This chapter sucks, but I wrote it really quickly because I was inspired since Joy will be on Men At Work tonight! I'm so excited, although I'm a little upset that she won't be acting with James anymore. They were perfect together! It will be so weird to see her "dating" someone else on the show. Anyone else agree?

Nathan left Miss. Rumpkis's office with a scowl on his face. Anger was flowing through his veins, and all he wanted to do was punch something. He decided to head to the gym, because he was off this period, and he wanted to lift weights. After about 40 minutes of working out he chugged a bottle of Gatorade and headed back to his office. He didn't know what to do. He wanted to dance through the hallways when Haley said that she'd go to the Charity Fundraiser on Friday with him, but when he found out Lucas ratted him out, his happiness turned to anger. He spent the rest of the day working, and trying not to think about Haley. He had no idea why Lucas was so concerned about them getting to know each other, but he was going to find out.

A&F

The final bell rang and while Haley's class was leaving, she sat at her desk typing up her plans for next week. About five minutes later she heard a knock on the door. "Come in." She yelled.

"Hi momma!" Jackson ran into Haley's arms while Brooke stood in the door way smiling.

"Hi Buddy! I missed you. Did you have fun with Aunt Brooke today?" Haley asked her son while kissing his forehead.

"Yep! We went to the park."

"Sounds fun. So what's up?" Haley asked Brooke.

"Oh nothing." She said innocently. "The boys have a game today so we came with Luke. I told Jackson we could watch. You can too, but I don't know if you're busy." Brooke said.

Haley shook her head. "No I'm just about finished. I would love to watch with you guys."

Brooke noticed the yellow flowers on Haley's desk, and pointed. "Those are beautiful! Where'd you get them?"

Haley bit her lip. "I don't know. Yesterday I got flowers too, but each time there was no name."

Brooke jumped up and down. "That's adorable! Someone has a crush on you." Brooke sing songed.

Haley rolled her eyes. "I don't know. I just wish I knew who they were from."

"I wish Lucas still gave me flowers!" Brooke pouted.

Haley laughed. "I've been trying to figure out who they were from all day."

Brooke pursed her lips and was deep in thought. "Do you think they're from N-A-T-H-A-N?" She spelled.

"I can spell you know!" Jackson intervened. "You said Nathan!" He smiled.

Haley ruffled her son's hair. "You're so smart."

"Why would Nathan give you flowers Momma? Are you dating like Brooke and Lucas?"

Haley blushed. "No Jackson, we are just friends."

Brooke snickered. "Just friends my ass."

"Brooke!" Haley scolded.

"Sorry." Brooke shrugged.

"But for your information, Nathan didn't give them to me. I asked him."

"Well if they're not from him, who are they from?"

"I don't know." Haley said.

"Can we go now?" Jackson asked.

The women laughed. "Sure buddy let's go."

A&F

Brooke, Haley, and Jackson walked into the gym which was currently occupied by the Tree Hill players, and Nathan and Lucas.

Nathan was sitting on the bench talking to two players, while Lucas was watching the other players practicing their plays.

"Nathan!" Jackson shouted running over to him.

Haley bit her lip and quickly scurried after him. "Jackson, Nathan's working, leave him alone."

Nathan looked up and smiled. "It's okay, get back out there guys." Nathan said to his players while picking up Jackson. "How are you little man?"

"Good! Mommy said I can watch the Ravens game today!"

Nathan smiled. "Good, now I'll make sure they have to win!"

Haley giggled, and Lucas watched with a sour look on his face.

Nathan, Haley, and Jackson continued to talk while Brooke walked over to Lucas.

"They're so cute!" She squealed.

"Brooke! Are you kidding me?" Lucas shouted. "That's not cute, it's disgusting. I told Nathan to stay away from her. Why are they talking?"

Brooke rolled her eyes. "Can't you see how much they like eachother?"

"All I see is Nathan trying to seduce her."

Brooke shook her head. "Lucas, not everyone is like Damien."

Lucas's head shot up. "Don't you dare say that name ever again. Do you understand me?"

Brooke squirmed. "I'm sorry." She said rubbing his back.

Lucas took a deep breath. "I know it's hard for you to understand, and I know you want them to be together but I don't. Please Brooke, just do this for me okay?"

Brooke huffed. "Fine, but I'm not okay with this. I think Nathan and Haley would be adorable together-" Brooke started chattering away excitedly, but Lucas walked over to Haley and Nathan who were obviously flirting.

