Chapter 5
It was now two weeks after Haley and Nathan's second date. They didn't have time to go on dates, but they were always with each other all the time. Now that it was Friday they were going to Brooke's summer party that was at Nathan's beach house. Haley met up with Nathan after school. They were going to go down to the beach again and take a walk before they left to get ready for the party. "Hey!" Haley said as she walked up to Nathan.
"Hey." Nathan said with a smile as he closed his locker.
"So are you excited about tonight?" Haley asked.
"Yeah. What about you?" Nathan said as he took Haley by the hand.
Haley shrugged, "Yeah I guess."
"Don't sound so excited."
Haley laughed, "Well I have never been to parties, so I don't know what its like."
"It'll be fun, trust me. You still want to go to the beach?" Nathan said as they reached his car.
"Yep." Haley said as she got into his car.
The two of them walked down the beach, hand in hand. "So how is that problem with your Dad going?" Haley asked.
Nathan shrugged, "My mom left a few days ago, she said she couldn't take it anymore."
"What? You never said anything about that."
"It's not that big of a deal." Nathan said quietly.
"Yeah it is, how are you handling all of it? Better yet, how did you dad take it?" Haley said with concern.
"I'm fine, I guess, but my dad got really pissed when he found out. He said he's going to go find her." Nathan said, sounding a bit upset now.
"That doesn't sound too good, I'm sure things will get better soon." Haley said, trying to comfort him a bit.
"Yeah, I don't know what to do anymore."
"There is one thing you could do, I just don't know if you'd want to do it."
"What's that?" Nathan asked.
"You could get emancipated, I mean you have reason to."
Nathan sighed, "Yeah, but now that I think about it, with my mom gone, I don't think it's such a good idea."
"We'll figure something out, I promise." Haley said with a small smile.
"I hope so." Nathan said quietly.
Brooke walked into Peyton's room only to find her sitting at her desk drawing. "Hey P. Sawyer. Ready for the party tonight?" she asked as she sat down on Peyton's bed.
"Yeah I guess so." Peyton said with a shrug.
"Okay, what's up now? You don't sound too excited."
"Did you hear about Nathan?" Peyton asked with a slight bit of sadness in her voice.
"No, what's going on?" Brooke asked.
"He's bringing Haley tonight. I'm guessing he didn't tell her."
"What? Why? I don't see why he is still dating her."
"Me too, I mean they are so different. I thought he would've told her weeks ago."
"Okay you are not going to sit here feeling sorry. We're going to finish this tonight." Brooke said.
"What do you mean?" Peyton asked.
"We're going to make sure she knows its all a joke now." Brooke said with a smirk.
"How?"
"I have a plan. We just have to wait until Nathan's really drunk, he won't even notice by then."
"What's that?" Peyton asked.
"I have some thing in mind. Trust me, she's going to know tonight that he's just lying to her." Brooke said as she stood up. "I'll be by at 8, don't keep me waiting." Brooke yelled as she walked out.
Haley and Nathan were walking back to his car now. Haley had been quiet afterwards and finally decided she'd ask Nathan what she'd been wanting to for the past few weeks. "Nathan?"
"Yeah?" He asked as they walked up to his car.
"Um, why did Brooke and Peyton tell me this was a joke?"
Nathan felt his breath get caught in his throat, "Um, I don't know. Peyton never liked the fact that I broke up with her, so maybe its to get back at me." He said as he walked over to unlock his car.
Haley stood there for a second confused, "Um are you okay?"
"Nothing. I just don't see why they had to do that." Nathan said as he finally turned to look at her.
"Did you ever think that maybe it's because they don't like me?" Haley asked. When Nathan didn't answer she began to worry, "Is everything okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine." Nathan said as he opened the door for her. "Let's just pretend that what they did never happened."
"Okay." Haley said as she sat down.
"I think we should head back. The party starts in an hour." Nathan said quickly as he sat down beside her.
Haley just nodded and looked out the window as they drove off.
(In Haley's room)
"What to wear? Hmmm…maybe this." Haley takes a halter top out of her closet. She threw that on before she grabbed a mini skirt and some sandals. She brushed out her curls to get any knots out of her hair. Afterwards she quickly fixed her make up before going back outside where Nathan had been waiting.
Later on they drove up to the beach house. Nathan sat there for a second. "Um Hales, go on in. I have to do something real quick.
"Oh…okay." Haley said as she got out of the car. She walked into the house that was full of people talking and dancing to the music that was blasting from the speakers. Haley caught sight of Lucas and decided to go say hi considering they hadn't talked in a while. "Hey," she said as she walked up behind him.
