Title: Adultery

Summary: Their affair was to be a secret, but what happens when you get tired of secrets.

Dis: I don't own OTH.

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Hands intertwined together above their heads while he continued to press kisses along her collarbone. Her fingers moved against the thin metal that rested on his ring finger, the only piece of evidence that screamed for them to stop but they didn't. A gasp filled his ears and he gazed into those mesmerizing eyes that always seemed to look through his soul. Her orgasm came as he continued to move inside her body, making love to her body. It never took him long to follow especially when his name would fall from those lips in a faint whisper.

He rolled off of her onto his back and flinched as he welcomed in the pain from her nails. That thought made him wince because as much as he loved what she did to him, it also made him sad. They were getting careless. The first time they had sex, they were careful. Hardly any marks on each other, or at least on him. Nobody would second-question her because she was currently single and enjoying it. He was another story; he was married to one of her closest friends and they wanted their affair to be a secret.

"Nate, I'm sorry." she said as she saw him flinch. She didn't know what came over her, well maybe she did. She was getting tired of it, of everything. She loved him, and she didn't want to share, she wanted everyone to know.

"Its okay" he said as he sat up and started to reach for his boxers and pants. Her scratches would take about a week or so to disappear, but it made everything harder.

"Nate?" she quietly said as he started to put on his pants with his back to her. He zipped them up and turned to her. She eyed him and it made her want him all over again. It should be a crime to be that handsome, with his piercing blue eyes and soft lips and short black hair. His present attire wasn't helping the situation either as she eyed the low slung jeans then moving her gaze up to his hard abs. He was still staring at her but had now crossed his arms and was about to speak when she beat him to it.

"I'm tired of this."

"Brooke…." she cut him off before he could have a chance to continue.

"When are you going to tell Haley?"

Haley, his wife of two years who right now was at Karen's Café working and he was over here with Brooke at her house. Somewhere within those two years he and Haley started drifting, and he became close to Brooke. Then one day, Brooke and Nathan had gotten so drunk because Nathan was upset with Haley that they slept together. Then from then on they kept it up not wanting to stop, and somewhere along the lines Nathan fell out of love with Haley and in love with Brooke.

"Brooke I don't know if that's a good idea…" Brooke couldn't believe it, she felt her eyes well up but she wouldn't let them fall.

"You should have thought about that before when you wanted to get drunk that day" she hissed at him while getting up and sliding her panties up and then reaching for her tank top and pulling it over her head.

Brooke moved to the window and stared at the bright sunny sky. Her tears had already fallen and she couldn't get them to stop. Nathan was everything to her; she couldn't imagine life without him. At first, she couldn't picture herself with him but the more time she spent with him the more she realized that she couldn't picture herself without him. But if she had to let him go then she would.

Miserable is what Nathan thought described his life. He didn't want to hurt Haley but he was also tired of having to hide his relationship with Brooke. He would just deal with the consequences later. Coming to a decision Nathan moved to Brooke and encircled her from behind and bent to whisper in her ear.

"I love you, Brooke" surprised Brooke turned in his arms and looked into his eyes. It was the first time he had told her those three little words. When they had started this about six months ago she had thought it was only for sex. She had never thought he would utter those words to her.

"Nate, seriously, do you mean it?" He can't mean it, he shouldn't. It would make everything so harder for them. Even though she wanted him, she couldn't stand to hurt Haley.

"Brooke, I did. I'm going to tell Haley, I don't want to hide anymore, I can't. I love you so much…" she didn't let him finish as she jumped in his arms and kissed him. They were finally going to be together, no more hiding. The sound of Brooke's front door opening made them pull back "Brooke… you home?"

Haley both of them sprang away from each other and Nathan quickly put on his shirt and shoes and dashed for the restroom across the hall. Brooke put on some sweatpants and tied her hair in a bun.

"Hey" she said as she made her way down the stairs "what brings you by? Nathan's here"

At that Haley arched an eyebrow "Just thought I would stop by, haven't seen you in a while." Haley said as she sat down on the couch.

Not being able to come up with anything else she simply said "Oh okay" after both sat in complete silence until they heard the toilet flush and saw Nathan saunter out, surprise quickly covering his face.

"Haley, what are you doing here?" he said coming to a stop just beside Brooke. Completely oblivious, Haley simply answered "came to see Brooke".

Deciding that it was now or never Nathan straightened his back and prepared himself for the most painful thing he has ever had to do. But knowing that Brooke was there at the end gave him all the strength he needed.

"Haley, we need to talk…"

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