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An Anonymous Truth

"Lucas come on this has to be perfect. Haley is going to flip when she finds out I knew all along so I have to make this perfect. I want everything to be just right so stop just sitting there and start suggesting." Nathan scolded his older brother.

Lucas and Nathan had started talking more since the shooting and even started to hang out a little.

"How did you agree to get Haley to go out with you anyways man?" Lucas asked in an astonished voice.

"I didn't she thinks she is going out with a guy she wrote anonymous letters to all year but what she doesn't know is I am that guy."

FLASH BACK

"Today class we will be discussing the letter assignment." The teachers voice rang through the classroom

"Yes, Haley what is it?"

"I ugh I thought the letter assignment was over I mean there is only a week until summer and we wrote our last letter a week ago." Haley asked confused.

"Well Miss James if you would have let me finish I would have told you this. When you received your letter assignments it wasn't by coincidence it was boy to girl. We had some help from some students in our unadvanced classes. You see your partner was individually chosen for you. We picked someone each of you isn't friends with and barely talks to. Throughout the course of this year you were set up with someone who possibly doesn't even like you. Well to get the A on the assignment and the final you will have to go on a date with this person. Guys will set up the date and be given a card with the girls name on it and address. Date night is Thursday. It's time to see how well your pen pal got to know you. The girls will report back on Friday with a card saying if their date got it right. That card will decide your grade.

End flash back

"So the first thing I'm going to do is take her to where she first tutored me. Which is the dock. There I will re give her the bracelet I had Brooke sneak off her bathroom counter."

"Then what man?" Lucas asked with a not so interested tone of voice.

"Well then we will walk along the beach. The walk is about two minutes so it will be good to talk with her and make sure she is okay with everything. Once we are just past my beach house over this little hill is a ton of flowers. Little purple flowers. Haley said in one of her letters she remembered going there as a girl. I will have a table with candles set up. Macaroni and cheese will be set on the table it's her favorite. Then Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls will play in the background."

"Well if you have all this planned out what do you need me for then Nate? Lucas asked with a confused look spreading across his face.

"To set everything up duh. I need you to go make the macaroni and cheese and set it on the table only minutes before we get there. I also need you to Push the play button when you see us coming so when I pull out her seat it starts playing. Then while we are eating dinner walk to the beach house and throw the petals on the counter across the floor. Sprinkle them ever…"Nathan was cut off by Luc's laugh.

"Dude, did you just say sprinkle? Man you've got it bad for Haley."

"I know it's scary right? Everything has to be perfect though. This is her night and my one chance to prove I've really changed."

Haley started throwing clothes out of her closet on to her bed and floor in a frantic motion.

"Brooke what do you think I should wear tomorrow night I mean for this date that I have to go on?" Haley blurted out rather quickly.

"Oh no tutor girl don't act like you don't want to go on it I mean you are throwing clothes everywhere don't even pretend you don't want this.

Thursday night approached and Haley sat in her room doing her make up while Brooke styled her hair. She wore a black spaghetti strap dress that fell right above her knees. It was a satin dress. The right side strap started off as a lily flower and cascaded over her bare shoulder. Brooke did her hair in a thousand curls and pulled up the top in a bumpy puff. Curls cascaded down Haley's shoulder and back. Just behind her ear was a tucked in white flower that made her even more radiant. Just then a knock was heard at Haley's door. She was done getting ready and hugged Brooke goodbye letting her out the back door. She reached for the front handle and with a sigh opened the door. The chills ran up her spine just before her mystery man was revealed. Was she ready for this? Was she ready to meet the one person she loved to think of as her secret? How would this boy affect her growing feelings for Nathan? What if this date turned out to be a disaster, what if it ruined everything those letters stood for and was just a bad memory she could never erase. Here goes nothing she thought and pried open the door. Haley gasped as her mystery man became ever so clear to her.

"Nathan?" Haley said almost choking her words.