Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of One Tree Hill or anything at all to do with the show.
Author's note: So this is my first story. I would love to know what you dear reader think so please review. Here is the first chapter, enjoy:)
Chapter I: You want to make a memory?
Haley was hurrying out of her office when a young girl stepped in an asked her if she had a minute.
"Sure, but only a minute" Haley said sighing. She loved teaching but this wasn't a good time. She looked at the girl with a questioning look.
"Umm I was wondering..if you could help me out" her voice started to break as she kept on talking: "You see I'm not doing so good in math and I'm afraid I'm gonna fail."
Haley had no idea she was doing so badly, she was at the top of her english class which Haley was teaching her in: „Oh I didn't know that..do you think you might need a tutor?"
"Yeah I think that is a good idea, I don't know how else to catch up on my studies" she said looking a little relieved.
"Okay great, I'll find you a good tutor tomorrow but now I need to go" Haley said still in a hurry.
The girl smiled thankfully and left Haley's office.
"Finally I can go pick up Jamie" Haley thought to herself.
She drove as fast as she could to Jamie's kindergarten to pick him up. She was running really late and worried he might be the only kid left.
"So where is my boy?" Haley asked Susan, Jamie's teacher. "His father picked him up over an hour ago, did you get your wires crossed or something?" Susan asked in a concerned voice.
Haley was sure Nathan wasn't supposed to pick up Jamie. When he wanted to pick him up he always left Haley a message. "Oh we must have misunderstood each other" Haley told Susan and then left as quickly as she had arrived.
She called the house, no answer, then she called Nathan's cell. Again there was no answer, Haley started to worry there might be something really wrong. Then her cell rang. The screen flashed: HOME.
Haley flipped her phone open: "Hello Nathan?"
"Hey honey, where are you?" Nathan asked on the other end.
"Where am I? I'm in the car, I went to pick up Jamie and they said you picked him up, what's going on? Why didn't you let me know?" Haley was annoyed with Nathan.
"Ohh babe I'm so sorry, I completely forgot to tell you. Are you on your way home now?" Nathan asked sounding a little wierd.
Haley was suspicious, this wasn't like Nathan. "Okay what is going on? You sound really weird and forgetting to tell me you were gonna pick up Jamie isn't like you at all. Is something wrong?" she was getting more and more worried by the second.
Nathan tried his best to calm Haley down: "Nothing is going on okay, I just forgot to tell you. Now get your butt home this instant" he said in a joking tone.
"Fine" Haley gave up, but only for the time being. She was going to crack him as soon as she got home.
She pulled up at their house, drove her car into the driveway and took her keys out of the ignition. She was tired but that wasn't going to stop her from finding out what was going on with Nathan, she got her game face on as she exited the car and headed for the front door.
Nathan noticed Haley walking up to the front door so he jumped in front of it and opened it: "Welcome home the most beautiful girl in the world" he said smirking at her while spreading out his arms giving her a big hug.
Haley couldn't help but think this was very strange behavior, even for Nathan who had had his share of odd conduct. "Thanks, this is an unusally nice greeting though" Haley couldn't help but grin a little. "So where is our little hellraiser?" she asked as she pulled out of the hug and took her coat off.
"He's at his grandmother's" Nathan replied indifferently.
"What? Why?" Haley was getting frustrated.
"Because we need to be alone" Nathan responded flashing his trademark smirk.
Haley was losing patience: "But why? I don't get it! And don't you smirk at me okay! I'm getting really upset with you Nathan."
"Babe just sit down and wait for five minutes. Then I will explain everything to you okay?" Nathan tried to set Haley's mind at ease.
"Fine" Haley said sitting down. She folded her hands and pouted.
Five minutes later Nathan emerged from the bedroom trying to go unnoticed by Haley, he wanted to get into the kitchen before she could see what he was wearing. Luckily she was looking out the window so he sneaked into the kitchen and got the food ready. He also opened a bottle of red wine and poured into two glasses. Last minute touches were needed and he finished everything in record time. Everything was perfect, now all he needed was to get Haley to close her eyes.
"Haley, close your eyes!" He yelled from the kitchen.
"Why?" Haley replied.
"Just do it! And keep'em closed until I say otherwise" he said eagerly.
Haley closed her eyes utterly unaware of what was going on: "They're closed" she mumbled.
Nathan hurried the food into the living/dining room as fast as he could, he lit about ten candles before placing one of the wineglasses next to Haley's hand and took the other one in his own hand. He let out a big sigh, this had been more challenging than he thought: "Now you can open your big brown eyes and tell me what you think."
