I know it's short and it sucks but I really wanted to update. I was pissed because I wrote this chapter two days ago and it was longer/better but it got deleted so I had to re-write it. Next chapter will be a continuation of this. I was in a rush so I didn't finish. Hope you like it! If you haven't already please check out my other story "I Never Told you." yes I know, I shouldn't be writing another story but I am! Feed back is appreciated. Love you.
This is dedicated to Dream Team :) Thanks Bridget for reading. Hope this is up to par. I will miss your feedback in English and S.S :(
Haley sat at her desk, and let out a tired sigh. She gently massaged her temples, as she shut her eyes and exhaled slowly.
She didn't hear Nathan slowly creep into her classroom, when he tip toed in and quietly shut the door. Nathan smirked and walked behind Haley, whose eyes were still shut and she was breathing deeply. Nathan suddenly squeezed Haley's waist from behind, and she jumped out of her seat and screamed.
"Jesus Nathan! You scared the crap out of me!" She said while placing her hand over her rapidly beating heart.
Nathan rolled his eyes in a good nature way, and he chuckled. "Sorry. Are you alright? You seem stressed."
Haley smiled at the concern in his voice. "I'm fine, it's just about three quarters of my class just failed the last test. I'm worried about them."
Nathan wrapped his arms around Haley, and slowly pushed a tendril of her brown curly locks behind her ear. "What was the test on?"
"Pride and Prejudice." Haley smiled. It was her favorite novel.
"Pride and what?" Nathan asked scrunching his nose.
Haley laughed. "Pride and Prejudice. You never read it?"
"No way. I don't read."
"What about in English when you were in High School? It's mandatory Nathan."
"Sorry Miss. James, but I didn't have a hot teacher like you to reprimand me. Believe me, if you were my teacher I would never leave this class." Nathan smirked.
Haley blushed, and giggled girlishly. "Well I wish I had a gym teacher like you. Maybe I wouldn't suck at sports so much." Haley joked while playing with the hairs on the nape of his neck.
Nathan chuckled. "I can still teach you if you want. I think it'd be fun." He winked flirtatiously.
Haley bit her lip. "I'm pretty sure if you saw me attempt to play a sport, you'd break up with me."
Nathan laughed, and gently squeezed her waist. "Never."
"Okay well maybe one day I'll take you up on the offer, but right now I really need to finish grading." Haley said pointing to the stack of papers on her desk.
Nathan pouted. "Take a break. You need to eat lunch. C'mon. I missed you."
Haley giggled. "You saw me two hours ago! And we're going out to dinner with Jackson tonight!"
"So?" Nathan asked staring intently into her eyes.
"So, we have to keep this a secret too. What if Rimpkiss sees us?" Haley asked worriedly.
"Screw her. Meet me by the picnic tables in the quad, in like 5 minutes. No one ever eats there. We can have privacy."
Haley bit her lip. She obviously wanted to eat lunch with her boyfriend, but she did have a lot of papers to grade, plus there was always the chance of getting caught. Haley felt like being rebellious, and she loved the fact that Nathan brought out the rebel in her. "Sure, what the hell." She said while running a hand through her hair. "I actually do need to discuss some things with you, Mr. Scott." She said in her 'teacher' voice, which Nathan found to be an incredible turn on.
Nathan smirked. "Uh oh. I'm not liking the sound of this."
Haley rolled her eyes. "It's not bad. Just go. I'll be there in a few minutes."
"Okay." Nathan said as he leant down and placed a gentle kiss on her cheek.
"Nathan!" Haley scolded. "You can't do that here! What if someone saw?"
"Relax babe. No one saw."
Haley groaned. "Ugh. This sucks."
"I know." Nathan complained. "Just meet me in the courtyard. I'll see you soon."
Haley nodded, as Nathan walked towards the courtyard, and sat down at a wooden picnic table under a cherry blossom tree. He pulled out his brown paper bag, and set up his lunch while he patiently waited for Haley. A few minutes later, Haley walked out of the door, as a gust of wind flew by making her hair blow in the breeze. Nathan laid his head in his hands, as he was practically drooling when he watched Haley make her way over to him. She was wearing a simple green dress, that stopped at her knees, with a black leather belt. It was simple, but it was so Haley. Nathan often lost himself in her perfect beauty.
"Nathan?" Haley asked.
Nathan saw her lips moving, but didn't hear a word she was saying. He was too engrossed staring at her plump lips.
"Nathan!" Haley said a little louder this time.
Nathan heard his name, and quickly snapped out of his trance.
"Huh?"
Haley giggled. "Are you okay?"
"Fine, fine." He dismissed.
"Okay." She drawled out and smiled.
"You're hot Hales." Nathan suddenly said.
