Authors Note : Hey guys! Thank you to everyone who reviewed. It meant a lot to me and I'm glad you guys liked what I have so far. I just wanted to let you know that I'm always open to suggestions or ideas for the story and I'll figure out a way to work them in. So leave reviews telling me your ideas! That would be awesome. Thanks again for reading, here's chapter 2 !!! This chapter is dedicated to Jamie for letting me know how to get there! (She knows what I mean.)

Chapter 2 : You thought You Knew Someone…

Why her? Did the world hate her that much? At that very second Nathan Scott had to walk over looking overly confident and extremely gorgeous? She didn't need this - his nasty comments or self righteous attitude. She definitely wasn't in the mood to listen to him talk about himself or watch him stare at other girls like they were just toys and didn't actually have hearts. These were all the reasons Haley hated guys like Nathan Scott. He probably didn't even know what a committed relationship was, nor had he ever been in one. But of course, just her luck, he was standing right in front of her and Lucas.

"Hey Luke and - " Nathan looked over at Haley. "Haley. My names Haley and we've met like eight times." Haley rolled her eyes. "Huh, you'd think I'd remember someone as pretty as you." Nathan said with that stupid smirk plastered across his face. "Oh, bite me!" Haley yelled. She would never fall for his crap or pathetic pick up lines. She never understood how other girls did. "Gladly." He smiled again , getting a little closer to her. " UGH!" Haley started to get up but he grabbed her arm and stopped her.

" I'm sorry, okay. That was completely inappropriate. Let's start over." Nathan said. " Let's not." Haley grumbled out.

( Nathan's Perspective )

Nathan didn't know why, but somehow he felt drawn to Haley. He remembered meeting her before but he must of forgotten how pretty she was. No - he meant hot. Nathan Scott didn't think girls were pretty, she was hot. He felt like he was getting lost in her eyes and suddenly wanted to know everything about her.

" Please, I'm Nathan Sc- " "Scott. Yeah, I know. Unlike you, I haven't forgotten the last time we met." Haley snarled. " So you already know me? Well then we can skip that part." Nathan said. "No, I don't know you. I know you're name and I know what you're about, but I don't know you. And I'd like to keep it that way." Haley said. " Well, I'd like to know you." Nathan said with a grin. " Yeah, and that's Nathan Scott code for - I'd like to get in your pants." Haley said.

She knew she had sunk low, and that she was being rude and taking all of her anger out on him, but then she reminded herself of the person he was and that guilt went away. Almost.

She couldn't get over how beautiful his eyes were and was trying her hardest not to look directly in them, because if she did she would surely get lost.

" Look, I don't know what I did to piss you off, but I was just trying to be nice." Nathan said. " Haley just looked away and muttered a simple "Whatever."

Just then Brooke came skipping over and Haley couldn't have felt more grateful. Haley was mad at herself for being so mean to Nathan. She didn't know him that well and he had never done anything to her. She didn't like the person she was becoming because of all the anger and pain that built up.

" Hey guys!" Brooke said as she wobbled a little, obviously drunk. " Oohhh! Hales, I knew you would talk to Nathan eventually, after staring at him for like 20 minutes." Haley's eyes got a lot wider and her cheeks, a lot redder. Nathan just looked at her and smirked. Damn that smile, she thought.

" Um, Brooke, I think I should get you home." Haley said, still feeling very uncomfortable.

" But I don't wanna go homeeee!" Brooke whined. "Brooke, where are your keys?" Haley asked, trying to hold Brooke up.

"Hales, she kind of leant her car to Bevin. While she was drunk." Lucas pointed out.

" Brooke! How the hell are we supposed to get home!?" Haley said. She just wanted to curl up in her bed with cookie dough ice cream and forget about this night.

" I can take you guys home." Haley looked over and noticed that it was Nathan who volunteered. " You really shouldn't walk home at night, especially with Brooke like this." He pointed at Brooke.

Nathan noticed the hesitant look on Haley's face. " Come on Haley, it's just a ride home. I'll even let you insult me if you want." Nathan said, very persuasively.

Finally Haley gave in. "Fine, okay. Let's go. I just wanna go home!" Haley grabbed her purse from the table and latched Brooke's arms around her neck to hold her steady. " Oh, he's gonna take us home. That's sooo romantic! Don't you think Hales ?" Brooke said, slurring her words. " Yeah, we definitely need to get home… NOW !"

Nathan quickly said goodbye to Lucas, who was going to get a ride from someone else. He then ran to catch up to Haley who was practically out the door already.

It took Nathan all of two seconds to catch Haley, considering he was like twice the size of her.

"The red truck." Nathan pointed into the parking lot, after noticing Haley come to a stop as soon as she stepped outside. "It's a nice car." Haley said. She always loved red cars. " Wow, I think that's the first nice thing you've said to me tonight." Nathan said, pretending to be in shock. " I was complimenting your car not you. Don't let it go to your head." Haley said

Nathan opened the backdoor first and helped Haley put Brooke in the car. " I wanna go swimming……. naked!" Brooke yelled. " B. Davis, how many drinks have you had ?" Haley asked, while climbing into the truck. " I dunno! I stopped counting after a while!" Brooke said, giggling. " Oooh! Maybe Lucas will swim naked with me. He is soo … HOT!" Nathan and Haley looked at each other before they both burst out laughing.

" You two are so cute! Will you just get together already?" Brooke said, before passing out in the back seat.

The laughing immediately stopped and Nathan focused on the road again and Haley looked down.

"I'm sorry." Haley mumbled very quietly. "What?" Nathan asked. " I said, I'm sorry." Haley said louder. " I shouldn't have been so rude to you before. I judged you before I really got to know you and that was wrong." Haley confessed. " It's okay. I'm used to it." Nathan said, shrugging. " What do you mean?" Haley asked. " I mean, everyone thinks I'm a womanizing man-whore, who has no brain and is only good at putting a ball through a hoop."

