So here is the final part, I hope you all enjoy and thank you to FiFi4EvEr1007, breathe-in3 , othnaley23 , xjackullin and RedMagic (your review made me smile) for writing reviews. I everyone enjoys the conclusion of the story and can enjoy it even though there is no Nathan.
On another note I have been enjoying season 6 of OTH but the lack of Haley story lines is very annoying, like when Chase and Mia got loads of scenes on the night out and Haley and Nathan didnt was annoying. I have a theory which is probably completely wrong but it seems from interviews that Joy doesn't want to do another series of OTH because she wants to go off and babies so maybe they are punishing her for wanting to leave, although its probably a stupid theory.
Anyway Enjoy.
January 2009
It was another massive coincidence that she managed to find the party Chuck was at, she'd returned to his hotel suit later on and found it empty and she honestly had no idea where to look for him.
There were a few bars she knew he drunk at but that was all. It just so happened that her sleazy tour mate Chris mentioned an amazing party at a burlesque club hosted by the very rich Charles Bass that she knew where to find him.
She had searched the whole party for him with no luck and was just outside the club deciding to go waiting in his hotel room when she was nearly hit on the head by a bottle of whiskey.
She felt the remains of the whiskey and glass bounce against her legs, which were luckily covered in jeans and she suddenly realised where he was. She ran the whole way and was panting by the time she made it onto the roof and there he stood looking lost and upset on the edge, he looked awful even though his outward appearance was better then before.
"Hey." She called out and saw him immediately turn towards her.
"Fuck." Chuck shouted out "Fuck fuck fuck, I have officially gone crazy."
"I'm really here." She said approaching him slowly.
He looked at her for a few more seconds then sneered.
"I don't care I don't want you here." He said looking away from her.
"Chuck I want to help you." Haley said sadly, reaching the edge of the building.
"You think I need you, I've been doing fine with out you, you should fuck off back to your husband." He angrily stated giving her his coldest glare.
"I'm not going any where." Haley stated firmly.
"I don't need you, I already fucked you what else could I possibly need?" He sneered cruelly.
Haley flinched slightly but knew he was just putting up walls. She climbed up onto the wall next to him and felt the fear as she looked down and saw how high up they were.
"Get down little girl." He sneered at her again, even though she looked nothing like a little girl to him and seeing her also on the ledge made him nervous, he knew how clumsy and she was.
"I can see why you're up here the views great." She said trying to change the subject as she turned round with her back to the building.
She was peering over the edge seeing if she could see the bottle that had nearly fallen on her when she felt herself loose her balance, she swung her arms out to try and set herself right but it was too late.
She felt herself falling and suddenly Chuck was on top of her and she felt her back collide painfully with the floor a lot quicker then she expected. Opening her eyes she saw Chuck had pushed her back onto the roof.
She had fallen on her back and it hurt but more importantly Chuck was still on top of her clinging for dear life. She guided his head to the crook of her neck and stroked his hair while she felt her neck get wet. It was cold and she was stiff from her position as well as her back hurting but she didn't even attempt to move from the floor.
It was 30 minutes before Chuck made a move to get up and as he helped her to her feet she was happy to see that although his eyes were still sad they were warmer then before.
They left the club through a back entrance her hand never leaving his and made it back to his suite. They went into his room and Haley turned her back to Chuck as she stripped her clothes off leaving her in just her bra and pants before climbing into the bed, her clothes were dirty and cold and Chuck had seen it all before she told herself.
The ride back to the hotel, her back had been killing but she had successfully hidden it from Chuck. She was exhausted mentally and physically so she was no doubt that Chuck was too, she pulled his head to her chest and they both fell asleep.
It soothed him being in her arms, he didn't realise how much he needed it until he had fallen on top of her on the roof. For the first time in a long time he drifted off peacefully to sleep.
He awoke before she did but just enjoyed being with her again, not knowing how long it would last.
He had been only thinking of himself last night, his pain, and he had not even found out how she came to be here and he also noticed the lack of wedding ring on her finger. What ever the situation if she was still married or not he couldn't cut her out of his life again. If something happened he knew he would not survive without her comfort and it was selfish of him not being there for her too.
She moaned lightly and then slowly opened her eyes obviously confused for a few seconds where she was.
She smiled widely at him when it all came back to her.
"Morning you, you're looking a bit better." She said rubbing her eyes sleepily, it was a long time since she had woken up in bed next to Chuck and she missed it.
"You're here, how could I not be feeling better." He said smiling at her then leant over and brushed his lips against hers, before trying to deepen the kiss. Haley stopped him immediately, pushing away before she could get lost in it.
