The Hero Lives in this One
A/N: So this is just something that I have been thinking about for a while now. I was re-watching season two and when I put on "Life time pilling up", I realized I really liked that reality. So I wanted to spend a little more time in Nathan's "Heaven" as he called it.
Summary: Even in another life, true love always remains the same. Same love, different obstacles and circumstances, true love will always conquer all.
Chapter 2: " Sometimes All you need is One."
"What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep, you dreamed?And what if, in your dream, you went to heaven and there plucked a strange and beautiful flower? And what if, when you woke, you had the flower in your hand?Ah, what then?"-Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Nathan and Haley made their way down Main street towards the Den. Oddly, it took them twice the amount of time it usually took them to get there.
Haley blamed that on Nathan. That trouble maker
He was the one who was stopping every five feet to kiss her. Boys.
He was the one who pushed her against a car to kiss her again.
He was the one who made the car alarm go off.
He was the one who, when he kissed her, took her breath away.
About a block from Deb's Den, Nathan once again pushed her against a building.
"Nathan, we have to get to the party, we don't…" She was interrupted by one of his intense kisses. His lips touched hers forcefully. Haley eventually gave in, as she did every time this evening, to the kiss. "Maybe we have a little bit of time."
Her hands roamed up into his hair, playing with the delicate strands at the nape of his neck. Running her fingers briefly inside the collar of his t-shirt, she could feel the musles beneath the tips of her fingers.
Nathan was in heaven. He had never had a kiss like this. He had never wanted to kiss someone this bad before. Nathan had never been in love before. He was pretty sure this is what it felt like. If this wasn't it, he wasn't sure he would ever find it.
Many would say they are rushing things. But Nathan would just say screw them.
After they could no longer function without an air supply, they ceased kissing.
Haley smiled. "Okay Hot Stuff… I mean Shot. We have to get in there."
However, Nathan had yet to let her free from being pinned between him and the wall. His smile still hadn't left his face.
"Nathan, you sort of have to let go for us to move anytime soon."
Nathan smiled down at her. "In a minute." He said to her softly, looking into her eyes. Still no believing she was his.
He then spoke again. "So, this is what it feels like huh?" He asked her.
"What feels like?" Haley questioned.
"What it feels like to be happy? This is what it feels like." He smiled at her again.
"I guess so." She smiled and pulled his hand along with hers to the door of the bar.
They had a look inside and saw the usual crowd waiting to congratulate Nathan on the game. To be honest, that was the furthest thing from his mind.
"Nathan!" Deb yelled over the loud music. "Over here! I made you your favorite for such a special occasion."
Nathan and Haley both took seats at the bar on the stools. The smiles had yet to leave their faces. Deb put a plate of Macaroni and Cheese in front of both of them.
"Mom, this is Haley's Favorite food. Not mine" Nathan smiled at them both. "Food of the Gods, isn't that right Hales?"
"You know me too well." She responded taking a bit of the homemade noodles. They both shared a look that didn't go unnoticed by Deb. Their eyes locked for about two seconds longer than usual. It did not make any sense. Maybe…
"What happened?" Deb asked anxiously, awaiting an answer that she had been waiting for since them had been kids. Could her wish have possibly been answered?
"What are you talking about Mom?" Nathan said, still staring into Haley's eyes, trying to avoid saying it out loud. It might spoil it.
"Don't toy with me young man!" She said. "Tell me what this is Nathan." A smile evident in her tone.
"Haley here just can't resist me, so …" Nathan smiled at them both jokingly.
"Nathan!" Haley giggled at his last comment.
"You guys are together? Nathan, you really know how to make you mother proud." Deb said, slightly clapping her hands together.
"Glad you approve. Now if you will excuse us, me and Haley have to go make sure we but the stereo away on the roof!" He pulled her away from the bar and to the stairs as fast as he could.
"Nathan, we don't have a stereo here…oh never mind" They were already gone anyway.
Nathan and Haley made their way up the stairs and as soon as they got up to the roof and closed the door behind them, Nathan's lips were on Haley's.