Haley just stared at him, shocked. " And that doesn't bother you?" she asked. " It used to, but then I got over it. It's not like I don't have any friends, I do. Those are just all the reasons they like me. And the girls like me because , well, I think that's kinda obvious." he said, showing off his big Nathan Scott smirk. " Haley rolled her eyes and then disregarded the comment. " I just don't think I could live with people judging me so quickly like that. That's why I feel so bad about everything I said to you." Haley said. " Yeah, you strike me as the type of person who cares what other people think about you. I just don't care that much." Nathan said.

" Can I ask you a question?" Haley asked. " Go ahead." he responded. " Why do you do it? It's not like your ego needs this, but I'm sure you could get a girlfriend if you wanted to. Why do you just sleep with them and then leave them?" Haley asked, determined to know the reasoning behind his tactics. Nathan looked at her for a second, turned his head back to the road, then began to answer. " I guess I do it because it's easier. I never have to worry about the drama of a relationship. I wouldn't be a good boyfriend anyway." he finished. " How do you know that? Don't you ever wanna fall in love and start a family?" she asked, a little intrigued. " Yeah, someday. Right now I wanna make it to the NBA. Then we'll see what happens I guess."

Haley looked out the window and noticed that they were pulling up to her dorm. She turned to Nathan when the car stopped. "Can you help me get her inside?" Haley asked. Nathan got out and expertly pulled Brooke out too and held her bridal style. He followed Haley up to her room and once they got there, Haley opened it and Nathan set Brooke carefully on her bed.

" Thanks for the ride. And for talking to me. I got to see a side of you that I didn't think existed." Haley said honestly.

" Thanks for not insulting me." he said back. " See you later, Hales." "Bye, Nate." and with that Nathan left and she shut the door.

Haley walked over to Brooke and pulled her heels off before slipping the covers over her. " Night B. Davis, you were right, tonight was a good idea." Haley said, with a little smile. "Told you it was gonna kick ass." Brooke mumbled before drifting off again.

Haley was up bright and early the next day. It was a Saturday and most would think she was crazy for being up at 7:00. But the campus gym was closed that week and she really wanted to run. ( AN: I know Haley on the show doesn't work out , but wanted to make it a little different.)

She got her sweatpants on and grabbed her ipod, then left a note for Brooke. If she hadn't left a note Brooke would have the town police organize a search party. She was just very protective.

She noticed Brooke was still sleeping, so she decided to leave a bottle of aspirin and some water on Brooke's nightstand. Haley figured she would be sleeping all day due to the enormous hangover she would have to endure.

Haley then, quietly, slipped out of her dorm and outside into the warm, morning sun.

While Haley was running, she couldn't help but think about last night. Was that the real Nathan or was he just putting on an act? A bunch of questions were running through her mind and she didn't even notice when she bumped into someone.

" Oh my goodness, I am so sor-" Haley started to apologize and immediately stopped when she noticed who it was. All Haley could process in her mind was- Why her? Did the world hate her that much?

" Hello Haley." he said with a stupid smile. " Hi Cole." Haley said, wishing she could just disappear and be back in her bed sleeping.

" I actually was hoping I would run into you. I wanted to talk to you." Cole said. "See, the mistake you're making right now is that you thought I wanted to talk to you." Haley said, defensively. " Come on Hales. Don't do that. I miss you and I know you miss me to." He said. " You're wrong. I'm doing fine. I'm better then fine. I've moved on. And don't call me Hales. Only people I like get to call me that." Haley said, looking away. " Please, just hear me out. We were good together. I just screwed up a little. We can still fix this. Us." he said moving a little closer to her. " No, Cole, you didn't screw up a little. Screwing up a little would be telling a little lie. You lied to me for three months! You screwed us up every time you cheated on me with some plastic bimbo!" Haley said getting louder." Haley, come on. We can work this out!" he said as he but his hand on her cheek. "Don't touch me!" she yelled louder this time.

( Nathan's Perspective)

Nathan was out for his daily 4 mile run. He could not stop thinking about last night. Why did he open up to Haley so much? He felt so comfortable around her and he didn't understand why.

There were a million questions running through his head. When he finally looked up, to avoid hitting something, he saw her. The epitome of all his current thoughts. Haley James. When he looked closer he saw she was with that loser, Cole. He remembered over hearing her and Lucas talk about their bad break up. And then he saw it. He was getting closer to her and she was not particularly happy about that. Nathan decided to act on instinct and started to walk over to them.

When he reached his destination he spoke, not knowing what would come out of his mouth until he said it. " Hey baby!" he said and then grabbed Haley's head and kissed her.

Haley didn't know what was happening until she felt Nathans's lips on hers. Her initial reaction was to pull away. Although, she couldn't help but notice the bolt of electricity she felt surge through her body. She didn't want him to stop and she could tell he didn't either. But, all to soon it was over and they were pulling away. Haley turned to Cole and said " I told you, I moved on. You should to." Cole grumbled something like " This isn't over." and then walked away. Leaving Nathan and Haley there alone .

Authors Note: There's Chapter 2 ! Hope you guys liked it and you can let me know what you thought about it by clicking the review button. Pretty please?!? The more reviews the faster I'll update because they really get me going. This chapter wasn't as long as the first one but I really wanted to post it so I'm apologizing now if there are any grammar or spelling errors. Again, leave me your thoughts, comments, or ideas on the story ! Thanks!!!

- EC

P.S. I'm not even gonna lie, the hardest part of this chapter was leaving off where I did. Please review so I can post the next chapter!