'Grandpa Dan saved me.'
When he said those words I was still in shock, afraid that just like he came he would disappear and I would wake up from a nightmare.
But then suddenly it was clear he was real, every little finger and toe still on his hands and feet and there was one person to thank for that, Dan.
Dan, Dan?
The name seemed strange on my tongue something that I had dropped from my mind years ago (along with Taylor and Chris) but there he was clear as day and staring at us.
I held him tighter as those eyes fell on mine; it was like I never saw him before spewing harsh words at the man that would later save the one thing I had left (one thing I truly loved more then the world).
They stared and stared tongues and voices held tight in their mouths, staring but not saying one single word.
I did something strange, something I thought was impossible, as they stood still, I stepped closer to a man that I once hated with every part of my body and my mind.
Amused shock shone in his eyes, staring at me something weird in his smile as I came. Haley? Haley? What the hell are you doing?
"Thank you."
Nathan's hands wanted to pull me back, a look of shock coating his face and all I could think was 'thank you, thank you'
"No, thank you, Haley, thank you."
It was as if he was waiting for those words from someone that once hated him, I guess that would be me, and now I seemed to see him in a new light but always with a little bit of a warning shining at me.
Maybe he was different, smiling at me, or maybe he was the same, I'll just have to find out.