Ok, here is the next chapter...and I wanted to warn you a head of time, that the next chapter will be very emotional for Haley, as you find out part of her problem...
Chapter Six
Nathan was sitting in the living room, waiting for Haley to finish getting ready.
"Hales, you coming out sometime this year?" Nathan finally asked, looking at his watch.
"Yeah, I'll be out in a minute," Haley said.
Yeah Right, Nathan thought.
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Haley looked herself over once more in the mirror. She was wearing, a strapless lengthy black dress, that clung to her hips, and showed off her shapely body. She put her small hooped earrings on, and applied a bit of lipstick, and was ready to be seen.
She grabbed her little black handbag, that lay on the bed, and walked out of the bathroom. She walked over toward Nathan, and got a nice little chuckle when his mouth hung wide open.
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Nathan heard her coming around the corner, and turned his head, and saw the most beautiful woman standing front of him. He didn't even notice that his mouth was wide open.
"Wow, you-you look beau-beautiful," Nathan was finally able to stammer.
"Thank you," Haley said, walking closer, catching a wiff of Nathan's after shave.
"And I must say, you look nice, all decked out," Haley said, pointing to the full length suit that Nathan was donning.
"Why thank you," he said, with his sexiest smile.
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A mere ten minutes later, Nathan and Haley arrived at Concord Inn, where the dinner was being held. Nathan got out of the limo first, and then offered a hand to Haley, helping her out of the car.
Haley locked arms with Nathan, as he lead her up the red carpet. After they had "posed" for a few pictures, the questions began rushing they're way.
"Nathan Scott, how long have you been dating Haley James," one reporter asked.
"Nathan, how is it dating one of Hollywood's biggest party girls," another shouted.
"Haley James, how were you able to snag the hottest male model to walk," another one shouted louder to be heard.
They continued to walk toward the building, trying to avoid as many of the questions as possible. They reached the building, and waved a goodbye to all the press, and then finally walked into the building.
By this time, they were holding hands.
"I think it took longer to get through that, than to get here," Haley said, as Nathan pulled out her chair.
"Yeah, the press have that ability," Nathan said.
Nathan sat beside her, instead of in front of her.
"Oh, I thought you'd sit there," Haley said, pointing to the empty chair in front of her.
"Oh, does this make you uncomfortable, I'll move," Nathan said.
"No, it's fine, I just thought you'd sit there," Haley said.
"Oh, well I just figured, it would be a better sell if I sat next to you," Nathan said, with a wink.
"Yeah, I guess so," Haley said, as Nathan grabbed her hand.
She didn't know if it was because he was trying to get the "project" to work, or if he just wanted to hold her hand. She was hoping for the last one, but she wasn't going to get her hopes up.