"Chuck I'm married." She stated.
"But you're not wearing his ring." He pointed out, he had been pushing his luck deepening the kiss and he knew it but it was worth a try.
Haley sighed and rubbed her face.
"Why are you in New York?" He asked pulling her hand away from her face and keeping it in his.
"I'm on tour, I've been touring for the last 3 months. I was in New York before Christmas and I'm back again now for a bit, recording and publicity." She explained.
"And why aren't you wearing his ring?" He asked curiously.
"Because Nathan gave me an ultimatum." She said giving him a meaningful look "It's funny how all the important men in my life like doing that. He said it was either me or the music, he thinks I fancy one of my tour mates." Haley said shrugging.
"So you're over that's why you've taken off the ring?" He asked hope erupting in him and he held slightly tighter to her hand.
"No I hope he'll take me back when I return, I just don't feel I deserve to wear his ring, I've been a bad wife." She said tears pricking at his eyes.
"Well he's an idiot how could he just let you go like that." Chuck said, he wasn't happy how upset she was over Nathan and he knew even if he didn't want to he had to support her through this.
"Well apparently it's easy to do." She said giving him another pointed look "Anyway I need to go, I have another interview in an hour. Are you going to survive with out me until this evening?" She asked sincerely.
"Yeah I should be ok until then I have a meeting with my Uncle Jack." He said, he did feel a bit better, time and the presence of Haley were healing him.
Haley sat on the edge of the bed facing away from Chuck and bend down to pick up her jeans.
Chuck looked at her and noticed the bruised on the base of her back.
"How did you get those?" He asked gently sweeping his fingers over them, they were brown, purple and yellow and looked painful as hell.
"Last night when I landed on my back." Haley said wincing slightly then jumping high in the air as she felt a jolt of electricity pass through her as he kissed her lower back.
She scowled at him and he looked at her with mock innocence.
"Chuck you can't do that, I love Nathan and I won't cheat on him. OK?" She said sternly.
"I'm sorry, I was just kissing it better." Chuck said smirking.
"I think I prefer the Chuck that was going to jump off the building." Haley muttered putting her clothes on.
"I really am sorry. Here take a key for the room, I might not be back until late so just settle in and get some room service." He said trying to appease her by changing the subject.
"Thanks." She said as she headed out of the room "Have a good day."
It had probably been the worse day of her life and her head was still spinning. She hadn't even made it out of the hotel, her room being in a smaller suite down a few floors she had returned there to change when she had got the phone call.
It was Lucas, her best friend and Nathan's brother and he sounded awful. He told her Nathan had been in a car accident at his uncles race track and had been in a coma for the last 2 days.
Haley's heart had nearly been ripped out of her chest. She had been so mad at Lucas for not calling her earlier. It had taken her an hour to pack a bag and cancel the rest of her appointments for the next few days, know she could cancel the rest of it later.
She'd been putting off calling Chuck, knowing he wouldn't want her to leave and knowing that if it wasn't an emergency she wouldn't leave him when he was still in a fragile state.
She had just picked up her phone to ring him when her phone had rung with an undisclosed number. It was the hospital and it was Nathan speaking. She was so happy to hear his voice, so overjoyed that he was ok.
Her joy had been short lived when she told him she was returning home and he told her he didn't want her to, he told her she should be out living her dream and if she was only coming back for him there was no point. She had sat in the hotel room for an hour not knowing what to do, did he want her to return and he was just being stubborn or did he really not want her to.
The decision was made for her an hour later when Dan turned up at her room, he was Nathan's awful father and he came bearing annulment papers that had already been signed by Nathan. She felt sick as Dan gloated, saying loads of nasty things about her, he had never been happy they got married.
She numbly signed the papers and was glad when Dan quickly left. She stood there no idea what to do next, no idea of even what the time was. She knew one thing and that was that she needed a drink and she knew the place with the most alcohol was Chuck's suite so that's where she headed.
Chuck returned to his suite at 9.30 and was surprised to see Haley with a glass of whiskey in her hand; he guessed her days on tour had increased her drinking habits. She greeted him with a small smile, he could tell something was off but he just couldn't tell what.
"How was your meeting with Jack?" Haley asked, she been slowly drinking all day and was pretty pissed but she was still in control of herself.
"Really good actually, he says he's going to show me the business. I really think I can learn the ropes and take the helm." Chuck said smiling and pouring himself some whiskey.
He had been massively surprised that his dad wanted him to head up the company instead of Uncle Jack and he really wanted to do his father proud.
"You had anything to eat?" He asked checking the room service card.
