Okay guys, here is the sequel to Living in Denial. I was going to originally post this on my birthday but then didn't because I couldn't even think up a good title and I decided to add some things. Keep in mind that this is just an intro into their lives now after their first year of college. It's not that informative but as the story goes along I'll fill in some gaps. And also I'm still unsure of the title. It's just a working title for now and could be changed if I come up with a better one. So read on and tell me what you think.

Disclaimer: I do not own One Tree Hill! It is the property of the CW and Mark Schwann. There would be some major changes if I was in charge. Mainly more Nathan & Haley hotness!

Stepping out of the building after taking her final exam of the year, Haley walked towards the dormitory speaking to her sister on the phone.

"We will be there. Brooke, we're not going to miss your graduation."

"I just want to make sure. I have this fear that something's going to keep you from coming. I just want to make sure that my sister and best friends will make it."

"We will."

"Okay. Even Lucas?" Brooke asked hesitantly.

"Even Lucas. You know he wouldn't want to miss this for the world."

"I know. It's just since we haven't talked in a while I wasn't sure if he was."

"He still loves you, Brooke. He really misses you."

"I do too."

"I still don't get why the two of you broke up."

"Being so far apart just made it too hard."

"You could've made it work. Look at Peyton and Jake. I think there's more to this than what you and Luke are letting on."

"Can we not talk about this anymore? You're depressing me."

"Fine. I won't say anything more."

"Thank you. So, how are things on your end?" Brooke perked up happy to change the subject.

"Things are good."

"Still in the honeymoon phase?"

"What?" Haley laughed.

"Oh, come on. Everyone knows that the first year of dating is still within the honeymoon phase."

"Okay, but yeah things are really good with us."

"So, what'd you do for your first anniversary?"

"Studied"

"What? You studied? You're kidding, right?"

"Nope. Finals were this week and we really needed to study. It's not our fault that our anniversary fell on a Sunday. Although we did manage to take a little sex break. So we had some form of celebration."

"Well, that's the least you could do. Please tell me you're gonna do something to make up for it."

"Actually, yeah. We're gonna drive down to Miami and spend a few days on the beach before heading to Tree Hill."

"Sounds like fun. Too bad I can't go. I have my own finals to take."

"And I hope you do well."

"I will. I'm actually studying, believe it or not."

"Not." Haley laughed again. "Seriously, I'm proud of you, Brooke. I really can't wait to see you."

"Can't wait to see you either, sis. Okay, well I'll let you go now. I bet you have better things to do than to talk to me."

"Not really, but if you do then that's fine."

"Actually, I'm going shopping with Andrea. That's another thing I miss with you not here. I miss our shopping trips."

"Well, I promise we'll do some shopping when I get there."

"Yay! Okay, then I'll talk to you later. Love you, sis."

"Love you too, Brooke. Bye."

"Bye." Brooke then hung up the phone.

Haley walked up the steps to her boyfriend's dormitory. She was pretty anxious to see him considering they hadn't seen each other since the previous afternoon. She stepped out of the elevator that stopped on his floor, walked to his door and knocked. The door opened and Haley was met with his roommate Nick.

"Hi, Nick." Haley greeted.

"Oh, hi Haley."

"Is Nathan here?"

"Yeah, he is. He's actually still in bed sleeping. I'll leave you two alone."

"You don't have to leave. It's your room too."

"No. It's okay. I have to meet someone at the coffee shop."

""Oh, okay. See ya."

Nick then left and Haley entered the room. It was a typical guy's room with clothes thrown all over the floor, dirty dishes and garbage overflowing. Haley spotted her boyfriend in his bed spread out on his back asleep. Smiling to herself, she put down her backpack and climbed on top of him. Straddling his waist Haley leaned forward until her mouth was near his ear.

"Time to wake up, sleepyhead." She whispered softly in his ear.

Nathan groaned, not really wanting to get up. Haley huffed upset seeing that he had no plans on moving.

"Fine. You want to keep on sleeping. Then I'll just go."

Haley began to move but was then halted by a firm grip on her waist that held her in place.

"Don't go. Stay right where you are."

"Oh, so you are awake."

"I am now. C'mere." Nathan pulled her down for a kiss.

What started slow soon grew intense. Wrapping one arm around her waist, Nathan flipped her onto the bed. He hovered over her and continued kissing down her neck.

"Nathan."

"Hmm." Nathan continued his path down her throat as his hands now roamed up her thighs that were exposed by her denim mini-skirt.

"Babe, as much as I'd love to do this right now, we need to go." Haley spoke barely as one of Nathan's hands moved to push up the white t-shirt she wore and started kissing her flat stomach.

