right.
Nathan pulled his face away from hers, searching her eyes for confirmation that she had felt the same thing he had when their lips met. Granted, it had only been for a second or two, and his lips had done little more than brush past hers, but in that one simple kiss he had felt more than what he had felt with all of the other girls he had ever kissed combined. And he had kissed a lot of girls. What he saw in her light chocolate brown eyes was confusion, but it was happy confusion.
The semi-darkness out in the hallway attempted to hide the radiant smile that graced her face, but Nathan saw it anyway and couldn't help the smile that crossed his own lips. At least I know she doesn't hate me.
Without thinking, Haley pulled his face down to hers, kissing him firmly and passionately. She felt as though everything she had ever wished for was coming true in this kiss.
Nathan returned the kiss eagerly and expertly, taking her bottom lip softly between his teeth and gently nibbling on it. Before long, his tongue was tracing the outline of her lips begging for entrance.
She willingly obliged, parting her lips and letting his tongue slide in and explore every last inch of her mouth. She loved the way he tasted.
He couldn't seem to get enough of her, the way she tasted, the way she smelled, the way she touched, he never wanted to stop kissing her. During this moment they both knew that this was the start of something new, something good. This was the beginning of them.
They broke apart quickly when the door opened and Brooke's voice was heard echoing through the hallway. "Tutor Girl, I really need to borrow one of your-" She stopped short when she saw Nathan and Haley both standing before her looking extremely guilty. "Oh, sorry. Um, you two just go back to…I'm going back to bed."
She closed the door leaving a giggling Haley and a smirking Nathan.
"Lucas is going to kill you when he finds out about this." She said playfully as she snuggled her face into his shoulder.
"Why?" Nathan laughed as he wrapped his arms around her waist and planted a small kiss tenderly on her forehead. "I didn't see you pushing me away." He smirked.
"Yeah…" She looked up and kissed him again as a smile formed on his lips. Nope, this definitely wasn't getting old…"Come on." She grabbed his hand after they had broken apart again.
"Where are we going?" He laughed lightly.
"Well, I have a confession to make." She said as she stopped at the door and turned around to face him again. "I couldn't sleep tonight without you."
"Oh yeah?" He grinned and lifted their entwined hands to kiss hers.
"Yeah. So, I thought you could sleep in my room tonight." She said innocently.
He loved the way that everything she did, everything she said, was so innocent. She didn't lie to him, her words never held double meanings, and she didn't have some sort of agenda. She was just Haley.
"What about Lucas?" Nathan said seriously. "I don't want the poor kid trying to beat my ass." He joked.
"I think you'll be fine, as long as you're gone by the time he wakes up." She smiled.
"I have a confession to make too." He said simply as her eyes sparkled. "I couldn't sleep without you either."
She grinned and kissed him again, letting herself get lost in the way he made her feel. She wanted to feel this way forever. "Let's go." Haley led him into the condo and then into her bedroom where they both laid down on the bed.
Nathan didn't try anything with her and she was grateful for that. Neither of them wanted to ruin what they had by getting in too deep from the start. Instead, they laid closely together and fell asleep, anxious for what the next day would hold, the first day that they would get to show each other how they really felt.
Nathan had gotten up rather early the next morning in order to avoid Lucas. When he woke up, he stared at Haley for a few minutes, looking at her beautiful and peaceful face and wondering how someone as special as her could see something in him.
When he got out of the bed, she immediately noticed his absence and woke up as well. "Good morning." She whispered groggily and looked at the clock. 7:14.
"Hey." He smiled and kissed her on the lips softly before putting on his other shoe.
"Do you really have to leave already?" She pouted and pulled him down on top of her by the neck of his t-shirt.
"Trust me, I don't want to." He sighed. If he had his way, he would spend all day every day with her. "But Lucas would probably send his piranha after me if he found me in here with you."
Haley chuckled. "If you stay and Lucas finds you, I'll tell him to go easy on you." She proposed.
"Oh please, I wouldn't need him to go easy on me." He replied smugly as he kissed her on the nose, and then lowered the kiss to her mouth, slowly massaging her lips. This day, this moment, this them, was so perfect, neither could imagine one place in the world that they would rather be.
"I really should get going." He pulled away from her and affectionately tucked a stray strand of her golden blonde hair behind her ear. "But I'll see you later."
"Promise?" She stuck out her bottom lip, faking a pout.
"Yeah, I promise." He laughed, giving into the urge to kiss away the pout that she had put on her face. After hearing movement coming from the other room, they unwillingly separated and Nathan quietly left the condo.