"No I was waiting for you." She said taking another sip "Order anything I'm easy." She didn't really want to talk about her day, but a part of her wanted Chuck to notice that something was wrong with her with out her having to burst into tears. The alcohol had made her drowsy and she knew she'd need to eat if she didn't want to pass out any time soon.
Chuck ordered some food.
"I'm going to have a shower you want to join me." He asked smiling at her.
She just rolled her eyes at him, although the idea did sound slightly too tempting which she knew defiantly meant she had drunk too much.
The room service came and she spread it out over the bed and sat on it, Chuck had also ordered some champagne, not as nice as the stuff from her birthday but by no means cheap stuff.
Chuck came out of the bathroom, in just his smoking jacket and joined her lounging on the bed next to her. They didn't really talk much as they ate their food and sipped their champagne. The food was good for Haley's system and it was kind of nice just being with Chuck.
They finished the food and then decided to watch a film, they settled down to watch Reservoir dogs, Chuck's choice, but Haley kept fidgeting. Her emotions were starting to get the better of her and she was trying to block them out as well as that her back was starting to really hurt.
Chuck was enjoying the film, it was one of his favourites but he couldn't help but be distracted by Haley, she was squirming so much, she usually could sit still for hours without moving.
"Is you're back hurting?" Chuck asked looking away from the screen and at her, she still looked off and he still couldn't put his finger on what it was though.
"Yeah it is actually." Haley replied, a lot of other stuff was hurting but she guessed she should be grateful he noticed something.
"Come sit here." He said motioning in front of him and so she did sitting in front of him facing away.
He started rubbing his hand gently but firmly down her back massaging her.
"I'm surprised, you didn't get someone up here to do that." Haley remarked mockingly.
"I've learnt a few things over the years." He commented concentrating on making her feel good. He heard her moan ever so slightly and he was defiantly enjoying being able to put his hands on her.
It was actually making him more turned on then he had been in a long while, last night when he had been in bed with her especially before they went to sleep he had just needed comfort and hadn't thought about anything else but now it was different.
She felt his hands on her back and he was actually very good, not that it would have mattered if he had been bad, him touching her always had an intoxicating over taking power over her and that's what she needed right now to get dragged into something so she didn't have to feel the pain of the day.
Haley moved backwards in what seemed an unconscious move although she knew what she was doing. She turned her head and captured his lips in a searing kiss. It was over powering and she knew she could lose herself in it.
Chuck was defiantly surprised after she had shot down his advances earlier but how could he say no, it was just as good as he remembered kissing and touching her. Last time he had asked her again and again if she was sure but this time he just gave in, realising how empty he felt without her.
When he woke up the next morning he wasn't surprised that Haley was still asleep, they had been at it most of the night and only stopped when they had both been exhausted.
He still had no idea what was up with Haley and why she had slept with him but he didn't think about it too deeply not wanting to ruin how great he was feeling. He left for his day of meeting with his uncle hoping in the evening Haley would explain it all to him.
He knew perhaps that he was being a bit naïve but he wasn't used to Haley acting this way.
It was the evening and he had only returned to his suite to change, he had an important evening out with the board, if they approved of him then he would have all their backing to lead the company. He had texted Haley earlier to tell her that he was busy all night.
He was therefore surprised when he went into his room and found Haley still in his bed. As he walked over to her side of the bed he noticed that she was in exactly the same position he had left her that morning and he felt panic shoot through him.
He walked round to her side of the bed and saw her face was wet from tears.
He immediately crouched in front of her, feeling awful he shouldn't have slept with her.
"I'm really sorry, don't get upset about last night." Chuck begged her, he hated seeing her upset.
Haley slowly opened her blood shot eyes.
"It's not last night." She said, all day she had just lay in bed feeling miserable, she probably shouldn't have slept with Chuck but the regret did not compare to how much her heart was hurting, she felt like she had lost everything. She didn't want to feel love, if it could cause this much pain.
"What happened?" he asked wiping some of the tears from her cheeks.
"Nathan was in an accident a few days ago and his brother rang me so I was going to go home and see him." Haley stopped and took a big gulp of air the next bit so painful to tell "He told me he didn't want me to come home and his dad brought over his signed annulment pa-pers." Haley said choking on her words as sobs wracked her body.
He pulled her body into a hug and held her while she sobbed, he had never felt so helpless in his entire life and all he wanted was to take Haley's pain away.
He felt like an idiot all last night he had known something was off but he didn't even ask her. He hated seeing her this upset, it actually physically hurt him.
He tried to discreetly look at his watch but Haley saw him.
"Where do you need to be?" she asked once her crying had stopped.
"It's this dinner with the board members." He said, trying to make it sound unimportant.