"Go where?" Nathan paused his movements.

"We're meeting Caitlin and Patrick, remember? We agreed to have lunch with them."

"Hales, baby I haven't seen you for almost a whole day. Can't we call them and tell them we'll meet them later for dinner or something?" Nathan then went back up kissing her neck. "Right now I'd rather be in bed with you. They won't care if we meet them later."

"Knowing you we'll be in bed the rest of the night."

"That doesn't sound so bad. Don't act like that's not appealing to you."

"It is appealing but we've cancelled on them twice. We need to go."

Nathan groaned into her shoulder. "Fine. Let me take a quick shower first. A cold one."

"I promise that we can do it as soon as we get back. Then we can finish any last minute packing and tomorrow morning we're on our way to Miami."

"Can't wait, babe. But sex first."

"Gee, I see where your priority is. Not sure if I like that."

"Stop being so good in bed then if you don't like it."

"You can't stop natural talent." Haley smirked at her boyfriend.

"And I wouldn't want you to. Okay, I'm gonna go take my shower."

"I'll just stay here and look for all of your nude pics of girls."

"Very funny. You know the only nude pictures I have are of you."

Haley's mouth opened in shock. "You do not!"

Nathan laughed. "Oh, yes I do."

"How did you get them?"

"Remember 2 months ago. That night you got really wasted. We came back to my room and you thought it would be fun to model nude. I got to be the famous photographer. Damn, that was a good night."

A look of realization crossed Haley's face. "Oh my god! I thought that was just some weird dream."

Nathan laughed a bit harder. "Do you usually dream of me taking nude photos of you? Because we can make that a reality and make it a regular thing. I wouldn't mind."

"Shut up! That's not funny. You need to get rid of those pictures, Nathan!"

"No way! Those pictures are my back up when I can't see you and I'm horny."

"I swear to you, Nathan. If anyone else ever sees those I will make sure you never have sex again. With me or with yourself."

"Don't worry. I have them locked up in my safety box. Baby, do you really think I would risk someone seeing pictures of you naked?" Nathan walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Your nude body is for my eyes only."

He leaned down and placed a kiss on her lips.

"Okay, as long as it's locked away. Now go take a shower."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm going, bossy."

Nathan left the room and headed to the shower. Haley sat down on his bed and grabbed a nearby magazine. An hour later, the couple sat across from their friends, Caitlin and Patrick, in a small café.

"So, then she decides that she needs a new pair of shoes to go with the dress. At that point I was ready to shoot myself." Patrick said as Nathan laughed.

"Hey! You said you didn't mind." Caitlin slapped Patrick on the shoulder.

"You honestly believed me? Seriously?" Patrick chuckled.

"Ugh! Men. They just don't understand. Why do they have to be so difficult when it comes to shopping?"

Haley shrugged. "I don't know. Lucky for me Nathan doesn't give me trouble. I just promise that at some point we'll stop at Victoria's Secret and he doesn't complain once."

"I also get to pick what she buys. I tell you it's worth shopping for 3 hours."

"See, if you did that, I wouldn't complain either." Patrick said to Caitlin.

"Oh, shut up. You're lucky I even give you any afterwards."

Patrick dropped his mouth open in shock as Nathan and Haley laughed at the couple.

"So, when are you two leaving for Miami?" Caitlin asked moving the conversation along.

"Early tomorrow morning. We're leaving at around 4:00am to get a good start."

"That really sucks." Patrick said

"Tell me about it. I'm the one who's driving." Nathan complained.

"It's almost a 13 hour drive. I want to at least get there before 6:00pm. I originally wanted to leave at 2:00am so don't complain. I want to make the most of all our time there."

"It's gonna be great! Five days of sun, relaxation, and nakedness."

"Nathan!" Haley shrieked as she slapped him in the back of the head.

"I'm just speaking the truth."

"You guys are too much." Caitlin said as she bit into a french fry.

"He keeps this up and there won't be any nakedness. So, what are you two going to do?"

"We're going to Colorado. My parents have a cabin and my family is going to meet up for a long-awaited reunion."

"I'm so excited." Patrick stated sarcastically.

"Shut up. You like my family."

Haley laughed at her friends as she checked the time. Realizing what time it was, she knew Nathan needed to go.

"Babe, we need to go. Your last exam starts in 20 minutes."

"Do I have to?" Nathan whined.

"You do if you plan on being in Miami with me."

"Sorry guys, but I have an exam to ace."

"Someone is overly confident." Caitlin laughed as they all got up and walked from the table to outside.

"Well, it helps that my girlfriend is a very talented tutor."