"Well well well, look who it is. It's Tutor girl." Brooke said with a smirk.
"Her name is Haley." Lucas said to Brooke sharply. "Hey." He said with a smile as he turned to Haley.
Brooke rolled her eyes as Lucas and Haley walked over somewhere else to talk.
"How have you been?" Haley asked quietly.
Lucas shrugged, "Okay I guess. What about you?"
"Good actually." The two of them stood there awkwardly for a moment, "So what have you been up to lately?"
"Just basketball really, the usual. What about you?"
Haley bit her lip, "Yeah the usual.."
She knew that Lucas didn't like Nathan at all considering their past, but she just couldn't help but have feelings for him. And she knew if she told Lucas that he would be very mad about it. She thought it would be best to keep it a secret for a while.
"So why are you here, Hales? I thought you said you didn't like parties at all."
"Oh um…just thought I would give it a chance since I haven't been to one. Can't say you don't like something unless you try it, right?" Haley said with a smile.
Lucas nodded slightly, "Yeah, I guess so. Listen Hales.."
"Yeah?" Haley asked.
"I know we haven't talked much lately, and I guess I just want to say sorry for not being around much. I do miss hanging out with you though Hales."
Haley looked down at the ground, "It's fine. You're probably too busy anyways, right?"
Lucas sighed, "Haley-"
Haley quickly tried to make up an excuse, "I'll be right back," she said.
"Okay." Lucas said.
Haley walked out to the front of the house where the stairs were to make it look like she was going upstairs at least. She then found Nathan walking up onto the porch. "Hey."
"Hey. Where were you? I walked in and couldn't find you."
"Uh, I just went to say hi to someone." Haley said with a small smile.
"Is everything okay?" Nathan asked.
"Yep." Haley said quietly.
"So do you want anything to drink?" Nathan asked.
"Just some soda I guess." Haley said quickly.
"Okay. I'll be right back."
After a few minutes Nathan came back with some drinks. "Here," he said as he handed her a soda.
"Thanks," Haley said with a smile.
"So do you like the party so far?" Nathan asked as the two of them went and sat down outside.
Haley shrugged as she looked down at her drink, "It's okay. It's not what I made it out to be, but its fine."
"Yeah, well nothing's happened yet."
"What do you mean?" Haley asked.
"Things just get crazy after people start getting really drunk." Nathan said as he took a sip from his drink.
"Oh well that's good to know," Haley said with a laugh.
Nathan smiled, "Don't worry about it."
Just then Tim and some of Nathan's other friends walked over and started talking to Nathan. He continued to talk to them until he looked over to Haley who looked a little uncomfortable. Haley just gave him a small smile before telling him she'd be right back.
"So how's it going?" Tim asked after Haley left.
"What do you mean?" Nathan asked a bit confused.
"You and that girl," he said as he motioned to Haley walking away.
"Her name's Haley you know. It's fine though." Nathan said as he looked away, a bit uncomfortable now.
"When are you going to tell her its all just a joke? I thought you'd be over this by now." Nathan just shrugged as he took a sip from his drink. "Well if you don't do it soon she's going to think it's serious."
"Yeah.." Nathan said quietly.
Haley walked up the stairs and into one of the bed rooms. She quickly shut the door behidn her.
I don't even know why I came. I should just go, but I don't want to make Nathan take me now. Why I agreed to come I have no idea...
Haley walked into the bathroom and freshened up. She just fiddled with her hair and put on some more lip gloss. She went and sat on the bed unsure of what to do. She found a photo album in the night stand next to the bed. She flipped through it. She found pictures of Nathan and his parents on vacations from places she couldn't even name. They looked so happy together. Now his whole family was falling apart. His mom had left and his father wasn't that great of a father at all. Nathan just wanted to get away from it all but had no idea how. She set the photo album on the nightstand after she had seen all the pictures. Just then she heard someone open the door. "Who's there?" she asked as she stood up.
"Who are you?" the guy asked.
"Marcus?" Haley asked in confusion.
"Yeah how did you know?" he slurred.
"I tutored you before." Haley said starting to get annoyed.
"Right, you're Tutor Girl." he said as he stepped inside. Haley just rolled her eyes. "What are you doing here? This doesn't seem like a place you would want to be at," he asked.
"I don't want to be," Haley said as she walked away from the bed.
"So are those rumors true?" Marcus asked after it was silent.
"What rumors?" Haley asked in confusion.
"I don't know there was one about how you lost your virginity to Nathan and another about you being pregnant."
