I Got You Babe

Chapter One

It had been a horrible day for Haley, and with no doubt in her mind she had decided that it couldn't get worse. Lucas was going to be leaving town the next day and she couldn't bear hearing the news. She understood where his head was at, heck she wished she could just skip town too right about now.
Why did her dad have to say yes? She knew her mom had meant good by talking him into saying yes, but that's not what she really wanted. The only reason she let it get that far at all is because she was counting on her dad to say no, and he had at first. Now everything was messed up, and Haley was stuck between a rock and a hard place. Was there someway she could get out of marrying Nathan?
This wasn't how I imagined it. Looking at herself in the mirror in her bedroom, she brushes some hair back away from her face and behind her ear. She couldn't get past how she looked. She looked down right beautiful all fixed up and in her white dress. The dress was cheap, bought at a local store off of the mark down rack, but she pulled it off without a problem.
Knocking on the door and hesitating a couple of moments before he comes in her father comes over to her and hugs her. Taking a step back and looking at her, a tear starts to form in his eye.
"We should get going," he said holding out his hand to her. "They'll be waiting for us soon. They should be almost there."
Placing her shaking hand into his, she takes a couple of steps towards the door as to not alert him of what she's really thinking. She wouldn't have him thinking that she was getting cold feet.

As they get to the beach, Haley looks over at her father and than over to where Nathan's standing with her mom and the preacher. It's too late to turn back now. Walking over to greet them with her father by her side, she continues to get nervous. Listening to the preacher as he greets her and her father, she wonders what he must be thinking. He must think we're crazy.
As they start the ceremony, she watches Nathan as he stands with such confidence that it alarms her. He wasn't worried one bit. It surely didn't comfort her in the least. As the time nears for her to say her vows she starts to look around at each of their faces. Something felt off to her. Something or someone was missing she realized as the preacher turned to her. I can't do this.
Shifting her weight she looks at Nathan apologetic for a couple of moments. Glancing around anxiously she then glances over her shoulder after awhile. Turning and sprinting she heads off out of view towards town.
"Well this just proves someone right," Nathan says looking over at her father, Jimmy.

Running through town half breathless. I'm certainly no athlete. She was getting tired and she didn't know where to run to now that she had made herself a runaway bride. I can't go home, they'll be there. They'll be there judging and waiting for an explanation. Where can I go?
As she finishes asking herself that question she pauses caught off guard as she sees a light on in the café. Why is the light on this late? It's way past closing. Walking towards the café, she gets a strange feeling. Who could be here? Did someone break in?
Opening the door to the café, which is unlocked, she heads inside. Looking around the place seems like it was left undisturbed for the most part. There was a plant on the counter on the far end, but she knew Karen probably had put it there since she was last there.
Making her way towards the back of the café, everything else seems to be in it's place. Maybe someone just forgot to turn off the light and lock the door. Looking concerned, she then realized that wouldn't make sense. Karen was suppose to close up that night, and clearly she wouldn't forget to turn off the light and lock the door on her way out.
Hearing some noises that seem to be coming from up above her, she looks up. It didn't sound like rodents or pests. Nope, it sounded like something much bigger than any rodent. Then it hit her, Lucas is here. Why hadn't she thought about that earlier?
Heading up the stairs to the roof she looks down at the dress she's wearing. How would this all look to him? She was a sweaty mess, she was pretty sure about that. She had ran almost the entire way here and there was no way she looked the same as she had when she looked into the mirror in her room earlier.
Opening the door slowly, she steps out onto the roof. Closing the door behind her she looks around. Spotting Lucas standing over by the one section of the wall she knows what he's up to. He's getting ready to leave. He was taking out the loose brick that they hid their predictions behind, and she knew he was thinking he wouldn't be back here anytime soon.
Hearing her as she makes her way over to where he's standing he turns to see who it is. Relieved to see that it's just her and not someone else he smiles at her a little. Then noticing her appearance he starts to frown. Her appearance didn't comfort him one bit.
"Hey what happened to you bud?"
"Oh this," Haley says looking down at her dress once again. "I just thought I'd practice for trying out for the sequel to Runaway Bride."
"Nice try. What really happened?"
"I almost made the biggest mistake of my life."
"You're being cryptic tonight," Lucas says looking concerned. Haley was hardly cryptic with him. There were the times, mainly when something female related was up, but the rest of the time she was mainly usually up front with him about things. Then another exception to this occurred to him. "Something happened with Nate right?"
"Yes, that's right. It's not what you think though."
"White dress plus you getting all fixed up, I'm guessing a wedding."
"Right," Haley says remembering yet again that she has the dress on. "I guess it's not that hard to tell considering."
Feeling that strange feeling getting stronger, she realizes what it really is. How could she have not listened to her gut? It was clearly telling her that Lucas was here ever since she had seen that light on downstairs. Now she found herself staring into his eyes as he took the situation in.