Hey!

Here is my new fanfiction !

It's inspired from the movie "My best friend's wedding" with Julia Roberts. I really love this movie and I wanted to adapt it in a Naley story.

Hope you will like it... Please give me your point of view. It's very important for me to know if I carry on or not.
And I'm sorry if there are mistakes, English is not my first language and I don't see immediately my mistakes.

Dreamy.

Summary :
Haley and Nathan are best friends since their childhood. They grew up together, they shared everything. They always wanted to keep their friendship save and there were probably some hidden feelings... They separated after High School, Haley leaving for Harvard, Nathan leaving for Duke. But they still called each other.
One day, Haley received a card and her world broke down.

Details :

Haley's family and Nathan's family lived in front of each other, just the road parted their house. Nathan and Haley were very close when they were young, they're still but the news is going to put in danger all their past. Lucas is Nathan's brother but it's not very important in the story.
Haley and Brooke went to the same university and now they live together and are best friends.

Italic flashbacks.
Normal present.

Christmas, 1999.

Nathan was walking in direction of his best friend's house. He had his hands in his pockets as it was cold. He arrived in front of a little house. The living-room was lightened. He looked up at the first floor and he knew she wasn't inside as her bedroom was unlightened. It was her habit, when he came at night, to let him know she was inside she lighted her room. So he walked to the garden which was behind the house. The exterior light was on. He smiled when he saw her sitting on the swing. He had a profile view of her. She had two braids, wrapped herself into her coat and she was wearing a woolen hat. Nathan moved to her, slowly and sat on the other swing.
"Hi Hales!"
She turned her head and smiled. "Hi Nate."
They chatted a little swinging and laughing. And then few minutes later, Nathan plunged his hand in his pocket and took out a little velvet box. He had stolen it to his mother, but it was empty and he needed one to Haley's gift. He stretched it to Haley who smiled. It was like in the movies her mother watched.
"For ya." He said. "Merry Christmas, Haley."
Haley took the little box and opened it. A big smile drew on her lips at the sight of a bracelet. When she ate Craker Jack she prayed for having this bracelet but she had always tattoos. Nathan took it and slide it onto her wrist. Haley shivered and it was because of the cold. She couldn't stop looking at his cobalt blue eyes.
She jumped off her swing and placed herself in front of Nathan. They smiled to each other. She bent over him and put a furtive but sweet kiss on his lips.
"Merry Christmas, Nate."
And then, snowflakes began to fall from the dark sky. Haley looked at the sky. Nathan watched her. She was the cutest girl he had ever seen. She seemed to be in another world, smiling, amazed like if it was the first time she saw snow. He drew his famous smirk on his lips and began to tickle her. She laughed loudly. She escaped and began to runaway. He laughed and raced her. He caught her and they fell on the snowy ground.

Tuesday,October 16th 2012.

Haley was watching the ten years old boy and the girl playing in the park. She smiled and straightened her jacket before carry on her way. While she was walking she saw a little girl and her mom on a bench. The little girl was eating Cracker Jack. Haley smiled and looked at her wrist where there was her Cracker Jack's bracelet. She realized she had never take it off. She smiled proudly. Her cell phone began to ring.
"Yeah?"
"Hey Haley Bub!"
She smiled at the sound of his voice.
"Nate.. What's up?"
"I wanted news about my best friend."
"I'm fine."
"Did you received my card?"
"Huh... I don't know.. I'm in town."
"Oh ok. I'm impatient to see you, Hales."
"Yeah me too! In Tree Hill in three days?"
"I'll be there."
"Wait. I'm arriving at the building. I'm gonna check if I've your card."
"Cool."
Haley opened the letterbox. She found the card. She opened it.
"I got it! I wonder..."
She read it. Her jaw dropped. Her heart stopped beating. She let her bag and the cellphone fall on the floor. Her eyes couldn't quit the card.

... You're invited to Emily & Nathan's Wedding...

On the other line, Nathan called her name but she was really too upset to talk to him.

The phone didn't stop ringing. Haley was curling up on the couch completely absent. She sobbed. The front door opened. Brooke arrived half running in the living-room. She let her shopping bags fall on the floor and precipitated to pick up the phone.
"Haley you could move your pretty ass!"
Haley didn't have the time to react and tell her to not pick up, it was done.
"Allo?"
"Brooke? Hi! It's Nathan."
Brooke looked at Haley and put her hand on the phone and whispered.
"It's Nathan."
"I'm not here."
Brooke frowned and said to Nathan.
"Oh sorry. Haley's not here."
"But... she was coming home... and.."
"Sorry. I don't know. I've just arrived."
"Oh okay.. Can you tell her to phone me back?"
"I'll tell her. Bye!"
"By.." She hung down.
"What's the hell is happening? You, Haley James, lying to your best friend?" She asked with an inquisitor gaze.
"He.. He is..." Haley sobbed. "Let it go!"
Brooke sat on the armchair.
"No! You're gonna give me an explanation. Right now."
Haley bent over and took the card on the coffee table and gave it to Brooke. Brooke's jaw dropped.
"He... He is..."
Haley nodded and sobbed.
"Oh.. my... gosh... Can't believe it!" She shook her head. "And why are you crying? You should be happy for your best friend.."
"I am..." She whispered. But her voice wasn't convincing enough to Brooke.
"Liar."
Haley stood up. "I just need to be alone... for a moment. If he call again... I'm not here..."
Brooke nodded. "Okay."
Haley left to her room to go in hers.