This kiss was in no way like the ones before. Those were the kisses that had been shy and loving. They had shown each other their feelings. Gentle and sweet.
This kiss was Hot. Lips slide against each other as if their lives depended on it. Nathan's tongue soon had the courage to push against her lips and enter her mouth. Hands yet again began to roam, well…Nathan's hands began to roam. Haley's hands were stationed on his shoulders, still unable to believe this was happening. His lips soon moved down to the soft skin of her neck, leaving her to wonder if he would leave a mark. But at this point, she could not care about anything less in the world.
She had never felt this before. A feeling that was foreign to her. A feeling of lust. The urge that over took her to want to throw Nathan down on the table right there on the roof and …well the rest you probably know.
Just before Haley realized that this was getting to hot to bear, They were interrupted by Skills and Mouth, who had undoubtedly been sent up by Deb to make sure she didn't become a grandmother anytime soon.
"Whoa man. Nate! Stop attacking her dawg!" Skills yelled laughing.
"This looks like a scene from Animal Planet." Mouth joined in on the fun.
The scene was pretty comical. Nathan had somehow during their brief period on the roof pushed Haley against the brick was of the building. His hands under her top at her hips, grazing the soft skin under it. His head resting against her neck, hiding his embarrassment of having been caught by his best friends making out with his new girlfriend.
"Can you guys leave?" Nathan groaned out, still not looking at them.
"Hell no, man." Skills said, smiling.
"I am so going to…" Nathan tried to say before Haley kissed him again.
Soon Nathan was unable to feel her lips, again. He was going through Haley withdrawal.
"Nate, I am going to go help your Mom down stairs." She said, smiling up at him, giving him a grin that told him they would continue later.
"Okay." He said finally knowing that this couldn't continue with their best friends there.
Haley exited the roof to go back down stairs.
"Dude, when did that happen?" Mouth asked. "It's about time."
"Yeah Dawg, We all have been waiting forever for you to latch onto her. And you haven't wasted anytime there." Skills said, receiving a shove from Nathan.
"Well, it happened." Nate replied to their taunting.
"When? Tonight?"
"Yeah. After the game. After my mom said to meet her at the Den, we stayed behind at the River court and talked. Amongst other things." Nathan grinned at the last part. 'Yeah, things were should have been doing years ago.' he thought.
"Haley is my girlfriend. Before, when we were friends, we had to keep telling everyone that what we were 'just friends', now that it has changed, I feel like we should have let everyone believe the rumors instead of having to change our answer to the question now. It's time that I could spend making out with her. That is one activity that has become my favorite in the short period I have gotten to experience it. Basketball doesn't even come to that. Basketball has nothing on Haley."
"What changed?" Mouth asked.
"Nothing Guys. I just opened my eyes. I realized that this was not just my best friend anymore. I love…" He stopped, knowing he divulged something far too soon.
"Dude? You are in love with her?" Skills said stunned. " We thought.."
"Yeah I guess I do." Nathan said, finally able to admit it out loud. He was in love.
"Well what are doing talking to us? Your girlfriend is downstairs getting dirty working and what not. Go get her!" Skills put his hands on Nathan's shoulders and pushed him to the door.
A/N: Thanks everyone! I just wanted to say thank you for the reviews for the last chapter. There were only a few but I am continuing anyway! I wasn't sure where I was going to take this but figured that I wanted to be a mainly happy story, with bit and pieces of drama. My other story "Always and Forever" is packed with drama and I need just a light story. I wrote out a timeline and events I want to happen. I want this to be Naley, but have a lot of other characters. There are plenty of Nathan and Haley stories, but never of them in a relationship, they are always on the rocks or on there way to getting together. I like them dealing with stuff already in a relationship. I want this to have Nathan evolve and other characters change like they did in the normal universe.
If anyone wants any spoilers for the next chapters , send me a message and I will give you a bit of info (with out spoiling it)! Or if you have any ideas or storylines you want to see happen, let me know! I will incorporate ANY ideas you have that fit into the story. Besides Nathan and Haley, I am open to any other relations ships coming in. Leyton or Brucas or Jeyton. Anything. Except Deb and Dan, but no one really likes them.
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