Haley slowly opened her eyes, the first thing she noticed was the glass filled with red wine. She was about to say something when she looked up and saw Nathan dressed in a stunning tuxedo with a brand new haircut. She was speechless, he looked more handsome than ever. Then she glanced over the table where a big sirloin steak complete with all the trimmings was laid out. She tried to speak again but there were no words, she just sat there with her mouth gaping. Finally she found her voice: "Nathan, what is all this? I don't know what to say..it's…it's amazing. You cooked this?"
"Yeah, well mom helped me out a little but mostly I did all the work" Nathan smiled at Haley.
"You didn't tell me what all this was for" Haley whispered.
"You still haven't figured that out?" Nathan said.
Haley was so tired she couldn't think straight: "No I have no idea."
"Baby it's our anniversary. Today is six years since we got married" he said looking deep into Haley's eyes.
Haley felt a wave of guilt washing over her: "Oh my god I am so sorry, I completely forgot about our anniversary. I am like the worst wife ever" she stood up and started pacing the floor, after a minute she stopped and looked at her husband: "You went to all this trouble and I didn't even remember, I'm sorry honey but things have just been so crazy lately with work and Jamie. I know that's no excuse but honestly I'm physically and mentally drained" she said looking down.
Nathan pulled Haley to the couch and sat her down, he placed himself beside her and took her hands: "I know and it's okay. That's why I did all this. I knew you probably wouldn't remember because of all the stress lately and I just wanted to give you this night so you could unwind a little bit and just spend some time with me. I love you and in spite of your awful memory you are not the worst wife ever. I'd say far from it." He caressed the side of her face with his hand and leaned in to kiss her a long overdue anniversary kiss. Haley melted into his arms as they kissed passionately. When the kiss finally came to an end Nathan whispered: "Our food is getting cold. " Haley didn't care, she wasn't hungry for food: "I don't want the food, I want you" she whispered back. Nathan stood up from the couch and picked her up with his strong hands, he carried her to the bedroom and placed her on the bed. He took his jacket off and began unbuttoning his shirt. Haley took off her top while looking at Nathan who was now shirtless.
"You should get your nipple ring back" she said in a soft voice.
"Oh you liked that did you?" he said grinning.
"Yep I always thought it was very sexy" she put her arms around his neck and pulled him onto the bed.
"You did huh? Well I'm gonna have to get it back then" he said while leaning in for a kiss.
Haley stopped him, she wanted to tease him a little bit: "Wait wait I don't think you've earned this" she said smirking at him.
"Uh what? I surprised you with a big fancy dinner and put on a tux..I mean that's gotta count for something?" he was clearly disappointed.
Haley tried to stifle her laughing but it came bursting out: "I'm sorry but you should have seen the look on your face" she said laughing.
"You are pure evil you know that?" he couldn't help but laugh with her, then he pulled out his serious and intense look and said: "lucky for you I think that's a hell of a turn-on."
Haley was still laughing but she quickly stopped when Nathan started nibbling on her ear and unhooking her bra at the same time. She couldn't wait any longer, she had to have him. Before they knew it all their clothes were off and Nathan was kissing every inch of her body. He kissed her breasts and then made his way to her stomach, he kept going further until he was between her thigs. He let his tongue explore everything, Haley moaned and he felt himself getting hard. She was ready and he was ready. He rolled over on his back and motioned Haley to get on top of him, she did just that and began to ride him. She felt all of her fatigue fade away as she took control. After a minute she felt an orgasm coming on. He felt it coming too, they looked into each other's eyes and both of them knew how the other was feeling. They were completetly in sync with each other as they both had explosive orgasms at the same time. Haley's moans turned to gasps as she rolled off Nathan and looked at him.
"That was amazing" she said still fighting to breathe.
"That's one word for it" he said chuckling.
Haley hit him on the arm: "I'm serious, it hasn't been that good in a long time. Not that it's ever been bad but you know what I mean..Why is that?"
"Maybe because of Jamie? I mean he's usually in the next room so we can't make any noise or get really into it…I don't know, maybe it's just cause we're an old married couple" he said laughing again.
"Yeah you're right, about Jamie I mean. We have got to get him out of the house more often if this is what we can have" Haley said beaming.
Nathan looked into Haley's eyes. She seemed so worn out earlier but now there was no hint of that, she was glowing: "I love you more than anyone you know?" he whispered.
"What about Jamie?" Haley said raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah him too" Nathan laughed.
"I never thought I would be so lucky as to find you, you're everything I could have hoped for in a husband. Just tonight showed me that I've been taking you for granted lately but that will not happen again. I'm sorry" Haley said looking firmly into Nathan's eyes.
"I forgive you" he said.
Haley fell asleep with her head rested on Nathan's chest. He thought to himself that he was the luckiest guy in the whole wide world. He listened to the sounds of a thunderstorm rolling in. The rain was already falling on the roof and he could hear the thunder from far away getting closer. He hoped Jamie wasn't too afraid.
A few minutes later Nathan heard a knock on the door…