"Hey,watch it!" "Oh,I am SO sorry!" Haylie looked up and saw the most beautiful set of eyes,and not to mention face she'd ever seen. When she seen him...the name 'Nick' was all of a sudden forgotten. She bent down to help the guy pick up his book he dropped,"It's okay. I just,was a little upset that's all." "Oh,hehe,well I was a little nervous. I'm new around here." "Really?",She said following him to his lockers. "Yeah,I'm from Redding," He put his books in his new locker and extended his out out to Haylie afterwards,"I'm Brandon." Haylie grinned,"Hey,my name is Haylie. Um,what class do you have now?" Brandon searched through his pockets nervously and found the crumbled piece of paper,"Uh,Brasher..english class." Haylie's eyes lighted up as soon as he said those words,"I think you have all my classes..I'm pretty sure of it." "Who do you have after Brasher?" "Hildalgo,history."Haylie said leading the way to english class. "Same here,I guess we do have all the same classes." He said smiling at her. The way he looked at her made her melt,and all of a sudden,she felt her heartbreak disappear. They both walked into the class room at the same time,with everyone's eyes on them only. Brandon walked over to Mrs. Brasher and handed her his scheduale to sign it,"Okay Brandon,there's an empty seat next to Haylie over there,you can sit there." Haylie just grinned for the 3rd time relizing...maybe she didn't need Nick after all...right? ** "Okay,Frack,spill." "Excuse me?" "Why did you act like that with Haylie? I know you like her,why were you giving her the cold shoulder?" Nick gave a long,deep sigh,"I dunno Bri. I mean,one minute we're there..kissing and the next..I get scared and..I guess I take it out on her or something." "Nick,not every girl is like your ex ya know." "I KNOW that b-" "But what? Haylie doesn't look like the type that would do something bad to hurt you. Don't you relize maybe she's scared to?" "Why would she be scared?" "Hello?! Wake up and smell the coffee! Her boyfriend and her went through the same thing! She even got beat up by him,you should know!" "I just...don't want to talk about this anymore." He got up from the small,crowded couch on their tour bus and left the room. ** "Honey,are you going out?" "Yeah mom,I have a date..sort of."Haylie said walking down the stairs looking around the living room for her earrings. "What about Nick? I thought you and him were going out or something?" "We never made it 'official mom' and the last time I talked to him...he acted REALLY weird and totally blew me off." "Well...alright. So who's the guy?" "He's more of a friend,I mean,he's cute..but I don't want to,well you know get into a relationship or anything at the moment..and he got the hint." "He did?" "Yeah,I told him..when he asked me out." "Well," Her mother smiled at her,"I hope you have a good time." And right after she said that the doorbell rang,"I'll get it!" Her mom smiled softly and mumbled,"I bet you will." "Hey Brandon!" "Hi Haylie,so ready?" "Yep! Lemme just grab my coat!",She walked the few steps to the coat hanger,grabbed her jacket and walked out the door with him. Now,you might think she was all 'dressed up'...she wasn't not at all,just a cool-casual look. ** "Nick,who was that girl you were with?" Brian asked questionanly"Oh,I'm sort of..going out with someone." "WHAT?!" "Woah Bri,calm down!" "What about Haylie?!" He threw that long sigh again,"I don't know about her,I mean,well,I obviously can't have anything to do with her now,can I?" "What are you doing now?! Breaking her heart?! I thought you knew better since what she went through AND you! Is this a game or what?" "Look,you don't know Haylie okay?I mean,I like her but,I just can't go out with her or,love her." "Why? You can go out with a girl you just met but not one you know?" "Look,this is NONE of your buisness! You don't know how I feel about her! It's all mixed emotions okay? I always think about her,but,I just can't seem to look in her eyes." "Whatever you say Nick,but when your begging for her forgivness,I hope she rejects you!" Nick was overwhelmed by what his friend had just said,his BEST friend in the world. He just didn't understand,that he DID love Haylie,deep within his heart. But he had a hard time showing his love to her,and he couldn't even admit he loved her to himself..because he was too scared. Haylie's laugh could be heard all the way through out the neighborhood,she had the time of her life tonight,Brandon was into the same things she was,not to mention he was sweet and a kind gentlemen. "Oh my gosh! Dude we HAVE to go see another movie like next week or something!" "How about something else? Like a trip to the beach? I heard they have one near by! We could each invite some friends and have a volleyball tournament and all!" "You know what?! That'd be AWESOME? How about Sat?" "It's set! I'll see you at school tomarrow okay?" "Okay,see ya!," Just as he started to walk away Haylie called him back,"Brandon!" He turned around and gave her that million dollar,warm smile,"Yeah?" "Thanks! For tonight..I haven't had such a good time!" "Anytime Haylie!" She closed the door and closed her eyes for a moment,but instead of seeing or visualizing Brandon,she seen the image of her and Nick,when they shared their first kiss at the park. Hayile opened her eyes quickly and wondered why was she thinking of someone who shouldn't have been in her life anymore..someone who she was trying to aviod thinking of,because when she thought of Nick,all she could remember is how bad it hurt when she knew he hated her. Chapter8 Story Index Main Page

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