Haley James Scott was now officially eighteen year old. Smiling Haley rolled over in bed and watched the clock change from 12:00 to 12:01 am. Birthdays had been a special time for her for as long as she could remember, but this one was different. This was the first birthday that she was officially Haley James Scott. She had gotten married to the love of her life Nathan Scott just a little bit after her birthday the year before and she couldn't be happier. She rolled back over, away from the alarm clock this time toward Nathan and was surprised to see his open eyes watching her.
"What are you doing up?" she asked questioningly
Nathan was never up in the middle of the night unless he had something complicated on his mind. That was something that she had in common with him. She couldn't even count all of the sleepless nights that she had over the past year. Most of them took place when she was on tour with Chris Keller. There wasn't a night on that tour that she didn't think about Nathan more than what she was supposed to be focusing on, her music. Music had always been such a big part of her life, and it still was, but this past year Nathan had become a bigger part. As Haley looked at Nathan he didn't look contemplative at all just happy.
"Happy Birthday Haley, welcome to adulthood" he said cutting the silence between them.
Nathan had turned eighteen a few months ago, and Haley had to say it was definitely nice to finally get there. Since she got married she felt like she had entered adulthood despite still being in high school, and now she could finally classify herself as just that. Haley smiled at Nathan before rolling back over, resting her eyes and thinking of all of the birthdays that she had in the past. Last year Nathan had taken her to a little diner right outside of Tree Hill where they had sipped on milkshakes and threw fries at each other. So much had changed since then, yet so much was still the same.