Redemption
AU: Hey everyone…
This is the new fic I will be writing immediately after JUST YOU AND ME…for those of you waiting for an update to FOR ALL WE ARE, pls be patient with me…
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Prologue: The Lies within your walls
As she sat in front of the lady sitting behind the receptionist desk, she swallowed her sigh. She had nothing…nothing left except herself. Yes she had Taylor but where was she when you needed her the most.
Then she thought of the things she used to have.
She had a home with loving parents who enjoyed living like hippies. There was never a dull moment in their mist and God did she love them. She was in her sophomore year when she got a phone call that her parents' caravan was sent off the road by a drunk driving, leaving them dead.
Taylor couldn't deal with the pain so she left and decided to roam the world like a real hippie. Her being the responsible girl that she was, decided to stay behind and deal with consequences. Being the geek of THU wasn't the highlight of her year but when she became a senior she decided to let go of the good girl image and introduce her wild side.
Her aunt, who was nothing like her parents, found it rebellious that she was branching out. She got the boys attention from right to left but there was just one that she wanted. And she did have him…not that it was hard.
She used to have Nathan.
"Well well what do we have here?" he had said when she turned up for one of his beach parties. He had the bluest eyes she had ever seen and she had loved him for as long as she could remember. "You're Haley James, right?"
She had smiled coyly at him. Something she had picked up from watching Taylor flirt with all sorts of boys. "And you must be the Nathan Scott, I presume?"
There was no denying the intrigue in his eyes. He gave his trade mark smirk that almost made her legs useless. "Let's go somewhere quiet," he had whispered.
"Why?" she had asked already losing her cool girl persona.
He had looked quite surprised. "To talk," he had said innocently.
She doubted it would have anything to do with 'talking' "sure?" she asked softly and his eyes, for a mere second had softened.
"Hey," he said as he placed his finger under her chin. "You're safe with me,"
And that was that. That night she lost her virginity to him and not the way she had dreamt she would lose it. When he found out she was a virgin he was mad…so mad that he ignored her for a whole month. She had cried her eyes out every night until he approached her again and asked her to be his girlfriend…after, of course, having sex with her.
But as usual, it came with a clause.
No one was to know that she was his girlfriend because it was a blow to his reputation. Nathan Scott didn't keep girl friends. For a while she was perfectly fine with it until he actually started sleeping with other girls. It was one thing being the girl he hid from the world but it was another when he slept with other girls to her knowledge. She was so scared of losing him that she swallowed it all in and dealt.
If she taught the sadness of losing her parents was the lowest point of her life, being with Nathan was the worse. He ignored her when it pleased him, he turned the other cheek when the girls he hanged with slash slept with insulted her. He never spoke about his family and she sometimes wondered if he listened when she spoke about hers. It got to a point that he only came to her when he was horny and needed a quick shag.
He was destroying her…body and soul and yet she still wanted to be with him. When she thought she would stand her ground, she came crumbling down when he did something sweet like taking her out…even though it was places people would never recognise them. He was like this huge fire engulfing her and she couldn't extinguish him.
That is, until she found out that she was with child.
That was when she knew it was over. She had confided in her aunt and it literally blew up in her face. She called Haley a prostitute and ordered her to leave her house to avoid the risk of spoiling her children. She knew she couldn't hide anymore and had to speak to Nathan so she headed to his beach house where she knew he would be having a party since they had won another match. After asking after Nathan, she was told he was up in his room and on her arrival she knew what he was up to.
She could hear the girl…whoever she was screaming his name and she just felt exhausted. She didn't want to go in yet, so she just leaned on the wall right besides the door and closed her eyes. This was as much as she could bear…she couldn't do it anymore.
For the sake of her heart.
She didn't know she had an audience till she opened her eyes and saw the last person she wanted around her.
"You're sleeping with him, aren't you?" Brooke Davis had said in a consoling tone that it surprised her. She didn't have to reply because Brooke just shook her head. "You are too fragile for Nathan, Haley,"
"I-I love him," she felt do disgusted with her response.
"I know," she said with an impatient sigh. "Get out while you can because there is no future there for you and Nathan,"
"You think I don't know that?" she snapped.
