"I don't know if I'll ever be ready for us again, or if I'll ever be ready for us at all," Nathan declared with the most serious expression on his face.
"Nathan don't say that." Haley pleaded.
"I don't want to be mean, but it's what I have to do."
"What do you want from me exactly?" she asked
Nathan looked down at the sand beneath him. "I want you to find someone else and move on, forget about me, and forget about us"
His words stung, as if a bee had just stung her and she could see its stinger getting deeper into her skin causing pain.
Nathan glanced at her once more before turning around and walking away, leaving a teary eyed Haley standing all alone on the beach, taken back by her husband's words.
Haley got up from bed. It had now been exactly two week and three days since Brooke's beach party, the night Nathan told her to move on. It still hurt her every time she thought about it.
"Move on?" she thought while lying in bed wishing that her could just go to sleep forever.
"Doesn't he love me anymore?" just the thought of him not loving her anymore made her want to throw up and die. She was insanely in love with him and now he was telling her to move on.
"Wake up, Haley James Scott!" Brooke yelled as she stormed into the bedroom for the sixth time this morning.
"Brooke, school is done, it's still early, can I not just sleep?"
Haley loved her roommate, they had become such great friend, actually they had become best friends, but Brooke was so annoying sometimes. Haley would pick living with Nathan any day.
"It's a beautiful day!" Brooke declared while opening the blinds up high so the sunlight would blind Haley.
"I can see that" Haley rolled her eyes not caring for the sun or for the glorious day
"You are NOT going to stay in bed all day, Haley James Scott!"
"Don't you mean Haley James soon to be ex Scott?" Haley asked throwing the covers over her head
Brooke suddenly felt extremely bad for Haley. "Listen buddy, I know this whole situation with you and Nathan sucks and I hate that you're going through this but I'm not going to allow my stunning roommate to stay in bed all day sulking over some guy"
Haley popped her head from under the covers when she heard the phrase SOME GUY. "Some guy, Brooke? That guy is my husband"
Brooke could see the pain in Haley's eyes as Haley turned her back not wanting to show the tears that had fallen.
Brooke knew immediately that Haley was tearing up; she heard the crack in her voice when she said the word husband. Brooke wanted to help Haley so much but she didn't know what more she could do.
"Honey, why don't we go to the beach? Just us girls, I'll call Peyton and we'll just go and enjoy the day, then we can come back and watch girlie movies and pig out" Brooke's excitement began to raise, she loved having those days where she could just pig out on anything she wanted.
"I really don't feel like it Brooke, but thanks for asking" Haley turned back to her side, shutting her eyes
"Fine then, I won't ask, I'll demand. You're coming to the beach whether you like it or not or else I promise you I'll stay in this room with you and sing the whole entire day, and Haley James Scott you DO NOT want to hear me sing!" Brooke eyes were infuriated
Haley looked at her friend. She couldn't help but laugh at how serious Brooke looked.
Brooke noticed the smile, "Fine then, the wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round, the wheels on the bus go round and round all through the town"
Haley smiled as she was clearly not bothered by the singing. That just made Brooke even madder but Brooke knew if there was one thing that Haley hated the most, it was when she talked about her and Lucas' sex life.
"Brooke and Lucas go up and down, up and down, up and down, Brooke and Lucas go up and down, all night long," Brooke grinned as she was very proud of her new song.
"That's disgusting! I don't want to know about you and Lucas and you just totally ruined that song for kids, thank you very much"
"Oh well, it's not your going to be having any, any time soon" Brooke stuck out her tongue
Haley shot her a deadly look.
Brooke shrugged it off and continued with her song, "Brooke and Lucas go up and do-"
"Okay! I'll go, just stop singing about you and my best friend!" Haley threw her hands in the air feeling completely defeated
"Yay" Brooke clapped at her amazing work. She amazed herself all the time at how she got everything she wanted
"Wear your black bikini, it looks hot on you!" Brooke shouted as she walked out of the bedroom
Haley watched her friend leave in disbelief. Not only was she forcing her to go down the beach but she was even telling her what to wear? This was going to be a very long summer, Haley thought; even longer if Nathan continued to be the stubborn boy he was being.
"Who am I kidding?" she thought. "Of course he's going to be stubborn, he's a Scott man!" Haley pulled herself together preparing herself for the most dreadful day ever.
