Nathan Scott; royalty of tree hill high school and Haley James; tutor and valedictorian, had nothing in common, except for one thing. They are deeply and insanely in love with each other. A deeper look at Naley and how they came to be, with scenes w...
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The day of the game weather was silently cold, even the lightest breeze was missing, and the entire ambiance screamed grey. Nathan walked with Tim, when he spotted Haley, walking a good distance ahead of Lucas.
"Catch up with you later man" he said, not looking at Tim, then he looked at Haley and said with a smile: "Got a sec?"
"Hey! Yeah, what's up?"
"Check that out" He raised the math quiz that he had taken earlier up to his chest, almost at Haley's eyelevel, she eyed it for a beat and exclaimed giddily: "An 84? That's so great"
The petite girl was staring up at him with a huge smile; he grinned widely and opened his arms; offering a hug.
"Yeah, hey, congratulations"
As Haley launched herself into his arms, standing on tiptoes and craning her neck to hug him, Nathan bent down low and encircled his arms around her upper back. Still grinning, he raised his eyes to meet Lucas', in a silent dare, he knew his plan to use Haley had gone down the drain the moment he talked to her, yet, he just needed to get in a jab; the smile slowly faded into a taunting expression.
The hug was short and slightly awkward, but Haley breathed a quick laugh; feeling at home in his arms, and she wasn't the first one to let go. Nathan on the other hand, had a sudden surge of protectiveness course through his body, almost as if he was challenging anyone near that Haley; or at least a part of her, belonged to him. When they stopped hugging, Nathan had a fake smile plastered on his face and she nodded curtly, blushing.
"I will look for you on the bleachers" he winked, leaving a flustered Haley behind as he walked towards the gym.
The gym wasn't a place Haley ever thought of going to, and if it weren't for her GPA being threatened, she would've rather avoided the place all together; a dodge ball caused bruise had just healed. But on the bleachers, Haley could finally enjoy the school spirit; or rather the town spirit, everyone at tree hill seemed hung up on basketball and the enthusiasm was infectious, her mood would however be better if her best friend wasn't avoiding her like the plague.
"Lucas. Hey, Scott" she called with a huge smile. Bad idea, both, Lucas and Nathan turned their heads. She motioned towards Lucas, silently asking about what was bothering him, Nathan looked away but the other one gazed at her venomously before looking away as well.
Haley's smile faded, confounded by his change of attitude.
The game started; the tree hill ravens clad in white and the senior ravens were dressed in black. Each player ran up to face their father, or in Lucas' case; Uncle Keith. They seemed happy; fathers and sons, Lucas going for a man-hug with Keith and even Nathan and Dan were all smiles, as they teased each other.
"Sounds like the old man got a lot more buzz than you did" said Dan, when the announcer called his name and the crowd cheered.
"Are you sure your hearing aid isn't turned up too loud?"