"What? Those aren't true!"
"Well they sure must be since Nathan told everyone." Marcus said with a smile.
"He…he did?" Haley said as she stumbled over her words. Haley swallowed hard, "But none of that is true."
Marcus shrugged, "Well you sure didn't seem like the slutty type to me, but I guess I was wrong."
"I am not a slut!" Haley said with anger in her voice.
"Well that's not what everyone else says."
"Those are lies, those rumors aren't true!" Haley said angrily.
Marcus just shrugged, "Well that's high school for you."
"I can't believe this…" Haley said as she grabbed her bag and walked towards the door. "I have to go."
"So soon? The party has just started!" He said as he grabbed Haley by the arm.
"What are you doing?! Get your hands off of me!!" Haley screamed as he shoved her inside and shut the door. The next thing she knew his lips were crashing into hers.
"Get away from me!!" Haley screamed as she tried to push him away.
Just then Jake was walking upstairs, he heard Haley's screams and tried opening the door that was now locked. Haley's screams were then even louder. He finally got the door open and came over and got Marcus away from Haley. Haley couldn't say anything for a while. "Get out of here Marcus!" Jake said as he shoved Marcus away from Haley. Marcus glared at Jake before he walked out of the room. "Are you okay Haley?"
Haley sat on the bed still in shock, "Yeah…" she said as she nodded slightly. "Thanks."
"Are you sure?" Jake asked in concern.
Haley nodded again, "I just want to go home."
"Do you need a ride?" Jake asked her.
Haley shook her head as she stood up, "No I don't think so. Thanks again." Haley said trying to force a smile. Haley then rushed out of the room almost on the verge of tears. She ran down the stairs only to find Nathan still talking to his friends. She stopped and looked over at him as he turned around and saw her. The smile faded from his face as he saw her. He started to walk over but she just shook her head. She couldn't bare to talk to him. She didn't know if what Marcus had said was true or not, but she still believed what he'd said. She ran out the door down onto the board walk.
"Haley wait!" Nathan called after her. "What happened?"
"How could you? I can't believe you'd say that!" Haley said as tears streamed down her face.
"What do you mean?" Nathan asked.
"You told everyone that we had slept together. I can't believe you would make up lies like that!" Haley said with anger in her voice.
"I never said that, Haley." Nathan said quickly.
Haley shook her head, "I should have known better than to trust you Nathan. Whatever this is, its a mistake," she said as she started to walk away.
"Haley none of that is true, I wouldn't do that."
"How am I supposed to believe you Nathan?" Haley said as she turned back to face him.
"Because…you know I wouldn't do something like that! Marcus probably made it all up."
Haley shook her head, "I just want to go home."
"Okay, I'll take you home." Nathan said as he stepped towards her.
"No, I want to go home alone." Haley said as she stepped away from him.
"Haley-" Nathan began to say.
Haley sniffled, "Just leave me alone." Haley said before she walked off back to the house.
Brooke stood outside on the porch, a smile spread across her lips. A small laugh escaped her lips just as Lucas walked up behind her. "What's so funny?" he asked.
"Oh nothing." Brooke said as she turned to him. "Let's go back inside, come on boyfriend." Brooke took him by the hand and they walked inside together.
Haley ran into Jake as she came to the front door.
"Hey. Are you sure you don't need a ride? I'm about to leave right now." Jake said.
Haley nodded, "Yeah. I think I will need a ride."
"Okay. Come on." Jake said as Haley followed him to his car.
"Thanks Jake." Haley said with a small smile as she got in.
"No problem," he said.
Jake pulled up in front of Haley's house. "I'm sorry about Marcus and Nathan."
"You know about Nathan?" Haley asked.
"Yeah, everyone does practically."
"Oh." Haley said quietly. "Well its not like its your fault."
"I know. But I feel bad about it. I don't see how guys can be like that." Jake said.
"Yeah. I should have known better though. Talking to Nathan and going to that party." Haley said with a sigh.
"Its not like you would've known any of that was going to happen."
"Yeah." Haley said quietly as she nodded slightly. "Well thanks again Jake. I don't know what I would have done if you hadn't come when you did." Haley said with a small smile as she opened the door.
"No problem. Night Haley." Jake said with a smile.
"Good night Jake." Haley said as she got out.
Haley walked up to her front door as Jake drove away. She couldn't bare to see her parents at the moment so she just went upstairs to her room. Quietly she shut the door and laid on her bed, only to find herself crying again. After awhile she fell asleep, too tired from what had happened earlier.