Haley wiped her hand across her face trying to get rid of some of the tears.
"You should go; I just want to be on my own for a bit." Haley said moving out of his embrace, sure she felt better in his arms but she knew this was important.
"Ok." He said slowly getting up, he quickly changed knowing he was going to be late "Are you sure?" He asked as he hovered near the bed.
"Go." Haley said softly, for a second admiring how hansom he looked before the pain of the last few days came back to her.
Haley lay in the bed looking up at the ceiling as more tears slowly ran down her face. She just wanted the pain to go away, she knew really she should be grateful that Chuck was around but it didn't make her feel that better especially as he wasn't there right now, he had left her.
She moved her head and looked out of the balcony doors and saw the snow drifting down, that's what she wanted to be cold and numb as ice. She slowly got out of bed feeling stiff from lying there for so long and grabbed the thin sheet and draping it round her body, she opened the doors and went and sat on the freezing balcony and watched the snow fall.
Chuck fidgeted through the whole of the starter, he couldn't take his mind off how Haley was doing. This was important, his whole future could depend on it or he wouldn't even have thought of leaving Haley.
He was sat next to two very boring gentlemen and for once he was actually being very polite to them. His charm and manners normally opened a lot of doors when his money didn't but tonight he just couldn't turn it on.
The main course was brought out but his appetite wasn't there. It just kept running through his mind how many times Haley had been there for him when he really needed it. This stuff with his dad when he hadn't even told her, she had still come looking for him. He stood up from the table determined, he knew where he really needed to be.
"I'm really sorry everyone but there's somewhere else I need to be." And gave them all a small smile and left.
"Chuck where the hell are you going?" His uncle demanded following him.
"A friend really needs me." Chuck said rolling his eyes, he didn't need this from his uncle.
"Look if this is Blaire, you can do better then her." His uncle said.
"It's not Blaire and its none of your business." Chuck replied his tone cold, he was not going to talk about Haley with his uncle.
"If you walk out now you'll make a massive mistake." His uncle warned him.
Chuck just left him, he knew he had to go and that was enough.
He entered the suite praying she was still there and was surprised at how cold it was until he noticed the balcony doors open. Seeing that the bed was empty he rushed over to the balcony.
Seeing her like that, sat shivering in a thin sheet in the snow broke his heart, he had never seen her this bad and it was killing him.
He slowly approached her, his eyes watering, and crouched down next to her.
"What are you doing out here?" he asked trying his best not to let his voice crack, knowing he had to be strong for her.
"I just don't want to feel any thing." Haley said quietly "What happened to you're thing?" She asked.
Chuck wanted to laugh bitterly, this was his Haley, she always thinking of him even when her world was falling in around her.
"It wasn't important." He said softly "We need to go back inside." He said and gently guided her to her feet.
He was beginning to worry more, her skin was freezing and damp.
He sat her on the bed and quickly shut the balcony doors, he pulled the damp sheet off her and pulled the duvet around her.
Haley sat there shivering violently, she was emotionally drained and she didn't want to do anything.
Chuck crouched in front of Haley and started to rub her hand together between his to warm them up, he was worried that she had been outside too long and he was going to have to call an ambulance.
Gradually her shivering became less violent and his panic died down a little, even though every minute dragged by and seemed like an hour.
He gently guided her into the bed and then stripped off all his clothes apart from his boxers, he knew the best way to heat someone up was skin to skin contact and Haley was still in just her bra and pants.
He climbed in the bed behind her and spooned her pressing as much of his body against her's as he could, she was freezing but he resisted flinching. He brought his arms around her and made sure she was tucked in tight then continued to rub her arms and hands to warm them up.
"It's all going to be ok." He continued to whisper in her ear, not knowing what else to do.
It took a while but she stopped shivering and although her skin wasn't warm yet he wasn't worried about her physical condition any more. He was thinking he should maybe get some soup or tea or something to warm her up but he wasn't sure he wanted to leave her even to just get out of bed to phone room service when he heard her laugh.
"What's so funny?" He asked her mystified.
"I'm just wondering how this situation is such a turn on for you." Haley said wiggling her butt slightly against his erection. Chuck couldn't help but feel slightly embarrassed and he was never embarrassed. He hadn't even been thinking about sex but it was just a natural reaction to being so close to her body.
"You always do this to me." He said huskily in her ear, just glad that she was even able to laugh at the moment.
They were silent for a while both lost in their own thoughts.
"Never do that to me again." Chuck said, referring to how he had found her earlier.
"I'm sorry." Haley said sincerely.
"It's ok I think you've seen me worse." He said honestly, holding her closer.
"You know I love you so much, James" He said.