"Nathan. I have good news for you." Lucas said.

Nathan gave Lucas a nasty look, still annoyed at him from telling Miss. Rimpkis.

"What?" He snapped.

"I found you a really hot date for Friday. Remember a few months ago you met that girl Sara and you wanted to hook up with her? Well she's back in town and she's interested in you." Lucas said smirking.

Haley stood there, and she felt the tears prickle behind her eyes.

"Oh um about that, I actually found someone already." Nathan said smirking.

"Really? That's great! Who?" Lucas asked happily.

Nathan's smirk grew. "Haley."

Lucas's mouth dropped. "You're joking. Haley tell me he's joking!" Lucas shouted.

Haley looked down at her feet. "No Lucas, he's not."

"What the hell!" Lucas shouted pushing Nathan's chest.

"Dude! What's wrong with you?" Nathan shouted.

"You know what's wrong with me." Lucas gritted through his teeth.

"Actually I don't." Nathan spat. "You're acting like an idiot."

"You're the idiot, Nathan. I warned you, and now you're going to be sorry."

Nathan didn't know what to say so he let his anger take over. He balled his fist and was about to punch Lucas when Haley jumped in front of him.

"Guys! Stop it! I don't know what you're fighting about but just stop!" Haley yelled.

Nathan looked down embarrassed. "Sorry."

"Yeah, sorry Hales." Lucas said.

Haley shrugged. "Look if it's going to create a problem, I won't go on Friday."

"No!" Nathan shouted. "You have to go! I mean- I really want you too."

Haley smiled. "I want to go too."

Lucas almost gagged. "Nathan, what about Sarah?"

"I don't care about her." Nathan said as his eyes bore into Haley's.

"This is just freaking great."

Suddenly, Brooke walked over.

"What's going on?"

"Apparently, Nathan and Haley are going out on Friday." Lucas spat.

Brooke screamed excitedly. "Oh my god! This is great!"

Nathan was embarrassed, and she could tell Haley was too. "It's not a date. We're just going to a Charity Event as friends." He emphasized the word friends.

Haley's heart sunk in her chest.

Friends. Right. You need to get over him.

"Yeah we're just friends.' Haley justified.

"Oh my god Haley! I'm so helping you get ready on Friday! This is so great!" Brooke squealed.

We'll talk about this later, Nathan. "Lucas spat, and walked away angrily.

"What's his problem?" Nathan asked.

Brooke shrugged. "I don't know, but I need to talk to you later, too."

Nathan rubbed his temples. "Alright, well I'll catch you later, I need to head to the locker room ." Nathan said.

"Okay, good luck!." Haley said.

Jackson cheered, "Bye Nathan! Go Ravens!"

A&F

It was halftime and the Ravens were up by 6. The whole game was tense, and Haley was sitting on the edge of her seat the entire time. She noticed Nathan pointing to the hoop while talking to his team. Lucas was writing something on a clipboard. Haley smiled while she watched Nathan talk so eagerly. She could tell the happiness and joy he got from the game, and that made her smile.

"Hales, we'll be right back. I'm going to spoil my god son with junk food." Brooke gushed.

"Okay but not too much!" Haley said yelling after them.

Haley sat quietly on the bench and continued to stare at Nathan. He was wearing a black collared shirt, with the words 'coach Scott' engraved in the right corner, and a symbol of a blue raven right below it. He looked up from the circle and caught Haley staring at him. He smirked and nodded at her, and Haley blushed. She felt like a teenage girl who has a crush on the popular jock. She quickly looked away from Nathan's intense stare.

"Oh my gosh, Becky! Did you see Nathan Scott! He was totally looking over here. I think he was checking you out." Haley heard a blonde girl who was about 25 say.

The woman next to the blonde laughed. "He's so hot! I would totally nail him. My cousin actually went to high school with him, and she said he was the best sex she ever had."

"I could only imagine. He's such a play boy though. I don't think he's ever had a girlfriend."

"I wouldn't even care. I'd be fine with a one night stand. He's like a god."

The woman laughed. "Don't you have a boyfriend?"

"Who cares about him. This is Nathan Scott we're talking about!"

"Oh my god! Look he's looking again!" The girl whispered.

Haley laughed quietly.

Can they be anymore pathetic?