"Tutor Girl, you better tell me what was going on with you and the other Scott brother last night." Brooke grinned as she and Haley sat on the couch watching TV. Lucas had gone out to get doughnuts, so it was just the girls at home.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Haley played dumb, unsuccessfully. Brooke knew Haley was lying through her teeth when she saw a giant smile spread across her face.
"Haley! Yes you do! Spill!"
"Ok, we kissed." Haley responded, doing a terrible job at hiding her excitement.
"What! Oh my God! I knew it! So then what happened?" Brooke was bouncing up and down on the couch; she lived for this kind of stuff.
"Nothing, he was really sweet, we just went to bed." She said coyly, knowing that Brooke would catch on to the fact that she and Nathan had been in the room right next to her and Lucas all night.
"You slept together!"
"No, we didn't 'sleep together' sleep together, we just slept together. Are we really having this conversation again?" Normally, Haley would probably be a bit annoyed at this point, but today she was in too good of a mood.
Without thinking, she stared off into space and started to think about the night before…and she started to get a little impatient to see Nathan again today. It was like being away from him for a couple of hours was too long. She had never felt like that about anyone before, and it kind-of intimidated her.
"What was it like?" Brooke asked genuinely.
"What was what like?" Haley asked, coming back to reality at the sound of Brooke's voice.
"The kiss. You know, what was it like to kiss Nathan for the first time?" Brooke replied as if that should have been obvious in the first place.
"Honestly? I don't think I can even describe it." Brooke noticed the way that Haley's eyes lit up at the thought of Nathan. This girl was falling fast.
"Oh, come on, at least try." Brooke encouraged.
"Ok, well, it was almost like the whole world kind-of faded, you know? Like I couldn't think of anything else but him. It felt so…perfect." Haley stared off into space dreamily as Brooke did the same.
"That sounds pretty much like how I feel when I kiss Lucas."
"Ew, Brooke, again, Lucas is my best friend, practically my big brother. Can we please not go there?" Haley laughed as her friend threw a pillow at her. "Speaking of Lucas, did you tell him? About last night?"
"Heck no! I'm leaving that can of worms for you to open." Brooke smirked as Lucas walked back into the condo right on cue. Great, Haley thought.
"Where were you last night, Nate?" Tim asked as he stuffed a giant handful of cheese puffs into his mouth.
"Nowhere." Nathan responded. He really didn't want to tell Tim about Haley until he talked to her first, he wanted to make sure that she got a chance to tell Lucas about them before he told Tim.
"Cool." Tim said monotonously. "Hey man, I met this guy who owns a marina, and he said that he would let us rent a boat for half price anytime we want." He said randomly.
"Cool." Nathan said, mimicking Tim's earlier tone.
"I was thinking we could get one of those yachts or something and have, like, a huge party!" Tim was obviously proud of himself for thinking up this brilliant idea.
"Yeah, um, ok. You pick a day and do all the planning, and I'll show up." Nathan said as he walked towards the door. He really needed to see Haley, he had been going crazy these last few hours without her.
"Ok!" Tim replied eagerly. "Wait…" Before Tim could object, Nathan was out the door.
He walked over to the door of condo number 9 and just as he was getting ready to knock, it swung open on its own.
"Nathan, I was just on my way over to see you." Haley smiled as she stepped outside and closed the door behind her. "Before you say anything, I didn't tell Lucas about us yet. He got home and then started ranting about how inadequate doughnut makers were or something…anyway, he was totally pissed because he found a short blonde hair on the outside of the box, Brooke and I tried to tell him that it was probably his, but he was just in a bad mood so I figured it might be best if we waited until-"
Before she could finish, Nathan leaned down to her and hungrily kissed her on the lips. She was incredibly adorable when she rambled.
"Nathan, you have to actually say something at some point." She laughed in between kisses.
"Ok, come with me." He stated, never really letting his lips part from hers.
"What? Where?" She smiled as she pulled away from him to look into his eyes. She did love surprises.
"Have you eaten breakfast?" He asked suddenly.
"Well, no, Lucas threw the whole box of doughnuts away after the hair incident. Why?" She asked suspiciously.
"Come on, we're going out to breakfast." He smiled.
"What?" Her smiled was luminous as Nathan watched her eyes sparkle from excitement.
"You heard me." He said playfully, still staring into her eyes. "Let's go." He leaned down and whispered in her ear.
"You know what, Nathan Scott? You can be quite persuasive." She smirked as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"I know." He grinned.
"Let me just grab my purse." She gave him a quick peck on the lips before running inside to grab her purse. A few minutes later, they were on their way to their way to their first actual date.