"Oh, stop it. Well, we'll see you guys soon. I'll call you from Miami before we head to Tree Hill."

"Okay. You two have fun. Good luck on your exam."

"Bye."

The group said their final goodbye and walking hand in hand Nathan and Haley made their way back to Campus. They walked to the building where Nathan was going to take his exam. They kissed goodbye and Haley went back to her dorm to finish packing. 2 hours later they had met up in Nathan's dorm room.

"Nathan, please tell me that those bags are packed." Haley asked noticing what looked like empty luggage in a corner as Nathan kissed her neck.

"Baby, kissing your neck here. Can we focus on that?"

"Nathan." Haley warned.

Nathan stopped what he was doing and looked at his girlfriend's serious face.

"Okay. No, they are not."

"Nathan!"

"What? I just haven't had the time."

"Haven't had the time? I found you sleeping today. You could have been packing them. Nathan, this isn't just a weekend trip. From Miami we are going home. Meaning everything has to be packed. So, you're basically telling me that you haven't done anything since I put some of your stuff in boxes?"

"Hales, I'm not really worried over it. I mean, I just thought that it would be taken care of no matter what since Lucas is the one who'll be taking our stuff back to Tree Hill."

"Nathan, you can't expect Lucas to finish packing for you. And besides, you need your clothes so that excuse isn't gonna fly. So now we have to get you packed."

"Now?"

"Yes now. Nate, you need to be ready. If we do this now you won't have to worry about it later."

"Hales, you promised me sex."

"And I'm going to keep my promise. After we finish packing your stuff." She put her arms around his neck and gave him a small peck on the lips. "If you help me finish, I'll do that thing you like."

"What thing?"

"You know, the thing I won't do unless I've had a few drinks first."

"You mean...?"

"Yep."

"There? And all I have to do is help?"

"Exactly."

"Let's get to packing then." Nathan hurriedly grabbed one of the empty suitcases and started packing.

Hours later the two were wrapped up in Nathan's sheets engrossed in a very heavy make out session.

"Nathan, we really should get some sleep. We need to be up in 4 hours."

"I'm not tired." He said as he continued kissing her collarbone.

"Yeah, right. Baby, I've kept my promise. It's time you did something for me and go to sleep. There will be much more of this once we get to Miami."

"Okay." Nathan moved to his side and snuggled up behind Haley draping an arm over her waist.

A few hours later the two stood outside in the parking lot by Nathan's car packing up whatever they were they were taking with them. Lucas stood by getting instructions from Haley.

"Okay, so my mom and dad will get here around 8:30am tomorrow to pick up my car and belongings from my room. This is my dorm room key. Caitlin knows that you'll be going in there with my parents to take my stuff. She'll be there, but she thought that just in case she steps out for a moment you could just go right in instead of waiting for her. Everything is labeled and stacked neatly. Got it?"

"Yeah, I got it." Lucas yawned anxious to get back to bed.

"Lucas, this is important. I'll call to remind you."

"Hales, everything will be taken care of. Don't worry. Now, if you're done I'd really like to go back to my bed."

"Okay. Thanks for doing this, Luke. I really appreciate it."

"I know you do and you know I'd do anything for ya. Now, dufus over there is going to owe me big time."

"Hey, you shouldn't have offered if it was going to be such a problem. Oh, and don't go over until after 10:00am. Nick is pretty grumpy in the morning. "

"You mean, like you." Lucas chuckled.

"Haha. Very funny." Nathan said as he loaded the last piece of luggage in the truck.

"You do at least have your things packed, right? I'm not packing for you, Nate. I'll leave whatever is left unpacked."

"Don't worry. I made sure he packed everything." Haley assured him.

"Well, unless there is anything else you need to tell me, I'm going back to bed. You two have a great trip and I'll see you back in Tree Hill in a few days. Be safe." Lucas hugged Haley and bumped fists with Nathan.

"See ya, Bro."

"We'll see you in Tree Hill."

Lucas turned and made his way back to his dorm room to go back to sleep. Nathan and Haley got into the truck and put on their seatbelts.

"Think Luke is pissed that we woke him up at 3:45am?"

"Maybe, but he'll get over it."

"So, we have everything, right? You're not going to suddenly remember something that you forgot and make me turn the car around?" Nathan asked before starting the truck.

"Nope, I have checked off everything we needed and we are good to go. Is there anything you may have forgotten? "

"No, I'm good." Nathan said as her started the truck and began to pull out of the parking lot.

"Great. Then we're good to go."

"Happy Anniversary, baby." Nathan said as they stopped at a stop sign.

"Happy Anniversary." Haley leaned over and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

Nathan twined his fingers with hers and drove on when the light changed.