Nathan looked at Haley again, to see she was smiling at him. He smiled back and he felt butterflies in his stomach.

Haley bit her lip to stop herself from blushing, but it didn't work.

The girls behind her thought he was smiling at them, and they continued to gush.

"He totally just smiled at me! Did you see it?"

"Yeah! It was like eye sex! Did you see his smile? It's so hot!"

Another girl joined the other two. "What are you talking about?" She asked.

"Nathan Scott was just staring at us!"

"Shut up, no way!" The girl shouted.

"Do you think I'd have a chance with him?" Haley heard the girl she assumed was Becky ask.

"Totally! He goes for anyone with a vag! You should go up to him after the game." The other woman said.

Haley felt like she wanted to puke. She didn't want to listen to the conversation but the women were so obnoxious, and loud.

Is he really a playboy?

Haley wanted to punch herself.

I can't believe this. I actually thought he liked me! This whole time I was just someone he wanted to sleep with.

Haley felt her eyes start to water.

"Sorry girls, but I don't think Nathan was looking at you." Haley heard Brooke say. "You don't have a chance with him." She smiled and sat next to Haley.

One girl whispered, but Haley could still hear them. "Is that his girlfriend?"

The other girl snorted. "Yeah right! Nathan would never have a girlfriend!"

"That's true! I still want to hook up though."

"You should go for it."

"You think?"
Haley rolled her eyes, and bit her lip to keep herself from turning around and cursing them out.

Nathan kept looking over at Haley.

Brooke noticed and nudged her. "Hales, boy toy is checking you out."

Haley blushed. "No he's not."

The girls in the back scoffed.

"This lady actually thinks Nathan was looking at her."

"Wait I think that's his girlfriend. I saw him talking to her before." Becky said pointing to Haley.

"You said he didn't have a girlfriend!"

"I know, but I think he was looking at her. Sorry." The girl said.

"No way! He was looking at me."

"Look he's looking! See he just gave that girl the nod!"

"What nod?"

"The 'let's hook up after the game nod, duh!'"

"I think he meant it to me." The blonde girl said.

"Oh my god Becky, you're right! That's Miss. James! My friend has her and she said that Nathan and her are dating!"

"No frickin' way!"

"She's so ugly!" The girl said nastily.

Haley didn't even realize the game ended but she turned around and glared at them. "You know, I can hear every single word you're saying! And Nathan wasn't looking at you! You don't have a chance with him! Next time you want to talk about someone, you may want to be more quiet!" Haley yelled.

"Go Hales!" Brooke cheered.

"What are you? His girlfriend? Good luck with that hunny."

Haley rolled her eyes. "I'm not, but I know him better than you do!"

Nathan saw Haley in the midst of a heated argument and jogged over to where she was sitting.

"Hales Is everything alright?" He asked.

"Oh just perfect!" She said bitterly.

Nathan eyed the girls suspiciously and they all giggled.

"Hi, I'm Amanda." One of the girls said.

Nathan was sick of girls throwing themselves at him so he just ignored her.

"Did you like the game Haley?"

Before Haley could answer, Becky interfered. "The game was great! You're an awesome coach!" She gushed.

"I'm sorry who are you?" Nathan asked.

"Becky." She said sticking her hand out.

Nathan ignored it, and Haley laughed.

"Is she your girlfriend?" The other girl asked.

Nathan rolled his eyes. "No, but I'm not interested in you. Have a nice day." Nathan said faking a smile.

With that, Nathan, Jackson, Haley, and Brooke all walked back to the court.

"The game was so awesome! The Ravens won!" Jackson yelled.

Nathan laughed. "Glad you liked it bud."

"Can we get ice cream? Please?" He begged. Nathan looked up at Haley and she nodded.

"Okay, sounds good. I'll meet you guys on the docks in five minutes okay?"

Haley smiled. "Okay, great! C'mon Jackson."

Brooke pulled on Nathan's arm while Haley walked out with Jackson.

"So, admit it. You like Haley."

"Brooke…" Nathan whined.

"Don't deny it! It's so obvious. And Lucas already told me"

Nathan took a deep breath. "Wow. What a great cousin, glad to know I can trust him."

Brooke laughed. "Nathan, you need to tell her how you feel."

Nathan shrugged. "No thanks."

"What! Why?" Brooke shrieked.