Haley blushed as red as a firetruck. "Uh thanks. You're not so bad yourself." She joked, while punching his arm.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to say that out loud. I don't want to degrade you. You're also beautiful."
Haley let out a girly giggle. "Thank you Mr. Scott."
Nathan smirked. "So what do you have for lunch?"
"Chicken salad." Haley smiled cheekily.
"Boring."
"Why what do you have?" Haley asked while taking a seat next to him on the bench attached to the table.
"A meatball hero." Nathan stated proudly while taking a giant bite.
Haley watched in awe. "How can you fit that in your mouth? It's huge!"
Nathan chuckled. "That's what she said."
Haley furrowed her brow. "What does that mean?"
Nathan felt his temperature grow warmer. He loved how innocent Haley seemed to be, but considering she has a son, he knew she wasn't as innocent as she seemed.
"Never mind."
"No tell me!" Haley begged while grabbing his muscular bicep.
Nathan smirked. "It's a sex joke."
"Oh." Haley said embarrassed. "OH!" She said when she finally realized what it meant. "Ew Nathan! You're a perv!" Haley joked. "Why would you say that?"
Nathan laughed, and tried not to choke on his food. "Hales, I was joking. I never actually did that. I'm not gay."
Haley giggled. "Well that's a relief."
"Oh yeah?" Nathan asked.
"Mhmm."
"Why?"
"Because I have a crush on you." Haley whispered in Nathans ear.
"Really?" Nathan smiled.
"Yeah, but it's okay I have crushes on a lot of guys."
Nathan frowned. "Way to bruise the ego there Hales."
Haley laughed. "Lots of guys named Nathan Scott." Haley smiled dreamily.
Nathan smirked and placed an arm around Haley. "Much better. Here you wanna try?" Nathan asked pointing his hero toward her.
"Umm." Haley thought about it. "Sure why not?"
Haley grabbed the Hero, and stared at it. "Where should I bite it? It's too big!" She said seriously as the meatballs were overFLOWING on the bread.
Nathan just looked at Haley and laughed uncontrollably.
"What?" She asked.
"Just bite it. You're like examining it!"
"Okay, okay!" Haley laughed and wrapped her mouth around the hero. It barely fit, but she some how managed to take a bite. After chewing for a while she swallowed, and smiled. "That was delicious!"
Nathan smiled. "Was that your first time eating a meatball hero?"
"Yeah." Haley shrugged.
"Did you like it?"
"Loved it!" Haley smiled.
"Okay good. I'll bring you one tomorrow."
"Thanks, but we should split it. It's too big."
"I can finish it in three bites." Nathan bragged.
Haley rolled her eyes. "Show off."
"You're just jealous." Nathan joked.
"Of what? Your big mouth?" Haley laughed.
"Yeah." Nathan smirked.
"You sure you're not gay?" Haley joked.
Nathan scoffed. "Definitely not. You see, I kind of have a thing for this girl." He joked.
Haley giggled. "Really? Do I know her?"
"I donn't know, but she's smokin' hot."
"Oh yeah?" Haley blushed.
"Yeah. She has a beautiful smile, and these big brown eyes, I get lost in them all the time." Nathan whispered as he was starring in her eyes.
Haley's face got even more red, if that was even possible, and bit her lip.
"She also has a serious ass." Nathan whispered.
"Nathan!" Haley scolded.
"What?" He asked as he put his hands out in front of him.
"You can't say that!" She hissed.
"Why not? It's true!"
Haley blushed a deep crimson color. "That's innopropriate!"
"You're my girlfriend." Nathan countered.
"Oh so you were talking about me?" Haley joked, as she bit her finger nail.
"Of course." Nathan said. "You're the only girl who ever made me feel this way."
"What way?" Haley asked.
"Like I can't breathe when I'm around you. When I'm not around you, you're all I think about. You give me butterflies. I don't think I've ever got those before. It's weird. I like it though." Nathan said shyly.
Haley smiled. "I feel that too."
"Good. I thought I was crazy." Nathan joked while taking a sip of water.
Haley bit her lip, "Seriously though. You can't talk like that, We're at work!'
Nathan pouted. "Fine. We can finish this conversation later." Nathan wiggled his eyebrows suggestively.
Haley gulped, and smiled shyly. "So I do need to talk to you."
Nathan turned closer to Haley and grabbed her hand. "Is everything okay?"
Haley nodded, and continued chewing on her lip. "Yeah, I just think that we should tell Jackson about us tonight. I mean my mom already knows."
"Yeah about that..." Nathan started.
Haley's eyes widened. 'What happened?"
"My mom and Karen know too." Nathan said while staring at the grass. "I'm sorry."
Haley sighed. "How'd they find out?"
"My mom asked me while we were at lunch yesterday, and I wanted to tell her. I'm sorry Hales. I'm really excited about this, and I wanted to tell her about you. She's really happy for me." Nathan smiled cheekily.
