A/N: Heyy everyone! This is my first story for One Tree Hill and I really hope that you guys like it. Let me know if you have any suggestions for the story – any ideas for the plot are always appreciated. Also – I don't have a beta reader so I apologize for any grammar/spelling mistakes that I may have made. The rating is just to be safe, I don't think I'll have anything horrible in here though. Anyway, here is a little bit of background information for the story:

Nathan, Haley, Brooke, Lucas, and Peyton are all in their sophomore year Duke together. All of them are close friends and live in apartments just off of the college campus. Nathan and Haley are married and live in one apartment, Brooke, Peyton, and Lucas all share another.

Summary: Haley, Nathan, Brooke, Lucas, and Peyton are in their junior year at Duke and having the time of their lives. After spending a night partying in a club Nathan and Haley get into a fight that leaves the couple wondering whether or not their marriage was a mistake. NALEY

Disclaimer: I don't own anythinggggg – sad, I know. haha. (this applies for this chapter and all others that follow)

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I Hope You Dance?

Peyton had just been offered an internship with an extremely well-known music label so the whole group had gone out to celebrate. They had gone out to a nice dinner followed by a night at one of the most popular clubs for the students at Duke. At some point during the night Haley had noticed that Nathan had gotten extremely quiet; the only time Nathan was ever quiet was when he was upset or angry, so Haley assumed the latter.

"Are you mad at me?" Haley asked, stepping into the apartment she and Nathan lived in.

"Should I be?" he responded, sounding rather annoyed.

"I don't know, Nathan! You've barely said a word to me since we finished dinner. What did I do that was so wrong?"

Haley loved Nathan, but sometimes she wished he would express himself more. It almost always seemed like he was too stubborn to tell anyone what was bothering him. He always kept to himself until eventually his anger or confusion or whatever emotion he had been keeping quiet about became too much. Then he just let everything out in one blow making everything far more difficult than it needed to be.

"Never mind, Haley. It's late. Just go to bed," he stated while turning his back to Haley and walking towards the refrigerator. "So, who was that guy you were dancing with?" Nathan asked as he realized that Haley hadn't made any effort to go into their bedroom.

"Are you serious? That's why you've been ignoring me all night?" Haley asked in disbelief. "Nathan I asked you to dance and you refused. Don't be mad at me for having fun. I won't feel guilty," she stated, trying to remain calm despite the raising volume of her voice.

"That guy was all over you! We're married, you're not supposed to dance like that with other guys," Nathan yelled; he had even less control of his temper than Haley. "You didn't even push him away," he added in a softer tone.

"I was having fun. That's what tonight was about," Haley sighed. "We were supposed to be celebrating Peyton's internship so excuse me for trying to have a good time. Anyway, getting married doesn't mean that we can't dance with other people. I wasn't sleeping with him!"

"Whatever, Haley. It's late, go to sleep," Nathan repeated. Whenever Nathan was angry with Haley he never wanted to talk about it. Haley on the other hand hated going to bed while they were in a fight.

"No!" Haley yelled, "I'm not going to bed with us mad at each other. I told you I was going to dance and you're the one who refused to join me."

"If that's what you want to think then go ahead and think it. I'm sleeping on the couch," he said stubbornly, heading towards the linen closet to get a pillow and blanket.

"Don't bother! You obviously don't want to be around me right now so I'll just leave," Haley snapped. "If our marriage is too dysfunctional to handle one night out then maybe it was a mistake!"

Before Nathan could do anything to stop her, Haley had already run out of the apartment and slammed the door. "Damnit," Nathan sighed to himself. He didn't want her running off in the middle of the night; it wasn't safe. Even if he was angry with Haley, he still loved her more than anything. Sometimes he just let small things blow out of proportion.

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Haley ran from the apartment as quickly as she could, she didn't want Nathan to follow her and see the hot tears falling down her cheeks. Even though she promised herself that she wouldn't feel guilty for having a good time, she did. Haley knew how much Nathan hated it when she danced with other guys, but Haley really just wanted to have a fun night and Nathan never wanted to dance with her in clubs. It was always a like a chore for him.

Since it was currently some time after two in the morning, Haley didn't really know where she should go. She definitely wasn't going back to her own apartment and it was way too late to call anyone; however, desperate times call for desperate needs. Haley sighed as she pulled her cell phone out of her pocket and dialed Lucas's cell phone number.

After a few rings Haley heard Lucas's semi-groggy voice answer – Haley assumed that he was just about to fall asleep since it didn't sound as if Haley had woken him up.

"Hi Luke….it's Haley," she stated, walking out of her apartment complex. Haley suddenly wished that she had grabbed a jacket as she left because it was the middle of January and absolutely freezing outside.

"Are you okay?" Lucas asked, looking at the clock beside his bed.

"Not really," she said with a shaky voice, "can you come get me? Nathan and I got into a fight and I really can't sleep at my apartment tonight," Haley explained.

"Of course, I'll be there soon," he promised.

As soon as Haley heard Lucas hang up the phone she walked over to a bench and sat down, hugging her arms to herself to warm up. Haley hadn't realized how tired she was until she was sitting there waiting to be picked up. As much as Haley wanted to just go back up to the warmth of her apartment and her husband, she too was too stubborn to admit that she had been wrong. Haley couldn't face Nathan after what she had just said…she told him that getting married was a mistake. In all honesty Haley knew that her marriage was best thing in her life, but sometimes she wished that she had waited until she was older.

Ten minutes later Lucas pulled up in front of the bench Haley was sitting on and stopped the car while Haley rushed in to it. "Haley you must be freezing, why didn't you wait inside?" he asked, quickly turning up the heat in the car as he saw his friend shivering. "Are you okay?" Lucas added before Haley even had a chance to answer his first question; he had seen the dry tear tracks on her cheeks.

"Can we just go? I'm tired." Haley didn't feel up to answering any questions, she just wanted to sleep.

Without another word Lucas put the car in drive and drove the seven blocks that separated his apartment complex from Haley and Nathan's. When the two of them finally made it to the apartment that Lucas shared with Peyton and Brooke Haley was practically asleep. Unfortunately, Brooke and Peyton had been waiting impatiently for Lucas to get back with Haley so they could find out what was going on.

"What happened, tutor wife?" Brooke asked almost immediately after the tired girl had walked inside.

"Nathan and I had an argument, that's all," she mumbled through a yawn.

Since everyone in the room could tell that Haley didn't want to talk about the fight, Brooke got Haley some pajamas while Peyton and Lucas pulled the bed out from their sofa in the living room. By three in the morning everyone in both apartments had fallen asleep, although three of them slept more peacefully than the other two.

Haley was unable to keep her mind off Nathan and her marriage. They had been having so many small fights recently that Haley thought they were really heading down a bad path. Just the other day Haley had gotten angry at Nathan for staying out late and not calling her and Nathan had been annoyed that Haley felt a need to know where he was every minute of the day. Everything was just piling up and for some reason Haley felt as if their marriage just wasn't strong enough not to break.

Nathan on the other hand was sleeping restlessly. He was worried about Haley since she had left the apartment alone so late at night. It wasn't safe for a twenty-one year old girl to be walking outside alone after dark. He knew he shouldn't have snapped at her. All she did was dance. Nathan Scott had jealousy issues, it really was a known fact, but he knew that he needed to stop preventing Haley from spending time with other people. Maybe they just needed to take a break?

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A/N: So, that's the first chapter, I hope you liked it! I know it wasn't very long, but if enough people show interest in the story I promise to make the next chapters longer. That said, should I continue? Please review if you have time or any suggestions XD