Chapter 1

It was nine and third in the morning when Nathan heard his phone ringing. He put the pillow over his head trying to go back to sleep, however the phone continued with it's annoying noise. Groaning to himself, he moved over to pick up the phone.

"Hello?" he said with a groggy voice.

"Hey sweetie, it's your mom." Deb said to his son.

"Hi mom, what's going on?" Nathan asked with a yawn as he rubbed his eyes.

"I'm sorry son, did I wake you?"

"Of course mom, did you see what time is it?" he asked looking at the watch on the nightstand.

"Well, it's hard to find you. You're always working or partying, your never stay at home."

"What do you want mom?" he asking trying to get her straight to the point.

"I've been thinking Nathan." he tried not to groan when his mom started but he couldn't help the eye rolling. "You're always going out, never had a serious relationship and that was fine before but you're an adult now Nathan, you can't be afraid of commitment."

"I'm not afraid mom, I just don't want to be in a serious relationship yet." he explained.

"And when this is going to happen?" she insisted.

"I don't know! The right time will come." I guess.

"How the time will come if you don't even try?!"

"I'm not going to rush anything. Why are you insisting in this topic all of sudden?" Nathan questioned not undestarnd the point of this conversation. And at nine in the morning for god sakes.

"Because your father and I are worried about never having a grandson or seeing you getting married for that matter." Deb confessed.

"Don't you think it's too early to be talking about this?" he asked not really paying atention for what his mom was saying, he was starting to close his eyes.

"Nathan, you're not in college anymore you're alrea-"

"I mean the hour, it's nine in the morning. I should be sleeping."

"Whatever, Nathan. I have to go out anyway. I'll talk to you later. Goodbye." Deb finished, but Nathan was already sleeping peacefuly.

"So, what do you think?" Deb asked to Lydia. The two women were having breakfast at a coffe shop while having their conversation.

"I think it can be good, but I'm concerned. My daugther always lived in a small town, she never went to a big city, and now she's going to live here."

"Don't worry, Lydia. Your daughter will be in good hands. Nathan's apartment is very comfortable and I'm sure she'll like the place."

"I know, Deb. I know." Lydia assured.

"If you think it's better, she can stay here for a while and see if she can get used to everything here, if she doesn't like, she can go back." Deb proposed. What she didn't know is that Lydia's daugther couldn't go back home. The reason she was leaving was because Lydia's husband and Haley's step father didn't want her living there anymore.

He never liked Haley, and made sure that Haley would get married as soon as possible, he even said he could find a husband for Haley, but Lydia decided she would find someone.

However, Lydia was embarrassed to tell Deb the truth, so she decided to agree to her terms.

"Yes, this way is fine." Lidya nodded.

"Alright then. I'm going to send a driver to pick her up." Deb informed.

"Thank you, Deb."

"Don't thank me, if everything goes well this week, I'll be the one to thank you."

Now that everything was settled, Deb needed to talk to her son and convice him, which it was a difficult mission but she wasn't going to back down.

After the game ended, Nathan got up from the couch and went to the kitchen to prepare something to eat when the door bell rang.

"Who is it?" Nathan muttered to himself. He closed the refrigerator and walked in the living from to open the door.

"Oh, hey mom." he said when he saw it was his mother on the other side of the door.

"Hey son, you sound happy to see me." Deb said with a ironic tone.

"You have the perfect timing mom." he stated.

"Can I come in?" she asked since she was still on the hallway and Nathan hadn't made any move to invite her.

"Of course, mom." He finally moved and let her enter is apartment.

Sitting on the couch, she looked up at Nathan and thought it was better to tell Nathan the reason she was there.

"Look Nathan, I came here to talk about the conversation we had this morning-"

"Not again, mom."

"Let me finish Nathan." He just nodded and let his mother continue.

"I already found someone for you and she is going to come this Monday."

"You did what?" Nathan asked not believed what he had heard. Did she have just said that?

"Well, if you don't even bother to find someone, I had to do it. She's a nice girl Nathan and I'm sure you two will get along."

"I don't even know her, I don't know who she is and do you want us to get married?"

"It's not like that Nathan, she's coming here to live with you just for a week and then if you two get allong well, you decide if you want to continue like this." Deb said trying to convice his son but he only shook his head.

"Look, I know this sounds crazy-"

"Oh, you think?!" Nathan shot back sarcasticaly. Deb ignored it and kept speaking.

"But this can work out, you just have to give it a shot." Nathan silence made Deb more confident.

"Perhaps me and your father hadn't been the best parents, but we want your happiness and we want you to have a family, a good future. This is an opportunity you have."

Deb eyed Nathan, and saw how pensitive he looked. She didn't wait his answer to know that it was going to be a positive one. She smiled to herself.

"Haley sweetie, you're going next Monday." Lydia told to her daughter.

Haley looked up to her mother and just nodded.

"I know this is not how we planned nor how it was supposed to be, but this is going to be good for you." Lydia said, trying to make everything inside her believe what she was saying.

Things at home hadn't been good and all she wanted was for Haley to be happy.

Haley was feeling nervous, a new life was going to start for her and she had no idea how she was going to handdle it all. She was going to miss her mother but she knew it was time to leave everything behind. A part of her didn't want to leave, but the latest months living in the same house with her step father have been a nightmare.

Haley never had slept at somebody else's house and now she was going to be living in a new home with a guy, her future husband. She was going to do everything to be a good wife as she learnt with her mother.

And that's why Lydia was taking care of everything, she couldn't desobey her husband. He wanted Haley out of their house and Lydia couldn't do anything but atend her husband's wish.

She turned around and gave one last look at the house. She waved her mom goodbye and entered in the car. This was a new beginning.

She only hoped for the better.

On the weekend, Deb had called Nathan to inform him that Haley was coming on Monday. He still didn't know how he had agreed with this, but now it was too late to back out. He only had a week and if it didn't work out, everything was going back to normal. Nothing to worry about, Nathan thought to himself.

It was not like she was a psycho or something like that, Deb wasn't like every other mother but she wouldn't pick anyone for him.

He hoped she was at least hot. They would share an apartment for a week, perhaps they could have some fun together. He certainly wouldn't mind, Nathan thought chuckling.

He sure wouldn't like those kind of girls who can't stop talking about clothes or shit like that. He had slept with many girls like that and he couldn't stand them more than one night.

And Nathan never took a woman to his place, it was like a rule to him. He wasn't the type of guy that cuddled on bed with a woman, to him was getting some and lave. Sometimes he would take a quick nap and then leave without saying goodbye. It was Monday and Nathan was getting ready to work when he heard the doorbell rang.

It's her.

Nathan dropped his briefcase on the couch and went to open the door.

"Hi." Haley said with a timid voice. She waited him to answer but he didn't say anything.

For the first time in his life, Nathan was speachless.