Haley nodded and smiled back. "It's okay Nathan. It's only fair. I told my mom, so it's okay. How did Karen find out though?"
"She kind of over heard me." Nathan said while rubbing his neck. "Sorry. I knew I should have been more careful, but they both promised not to tell Luke or Brooke."
Haley sighed. "Okay. That's fine. I don't like keeping this from them, but it's the only way."
"I know. I'm willing to do anything so that we can be together. This seems easy."
Haley agreed, "Yeah, and I'm so sorry. I totally forgot to ask how your lunch went yesterday. I'm a horrible girlfriend!" She muttered.
Nathan chuckled. "No you're not. You were busy. I understand. Lunch was good though. My mom and I decided to work out our problems. It was awkward at first, but I can tell she's trying, so it's a good start. She can't wait to meet you." Nathan gushed.
Haley blushed, and her hands began to sweat due to the nerves that were taking over. "M-meet her?" She stuttered.
"Of course. I've never brought anyone home before, but I'm really serious about us Hales. I want her to meet you, so she knows I'm serious too."
Haley gulped. "Oh god."
"What? I'm sorry, am I rushing things?" Nathan panicked.
"No, no, no." Haley reassured. "I'm serious too. That's why I want to tell Jackson tonight. I'm just nervous about your mom. What if she hates me?"
Nathan laughed. "Trust me Hales, she's going to love you. I told her a lot about you, and she seemed impressed."
"What'd you say about me?" Haley blushed.
"Just how amazing you are." Nathan smiled.
Haley felt her heart flutter, and she giggled. "I'm pretty sure I'm acting like a 16 year old right now." Haley joked.
"Me too."
"I never really had a high school romance, so this is all exciting and new for me." Haley gushed.
"Yeah, same." Nathan agreed. "This is great."
Nathan suddenly got an idea, while starring at the table in front of him and smirked.
"What's that look for?" Haley asked in a mocking way.
"You got a knife with you?"
"A knife? Why the hell do you need a knife?"
"You'll see, just hand me the knife please."
"Uh okay." Haley drawled out, and reached into her lunch bag and pulled out a knife.
Nathan grabbed the knife and leaned across the table.
"What are you doing Nate?" Haley asked, as she stood up, trying to peek over at Nathan.
"No peeking James. Sit down."
Haley groaned. "Are you vandalizing school property? First we disobey orders, and now we're- you're destroying furniture!" Haley scolded.
"You're such a goody two shoes." Nathan joked, while finishing his carving.
"Nathan! What did you do?" She asked when he pulled away, and sat back down.
Haley focused her eyes on the center of the table, where there was a carving of a heart with "N.S. & H.J = A&F"
"What's A&F stand for?" Haley asked.
"Always and forever." Nathan smirked.
Haley felt her cheeks flush, and she smiled. "That's really sweet babe, but we're going to get in trouble."
"They won't know it's us."
"Really? Who else has these initials?"
Nathan shrugged. "There's no proof. Anyone could've done it."
Haley rolled her eyes. "You're so bad ass."
"Did Haley James just curse?" Nathan pressed.
"Ugh! Why am I dating you again?"
"Because I'm hot." Nathan said cockily.
Haley laughed. "That's what you think."
"No, you said I was hot. I remember."
"I was probably drunk." Haley teased.
Nathan snickered. "It's so fun to see you all worked up."
"You just like to annoy me!" Haley accused while punching his arm.
Nathan smirked. "It's hot when you're flustered."
"Ugh!" Haley let out a frustrated groan, and Nathan snickered.
"Anyway," Haley continued, "I want to tell Jackson tonight."
Nathan smiled. "Really? Are you sure?"
"Yes. He's my son, I don't want to lie to him. You mean a lot to me Nathan, and this isn't just some random fling for me. I'm in it 100% and I want to be able to date you, but I need to make sure that he's okay with it. I know he will be, because he adores you, I just need to know for sure. After Jackson, I never had a boyfriend, so this is a really big deal."
Nathan nodded intently. "I understand. I'm glad you decided to tell him. I didn't feel right keeping something so big from him. I just hope he's okay with it." Nathan sighed.
Haley smiled, and placed her hand on his cheek. "He will be. I promise."
Nathan was relieved by a simple touch from Haley. "Okay, good. So this means we're like really serious. You sure you want to do this?" Nathan asked.
Haley nodded eagerly. "Yes. More than I've ever wanted anything before in my life."
"Me too."
-23-
It was the end of the day, and when the bell ring, the student's rushed out of Haley's class room. She noticed the neon sticky note she had on her desk and smiled. She instantly recognized the messy handwriting.
"Hales,
Meet me in my office after 9th period bell. Need to see that pretty face of yours.
