The Inevitable
Author's Note: Hey guys, so I'm kind of nervous to post this story because its my first fanfic ever and also because I've worked really hard on it. I've read alot of stories but never had the courage to actually post one of mines until my friend Cassie conviced me to do so. It is a Nathan/Haley fic. This story is completely AU so forget everything that happened on the show. The only thing you really need to know is that Nathan and Haley are best friends and that Lucas and Nathan were raised together since they are both Deb and Dan's sons. So here it is, please review it, tell me what you like and what you don't like but please be kind. Enjoy
Friendships
He was one of the famous Scotts. His father, Dan, was a successful businessman and the whole Scott family was well known in Tree Hill for their wealth. His mother, Deb, was a sweet and gentle woman. She owned a Café with her sister-in-law Karen Roe who was married to Keith, Dan's brother. He had an older brother, Lucas and they were both very appreciated by all the girls. They were the stars of The Ravens, the school's basket-ball team. Lucas was dating Brooke Davis the captain of the cheer squad. Nathan, well he was with Peyton, one of the cheerleaders and Brooke's best friend, but when she found out he was hooking up with Rachel Gatina another cheerleader, she broke up with him. And now she was with Jake Jagelski. Lucas was loyal and mature, but Nathan, he was something else. He was a player. He knew every girl would give anything to be with him and he took advantage of that. He had had one girlfriend and it was Peyton, but he cheated on her pretty much all the time. He didn't treat girls right but for some reason, they would get trapped in his beautiful blue eyes and his charming smile and fall for him even though they knew he'd break their heart in the end. Then there was Haley James, his best friend, his confident, his little sister. He knew Haley since they were 5. Deb used to baby sit her when he parents were gone on trips, so she and Nathan became really good friends. But it was never more than that, which most of the people thought it was. Haley was the only person he could actually have a decent conversation with and who wasn't afraid to tell him what she really thought about him. He loved her for that.
This week, Lucas and Nathan had the Scott house to themselves since their parents were in Costa Rica for "a much needed vacation" as Deb said it. So Nathan had planed on having a big party at the house
He climbed off her while catching his breathe "So are you going to be here for the party tonight"
"Hell yeah I'll be here, I get to have free drinks all night." She said as she fixed her shirt
"Ha, I should have thought about that one." Nathan said shaking his head
"Anyways I have to go, see you tonight" She said as she gave him a kiss on the cheek
"See you later, Rachel" Nathan said heading to the bathroom to start his shower
When he came out of the shower, he had only a towel displayed loosely on his waist. He felt to hands on his eyes.
"God Haley, what's wrong with you! You know there are these things you could knock on to let someone know your coming in, I don't know, maybe you've heard of them, their called doors" He said sarcastically, throwing himself on his bed.
"I knocked, but you were in the shower so I came in" Haley said plopping next to him on the bed
"Yeah, well you scared me to hell" He said looking at her when he heard her laugh
"Ok, ok mister. So you ready for the big party?" She said turning her head to look at him
"Yep, you're coming right?" He said passing his hand through his wet hair
"I'll be there as always even though I have to see you make out with all the girls" She said
"I know you want me James" He said playfully. She slapped his arm at that
"In your dreams my love" She said joining his laughter
"So how are you doing" Nathan asked more seriously.
Haley dated Chris Keller for a year but he broke up with her because he cheated on her. She was so hurt. She didn't come to school for a week and didn't answer her phone, not even when it was Nathan. This week, she came back to school but people could see she wasn't the Haley they knew before. She wasn't smiling anymore. Nathan had come to see her and comfort her during the week she missed school and if it wasn't for him, she wouldn't be back to school. He really helped her get through it and she could never thank him enough for it.
"Okay I guess…" She said. He saw her smile fading at the thought of everything that happened. He knew he shouldn't have brought up the subject, but he had to know, he had to know she was okay
"Haley, I know it's hard, you don't have to say you're okay, because I know you're still hurting" He said taking her hand in his to bring her closer to him
"I know, but I want to move on. I really want to, but it's so hard to forget everything Nathan" She said feeling tears welling up in her eyes
"Hales, it's normal, you need to give it time, but you'll be able to move on and you'll be happy again. I promise you Haley. Let time heal things." He said holding her close to him and rocking her in his arms.
"What would I do without you mister Big Shot" She said smiling again. He was so happy to see her smile again. Her smile was so powerful and beautiful.