"Really?" Haley questioned, he had been there for her that evening but the way he had just said it seemed to be laced with hidden meanings.
"You are the most important person in my life." He said, realising for the first time how true it was, how true it had always been.
Haley turned round and kissed him on the cheek before settling in his arms again.
"It'll all get better soon I promise." He said and soon he drifted off to sleep.
He woke up and was surprised that she wasn't next to him in bed, he was even more surprised when he wandered into the other room of the suite and found her dressed and eating breakfast.
"Morning." She said smiling at him.
Chuck sat down, feeling surprised, he expected her to be spending the day in bed, not that he wasn't happy to see her looking a bit better.
"I didn't expect you to be up." Chuck said grabbing some toast and buttering it.
"Well I can lie there moping forever. I have a plan" Haley said and it was true she hadn't got much sleep last night as she'd been thinking. She couldn't let this get to her, she couldn't just lie there when there was more she could do to change things.
"What plan?" Chuck asked smiling, he liked how positive Haley could be, how she didn't just sit back and take stuff.
"I'm going to go back to Tree Hill to win Nathan back." Haley said looking determined. She had been shocked and upset when she signed the annulment forms and if she'd had time to think she wouldn't have, she couldn't believe it was too late.
"What." Chuck said choking on his toast. "You're going to go back to him."
"Look I know you don't like Nathan very much but he's my husband I shouldn't have let him go so easily." Haley said, she knew Chuck wasn't going to be happy with her decision but what else could she do.
"And what about your music?" Chuck demanded to know, his anger was taking over him at the though of her leaving him.
"It's really important to me but it'll still be there in a couple of year, where as Nathan wont." Haley said getting up, she'd been in this situation before, giving Chuck information he didn't like and she knew it wouldn't be long before he asked her to leave.
"So you're just giving it up for him." Chuck sneered the last word.
"I can't do the music thing on my own." Haley stated getting up and heading towards the door, this conversation wasn't going to end well, it was true, love had always been her inspiration and driving force behind her music, when it had come from Nathan and before that Chuck.
"Haley don't go back to Nathan, carry on with the tour." Chuck said approaching her and blocking her from leaving the suite.
"Is this going to be another stupid ultimatum?" Haley asked angrily, tear pricking at her eyes, she had just got him back and she didn't want to loose him but this was something she had to do.
Chuck reached up and wiped away a tear that had leaked from her eye and saw her shiver slightly as he touched her.
"No this time I'm giving you a choice." Chuck said carefully and when she stayed silent he carried on.
"You can go back to Nathan and try and win him back and give up for now on your music or you can stay on tour." Chuck said before Haley interrupted him.
"Chuck I told you I can't tour on my own." Haley said sadly.
"You won't be on your own, I'll be here waiting for you. You'll go on tour and then you'll come back to New York to me." Chuck said, waiting anxiously for her response.
"I don't understand." Haley said, she was in shock, her heart was beating faster, could he really mean what she wanted him to.
He leant forwards and kissed her, it started gently but soon it deepened and they both broke away eventually gasping for breath. Chuck cupped her face and rubbed his thumb softly over her cheek.
"I love you and I want us to be together. I also want you to go on tour, I can come visit you and you can come back here and even do your final year of school here or where ever." Chuck said praying with all his heart that she wouldn't reject him.
He had thought for a long time that he would only ruin her or hurt her but he couldn't bear to loose her again, no matter how selfish of him it was.
"Are you serious?" Haley stuttered, she had never expected this in a million years, Chuck had always been so anti them being in a relationship.
"Yes, I mean I'd understand if you want to go back and try with Nathan." Chuck sentence was cut off when she crashed her lips onto his.
They both broke away smiling, Haley's eyes were watering again but in sheer happiness and Chuck had one of his rare genuine smiles on his face.
"I did love Nathan, but it could never compare to how I feel about you, I never thought we'd end up like this." Haley said smiling widely at him.
"You're mine now and I'm never going make the mistake of loosing you ever again." He said huskily, not remembering the last time he felt so happy. She briefly kissed his lips.
"And you're ok with me carrying on with the tour?" She asked hesitation clouding her eyes.
He moved some hair out of her eyes and smiled reassuringly at her.
"I would never stop you following your dreams." He said smiling at her.
"I love you so much." Haley said kissing him, finally happy that he knew and reciprocated the depth of her feelings.
"I love you too James."
Yay and its finished i hope everyone likes it, no one told me anything about the end of high school though, that would be useful for one of my stories.
Any constructive criticism would also be appriciated.
Hopefully i will be up dating with more stuff soon and thank you to everyone for reading.