-Nathan"
Haley did what she was told, and discreetly walked to Nathan's office, once she arrived she knocked lightly three times.
"Come in." She heard his deep voice mutter.
"Hi." She smiled happily.
"Hi yourself." Nathan replied with the same warm smile.
"What's up?" Haley asked.
"I was looking at Quentin's grades, and they're dropping severely."
Haley frowned. "I know. I've been meaning to talk to you about that. What should I do?"
"It's not just English. It's all his subjects. Nothing on you."
Haley sat down in a blue chair across from Nathan's desk, and leaned her elbows against his desk, as she let out a long sigh. Nathan tried his best not to stare at Haley's long tan legs that she just crossed, revealing more of her thighs. He swallowed, and stared at his hands, trying his best to focus on something other than his attractive girlfriend.
"He was doing well for a while. I don't know what happened." Haley stated.
Nathan was starring at the computer screen in front of him and let out a deep breath. "Has he been showing up to class?"
"For the most part yes, but last Thursday he never came." Haley frowned while playing with the hem of her dress
"I talked to him a thousand times!" Nathan mumbled angrily. "You would think by now he would stop this!"
Haley nodded, and started to chew on her lip "Maybe it's me. Maybe I'm a bad teacher. Half the kids are failing! I don't know what to do!" Haley stressed as she ran a hand through her hair.
Nathan smiled. "Haley that's definitely not it. You are the best teacher Tree Hill has. Those kids are lucky they have you. You're smart, funny, and sexy as hell. You make it fun, and I'm sure they all are starring at you, so it's not like they can't pay attention. You're amazing Hales, don't doubt yourself." Nathan said placing a hand over hers.
Haley's cheeks reddened. "I really, really wanna kiss you right now." She whispered.
"Go ahead. I'm not going to stop you." Nathan smirked.
Haley blushed, as she knelt in her seat, leaning over Nathan's desk to meet his lips.
Nathan slightly stood up, and also leaned over the desk to kiss Haley.
The kiss was light, and chaste at first, but Nathan couldn't hold back, and plunged his tongue in her mouth. Haley was caught by surprise, but after the shock rolled away, she kissed him back. Suddenly, Haley heard the door handle begin to jiggle, and she jumped back.
"Shit!" Nathan muttered.
Rachel stride into the office to find Nathan muttering something under his breath, and literally jumping away from his desk. Haley just stood there awkwardly blushing, and staring at her feet.
"Hello, Mr. Scott." Rachel purred. "How are you?"
"Rachel, what are you doing here?" Nathan asked angrily.
"Um, half of this is my office. Duh!" Rachel stated the obvious.
Nathan rolled his eyes. "No, I mean don't you have Hall Duty or something?"
"Yeah, but I don't feel like doing that. I need a break."
"Rachel, I'm having a very important conversation right now." Nathan snapped, and ran a hand through his hair. "I'd like if you would please leave."
Rachel walked over to Nathan and put her hand on his bicep. "I won't bother you. I have work to do, feel free to carry on." She smiled evily.
Haley watched as fire burned through her veins. Who did this bitch think she was touching HER boyfriend? Oh that's right. She didn't know about it.
"Actually Nate, I'm hungry do you want to eat?" Rachel asked when Nathan didn't reply.
"I already ate."
"Oh c'mon. Please?" Rachel pouted.
"I'm busy. I'm having an important discussion with Miss. James right now." Nathan gritted.
"Aw that's cute. Did you work everything out?"
Haley instantly intervened. "Nathan and I are friends. That's it."
Nathan's jaw tightened when he heard Haley lie. He hated lying about it, but he knew he had to. Rachel was not someone to be trusted.
Rachel smirked. "See Nate? I think it's time for you to get over your little crush. She doesn't like you. In fact, my offer is still on the table if you want it. Are you up for round three?"
Haley's eyes widened, and she bit her tongue to keep herself in check. She was three seconds away from bitch slapping this chick, but she knew she would get fired. Nathan looked at Haley and saw that she was growing angry.
"Rachel, that's enough. Nothing ever happened between us, and nothing ever will. Get over it."
"Nathan you don't need to lie. Haley knows about your reputation."
Nathan's head shot up and looked at Haley, as he silently told her he was sorry. Her brown eyes were filled with jealousy. She wasn't mad at Nathan, but she was ready to kill Rachel.
Rachel rolled her eyes. "Besides nothing is going to happen between you and Haley either, might as well just move on to me." She whispered in his ear as she ran her hands up and down Nathan's arms.
Haley stood there, wanting to throw up. She watched Rachel flirt with her boyfriend right in front of her. She needed to get out of there or she'd explode.
"I-I need to go." Haley stuttered and ran out of the office.
Nathan was about to chase after her, when Rachel grabbed him. "She's not worth it."
Nathan scoffed, "She means everything."