Friday, October 19th 2012.

Three days spent and she hadn't answered at any of his calls. Why didn't she answer? He didn't remember to have said something wrong... She sounded happy to talk to him, as usual... at least until she got the card.
Nathan turned his head to look at Emily. Emily had light brown hair and green eyes. She was rather petite. She came from Chicago and her father was the dean of Duke University. They had moved on North Carolina when Nathan was in his second year at Duke.
"What's wrong?" She asked, noticing he was looking at her.
Nathan shook his head and concentrated on the road.
"Nothing."
Nathan parked the car in front of Scott's Mansion. Nathan took out the luggage of the truck and followed Emily who carried just her vanity case.
"Mom? Dad?" He called opening... how he could... the door.
Deb appeared.
"Oh Baby!"
She moved to him quickly and hugged him as he put the bags on the floor.
"Happy to see you buddy."
"Likewise, mom. Where's dad?" He asked while Deb hugged Emily.
"At work. He will be at home at 5."
Nathan nodded.
"Emily, come with me in the kitchen, while Nathan go up the luggage."
Emily smiled to answer and they left chatting. Nathan sighed and took the bags. He put them on the bed, arrived in the bedroom. Here he was... he was at home. He sighed and his gaze was attracted by a picture frame on his desk. He went there and took it in his hands.

July 2003.

Nathan dived into the water when he emerged, few seconds later, he saw her coming. She had a white towel around her (one of his with his jersey number : 23). She tied up her hair in a pony tail. Her skin was tanned thanks to the sunbathes she took everyday since the beginning of the summer vacations. Nathan smirked. He wondered why any guys at High School were attracted by Haley James... She was very beautiful and so clever. She was a nerd... but a beautiful nerd. In a way, he preferred she had no suitors, he might be jealous.
"Turn!" She shouted at him.
"What?"
"I said 'turn' I don't want you to see me."
"Don't be silly! I already see you in a bath suit."
"So what? Just turn! or I don't come into the pool."
Nathan sighed. She was so cute when she acted shiny. He turned just a little, in a position he could see her. He saw her undo the towel, fold it and put it on the deckchair. She had a two pieces bath suit. A new one, he noticed. It was a pale yellow one with one or two orchids on the top. She came closer of the edge and sat down, her legs into the water. Nathan turned and smiled.
"Nate!!" She screamed hiding her breasts with her arms. Nathan rolled her eyes, moving closer to her. He took her hand with his left one, grabbed her by the waist with his other and then he threw her into the pool without letting her go to dive with her.

Nathan felt two arms slid around him.
"Ex-girlfriend? Because if it is... I don't want to see it on this desk." Emily asked taking the frame from his hands.
"No... Best friend."
"Oh Holey."
Nathan sighed. "Haley." He whispered to correct her.
He realized Emily didn't have any ideas of the importance of Haley in his life. His fiancée didn't even know his best friend's name. Suddenly Deb appeared.
"Nate, Aunt Lydia called. Haley is at home." Nathan let a smile appeared on his lips. Deb left. Emily lowered her head and went to sit on the bed.
"What's wrong?" Nathan asked.
"I've just a headache. All this stuff to do for the wedding... Can you just stay with me a hour or two..."
Nathan moved to her and nodded. "Okay..."

Haley walked along the deck. The sun was going down in the sky becoming pinker and darker. She stopped, sat on the edge of the deck and watched the landscape. She had waited two hours... now when the sun would be disappeared she would leave and it would be clear he didn't care anymore about her.

Nathan was near of the deck. He watched her. She was wearing a white top and jeans with a pair of white sneakers. Her hair was curly and darker than the last time he'd seen her. He moved slowly and silently toward her, and sat down next to her. She didn't move.
"I believed you'd never come."
"I'm here right now."
"For how long..?" She asked, turning her head to look at his blue cobalt eyes. He didn't answer, he just smiled and stood up. Haley sighed turning her gaze away, but he stretched his hand to her. She looked up at him in his eyes first and then his hand. She took it, hesitantly.