"So why are you…" Brooke paused because she finally realised. "You can't tell him,"
"And why no?"
"Because this is Nathan we are talking about," she snapped back. "Nathan doesn't give a flying fuck about anybody except himself," she flinched at Brooke's words because they were true. "You can't expect anything from him,"
"I'm not," she said quietly. "I want him to know…so that sometime in the future he would never say I didn't tell him,"
"You're going to keep it?" Brooke asked incredulous and she nodded. "Why?"
"Because it's my child,"
That was all she said to Brooke before she left her to deal with Nathan. Facing Nathan hadn't been a piece of cake. She had walked in him giving the girl a doggy and watched as he yelled at her for interrupting him. She watched quietly as the girl left the room fully clothed while Nathan glared at her.
Right there standing in front of him, she began asking herself what exactly it was that attracted her to Nathan Scott. How did she love a man that was so cold and heartless as he was and still tolerated him for what he was? She hadn't wasted anytime in telling him that she was pregnant and his reaction was no surprise.
"So why the fuck are you looking at me?" he had snarled.
"I'm looking at you because it's yours,"
He gave a heartless chuckle. "Really? Well then you know what to do, don't you?"
"Actually I don't,"
His icy blue eyes met her determined brown ones. "Don't play dumb…get rid of that shit,"
She swallowed the lump in her throat. "No,"
"Then fuck it. Graduation is in a month, I'm going to be drafted into the NBA and I'll be damned if you ruin it for me," he said as he started putting on his shirt. "It's simple, James…if you want to be with me, get rid of that thing or…"
"Or what Nathan?" she snapped. "Lose you?" she shook her head sadly. "You can never lose something you never had. How can I lose you when I've never known what it feels like to have you, Nathan?"
"I've said all I have to say, Haley," he replied coldly.
"And I've heard you," she said faintly before she walked out of his room.
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So here she was in Los Angeles, two months after graduating from high school, pregnant and looking for a job.
"Haley James?" the secretary called and she looked up. "You can go in now," she said kindly.
"Thank you," Haley gave her a faint smile. She knocked before going in and he was, looking at a drawing on his desk. She coughed and he instructed her to sit down with his hand. When she did, she couldn't help herself from studying his features. He definitely was a gorgeous man with his short jet black hair and stubble.
He finally sat down and looked up at her with his fierce blue eyes. "Haley James?" he picked up her resume. "It says here that you've never worked in the fashion industry…ever,"
"Yes I know…but I'm a fast learner and prepared to do anything to get the job done,"
"It also said you went to THH and studied law at THU…graduated as valedictorian. That's impressive,"
"Thanks" she said politely.
"So why not go on to law school…I'm sure you got scholarships?"
"Something came up,"
He nodded while looking at her resume. "Okay we'll call you in a coupe of days if you get it," He said and expected her to say her thanks and walk out but her eyes were facing downwards. "Miss James is there a problem?" he looked shocked to see tears from her eyes.
"Please don't think I'm playing the pity card…" She said as she wiped her eyes. "But I need this job so bad,"
"Why?"
She hesitated. "Because I'm two months pregnant and I knew you wouldn't give me the job if you knew but you see, I have no one except my best friend who is also looking for work himself…"
"Miss James I can't do anything until…"
"This is not the first interview I've been to…I have always kept my hope high in thinking I'll get a call,"
"What do you want me to do?" he asked softly.
"I want you to tell me if I have the job or not because setting myself up of disappointment is not good for my baby health and mine,"
He paused for while. "I'll tell you what…if you get it or not, I'll still call,"
"Thank you," she said. "That's all I want,"
"So who is the father?"
"Oh some hot shot basketball player back home," she said causally. "Thank you and I think I'll be leaving now," she got up, shook hands with him and left.
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"Poor girl," Louisa said as she came into his office. "Shame she would not be getting the job,"
"I'm thinking of giving it to her,"
"Okay I know you have the heart of gold but you have other good candidates,"
"I have to keep an eye on her,"
"Why on earth do you have to keep on her?"
"Because she's pregnant,"
"But she's not the only twenty-two year old pregnant today,"
"I know but the difference is that baby is related to me,"
"Keith what are you talking about?"
"The bastard that got her pregnant was my nephew," Keith said coldly.
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