Nathan shrugged again. "A lot of reasons. I guess I'm just scared. I've never done this before Brooke, and I've never liked someone this much. I don't even know what to do. Haley deserves someone great, I'm not good enough for her." He said sadly.

"Nathan, don't say that! You used to be the most confident guy I know. What happened?"

"I don't know."

"I think you should tell her, before it's too late. Don't you want to be with her?"

"More than anything. I just don't think she wants to be with me."

Brooke shook her head. "Nathan, you'll never know until you try. What's the worse that'll happen?"

"She'll say no." Nathan said.

"Okay and even if she says no, you can still be friends."

"Brooke, you don't understand! The way I feel about her, is not how friends are supposed to feel!"

"Then you need to tell her that."

"I don't want to ruin our friendship. I don't know what I'd do if Haley wasn't in my life. She's the best thing that has ever happened to me."

Brooke smiled wide. "Wow. I can't believe this. I never thought I'd see the day where Nathan Scott has a crush on someone!"

Nathan laughed a little. "I know I was shocked at first, but I can't help it."

Brooke clapped her hands together excitedly. "This is so exciting!"

"Brooke, don't get excited. I'm not telling her."

"Why not?" She yelled.

He took a deep breath. "I don't know why but Lucas told me not to."

"Don't listen to him. You should be happy."

"I don't know Brooke, he seems really adamant about it."

"I'll work on him. Don't worry about it."

Nathan nodded.

"Nate, seriously, are you going to tell her?"

"I want Lucas to be okay with it."

"Okay, so when I talk to him, will you do it?"

"We'll see." He shrugged.

Brooke rolled her eyes. "You better do it, or you're going to regret it."

A&F

"Hey, sorry I'm late." Nathan said strolling over to Haley and Jackson who were sitting on a bench by the docks.

"No problem." Haley said sweetly.

"So what flavor do you guys want? My treat." Nathan said.

Haley stood up. "Oh no, I can't let you do that."

"Why not?"

"You do too much for me already."

"It's fun to buy things for you though. I don't like spending money on just me. C'mon, I was in the NBA I have more money than I need."

Haley laughed. "Okay, but next time I'll buy."

"That's fair. So what would you like?"

"Mint chocolate chip!" Haley said excitedly.

"Nice. That's my favorite." Nathan chuckled.

"Me three, please!" Jackson said, and Nathan laughed.

"Okay, three mint chocolate chip ice creams coming right up!"

Nathan paid, and gave the ice cream to Haley and Jackson. The three of them walked back to a table by the water and had their ice cream while talking mostly about Jackson, or the basketball game. Finally the night ended, and Nathan hugged Haley and Jackson goodbye, while Brookes words hung in the back of his head.

"You better do it, or you're going to regret it."

A&F

Haley got to her classroom the next morning and was shocked. She was turning the corner when she saw a tall, blonde man kneeling over placing roses by the door.

She walked over and greeted him. "Mike? Hi, what's this?" She asked.

Mike Ramsey was a Math teacher, who Haley had just met the other day. She thought he was really sweet, and friendly. He was attractive, but he was no Nathan Scott.

"Oh wow, this is embarrassing. I didn't mean for you to see me."

Haley giggled. "It's okay. Have the flowers been from you all along?" She asked.

"Uh yeah." He lied.

"Aw thank you! That was really sweet! I was trying to figure out who they were from; I didn't expect it to be you!"

I wanted it to be Nathan….

"Yeah, I'm kind of shy." He shrugged.

"Well thank you. They're beautiful!"

"Do you want to go out sometime?" He asked.

Haley bit her lip. "Um…"

Suddenly Nathan's face popped up in her mind.

I need to get over him… so sure I guess one date can't hurt

"That sounds nice. Thanks Mike."

Mike smiled. "Cool. See ya Haley."

Haley walked into her class and sighed, she was not expecting that at all.

Mike walked down the hall and dialed his phone.

"Lucas? Hey, yeah, I did it. She said yes."

DON'T HATE ME! I know I left with a cliff hanger. Sorry! I would write more but I want to watch Men At Work haha. So this is the part when it gets really drama! Be prepared. Naley won't get together still for a while, but I promise it's going to be great! Just have faith, and keep reading! Thanks for all the support. Don't be shy to review! Seriously I love getting reviews. Let me know what you think or what you would like to see happen. I might update this weekend but no promises, I need to study for the test. As soon as May 17th is over, I can update more, but don't expect updates before then. Thanks! xoxo