"You would do just fine" He said kissing her cheek
"Ok well I better go get ready for this party of yours if I want to score boys tonight. See you in a bit" She said climbing off the bed and running out the door
He just looked at her and laughed at her sudden action. Haley James was definitely not the typical girl. He said to himself putting a shirt on and heading down stairs to get everything ready for the party
"Hey Nathan!" Brooke said with a big smile coming in lots of bags
"Hey Brooke. Where's Luke" Nathan asked
"Oh he's just getting some stuff in the car! So who are you going to hook up with tonight?" She asked playfully heading in the kitchen with all the grocery bags
"Real funny Brooke! Let me remind you the time when you screwed Jake and Skills in one night" He said smirking at Brooke's face
"Well that was a long time ago and I grew up which you didn't" She said putting her hand firmly on her hip
"Anyways who I see isn't any of your business so don't bother asking" he said sternly
"I think you need a drink Scott" She said giving him a glass
"Thanks. Sorry for being an ass." He said taking a long gulp of his drink
"Don't worry I know how you are plus I'm a bitch to you sometimes so were even" She said shrugging
"Yeah if we put it like that" He said laughing
"So when is Haley coming?" She asked
"Soon I guess. She came by a couple of minutes ago and she said she had to go get ready so she'll probably be here in a half hour" He said sneaking in one of the bags Lucas put on the table
"Great. I have to tell her something." She said showing one of her famous dimpled smiles
"So Nate, who are you going to hook up with tonight?" Lucas said entering the kitchen
"Gees, what is up with everybody asking me this question? Its not like I hook up with every girl" Nathan said raising his hands
"But you do" Lucas said smirking
"Okay okay, we'll stop teasing, but you have to promise to keep an eye on Rachel, you know how she gets all over the place when she drinks" Brooke said more seriously
"Yeah… anyways talking about the devil, I have to go pick her up. See you in a bit" He said as he took his car keys and left the house
Haley was about to her house, when the phone rang. She ran to pick it up before the answering machine started.
"Hello" She said taking her breathe
"Haley, is that you?" A male voice said
"Umm. Yeah who is this?" She couldn't hear the person's voice well because of all the noise in the background
"Chris" He screamed over the loud music
Chris. Why was he calling her?
"What do you want?" She said with cold voice
"I just wanted to see how you were doing, it's been a long time since we've talked and I thought we could go out together sometime." He said. She could hear him much better now
"Are you freaking kidding me? You want to hang out?" She said raising her voice with anger
"Well yeah, I mean we got along pretty well you and me until---" He said innocently
"Until you've cheated on me while we were dating?" She said with an angry voice
"Hales…" He trailed off
"Don't call me that" She said in a hushed voice
"Haley I love you" He said
"You know what Chris, I've waited so long to hear those words come out of your mouth, I dreamt of the day you would come back to me and say them. And now when this moment has finally come, the only thing I feel like doing is never talk to you again." She said with the coldest voice and took a deep breathe before hanging up the phone
She never knew how a wonderful day could turn into an awful day in a 5 minutes conversation. She was so excited to go to the party tonight and sleep over with all her friends, and now all she wanted was to go to her room and sleep. She climbed up the staircase that led her to her room and let herself fall on the bed.
At the Scott house, the music was loud and the people were dancing and having fun. Brooke was dancing with Peyton and all the other girls in the living room while Nathan, Lucas and Jake were drinking in the kitchen.
"Who wants to play I never?" Brooke said entering the kitchen with a silly smile
"Why not… Guys?" Lucas said looking over Jake and Nathan
"Okay" They both agreed
"Yay… P. Sawyer I told you they couldn't resist the Davis smile" She said taking a seat on Lucas's lap
"No one can resist you Brookie" Peyton said laughing
"Hey has anyone seen Haley tonight?" Brooke said with a questioning look
"No, that's weird because I called her just before I came and she said she was almost ready" Peyton said
"I'll go call her" Nathan said getting up from his chair
"Ok we'll play while you go" Brooke said waving him off
"Let's play "I never" yippee" Jake said sarcastically
"Oh Jakey you know you love it" Peyton said with a playful smile
Nathan was outside sitting on the porch so he could call Haley without anyone disturbing him. Since the hole Chris drama, he was more worried about Haley and he felt the need to always protect her from breaking again because when he saw her like that, it hurt him so much he didn't want to ever see her like that again.
"Hales, it's me I don't know where you are but please call me I'm getting worried here." He shut his phone. Took a look inside and decided to go see if she was still at her house
When he got in front of the James house, he saw only a light in the living room; He knew Haley's parents were traveling a lot and that she was often by herself. He walked over the door and knocked. No response. He tried to open the door and to his surprise, the door was unlocked. He came in slowly and climbed the stairs to Haley's room. He opened the door carefully to see a sleeping Haley all dressed up on her bed. He came up next to her and noticed she had been crying.
"Hales" He whispered in her ear "Haley" He said a little louder
She opened her eyes and right away he saw the hurt in her eyes.
"Haley, what happened?" He asked worried. He sat down on the bed next to her and took her in his arms
"He called me" She cried "He said he still loves me" She said with a helpless look
"Shhh… Hales it's ok… calm down" he said whipping her tears off gently with his thumb
"I thought it was over and here he comes again" She said sniffling a sob
"Haley you need to give me his phone number" He said looking at her
She nodded getting up and reaching for the phone where his number was appearing
"I'll take it you won't go to the party huh?" He said with a smile trying to lightened the mood
"I'm sorry Nathan you should go though I'll be fine" She said rubbing her eyes
"Haley, you are not fine, you need someone to take care of you. Plus you are more important than some party" He said getting up to hug her
"I love you so much for being my best friend' she said hugging him back
"I love you too." He said softly
"I think I'll go to sleep if you don't mind" She said sighing in sing of tiredness
"I think it's a good idea, I'll just go call Luke to tell him I'll sleep here" He said
"Okay thank you" She said as she got in her bed
After calling Lucas, he went back to Haley's room to check on her
"You're not sleeping?" He asked her
"I couldn't sleep" She said turning around to face him "Stay with me" She said making space for him next to her
He took off his shoes and lied down next to her. She instinctively lied her head on his chest and he wrapped his arms around her tiny frame. They stayed like that all night.
So what did you think? Should I continue on with this story? Please review. :)