So I suck. Yes I'm aware that it has been forever and a half since I updated this story we have going on here. I'm thinking of ending it soon, though. Because really I'm dealing with a lot of Haley/Naley hate at the moment. So I think it'd be better to end it soon before I well…I don't even want to think about what I'd do to this story. Haha Anyway here's an update.
"I'll be back later, Nate," Haley called over her shoulder before walking out their front door. She was supposed to meet Brooke to help her study for her huge math mid-term, so they decided to meet up at Karen's.
Haley walked to the café since the sun was shining and there wasn't a cloud to be found. When she arrived she found Brooke already sitting at the back booth with her books out.
"Wow, I'm impressed," Haley said as she walked up to her friend.
"I have to pass this," Brooke said with a shrug.
"Alright, let's get started. I mean I wouldn't want to be the reason you aren't allowed to cheer anymore." Haley said sliding in across from Brooke. Over the next two hours Haley explained the FOIL method, difference of two squares, logarithms, and every detail she could think of involving sine, cosine, and tangent.
"I'm so going to fail." Brooke said as she laid her head on the table in defeat.
"No you aren't Tigger. You've got this stuff you just need to relax and stop with all the worrying." Haley said doing her best to encourage the girl in front of her.
"Yeah you're right." Brooke said finally lifting her head off the table. "Let's get out of here," she continued as she gathered up all of her books and notebook."
"Sounds good to me."
"Want a ride back to your place?"
"Yeah that'd be great." Haley answered getting up from her spot and following the girl out the door. Once they exited the building a flyer on the telephone pole right in front of the door caught Haley's eye.
LOST PUPPY. About a year old, Husky mix. REWARD. Please call 555-5061.
Haley's eyes grew in shock as she looked at the flyer. As she read her heart started beating faster but when she saw the picture on the flyer her heart sank to the bottom of her stomach. Haley angrily ripped the paper off the pole and stuffed it into her pocket.
"You ok?" Brooke asked her friend once Haley got into her small bug.
"Yeah I'm fine." Haley lied. They drove the rest of the way in silence. "Thanks Brooke." Haley said as she got out of the car. "I'll talk to you later." Haley ran up the stairs to their apartment and slammed open the door.
"NATHAN!!!" She yelled anger evident in her voice and expression. Both Nathan and Chad came running from the bedroom.
"What's wrong Haley?"
"That." She exclaimed slamming the flyer on the table in front of him. "Now what are we going to do, Nathan?" She said her tone becoming softer as Chad nudged her hand with his nose.
Nathan's face fell as he looked at the flyer. "We call the number Haley."
"What? NO! He's our dog now Nathan. He's my dog." She said sinking to the floor and wrapping her arms protectively around Chad.
"Haley, someone out there is looking for him. He's not ours anymore." Nathan said tears forming in his own eyes at the sight of his wife holding on to the dog for dear life.
"They obviously didn't care about him enough to keep him out of the road," Haley shot back bitterly. "We can't call it Nathan."
"Haley…we can't keep him knowing that he obviously belongs to someone else."
"Nathan…please." Haley begged like a mother would for her very own child's life. She knew that they had to call the number. She knew that Chad didn't really belong to them. But she didn't care. She loved this dog. He had saved her from Ryan. Kept her company and made her feel safe while Nathan was away. He had become her baby and she couldn't give him back. "Please don't Nate." Haley pleaded one last time her voice breaking and cracking the more she thought about having to let go of the dog.
"I have to." Nathan said swallowing past the lump in his throat as he dialed the number. The phone rang once…twice…three times and still no answer. On the fourth ring someone picked up the phone.
"Hello?" A young girl's voice said over the phone. Great they have kids. Nathan thought.
"Hi," Nathan said not sure exactly what to say. "I got this phone number off of a flyer about a lost dog…"
"Aunt Carrie! Aunt Carrie!" The little girl started screaming before Nathan even had a chance to finish. "Some man is on the phone he found your dog." Nathan could tell by the sound on the other end that the girl was running the phone to someone.
"Hello," came another voice, Aunt Carrie, Nathan assumed.
"Hi ma'am," Nathan said not daring to look over at Haley who still had a vice grip on the dog. "I found your flyer today and I think I might have your dog."
"Oh thank God." The woman said sounding relieved. "You found Stormy?"
"Yes. I think I found Stormy." When Nathan said that the dog lifted his head and let out an excited bark recognizing his original name.
"Oh thank you so so much." The woman said obviously happy to have found her dog. "He was a get well gift for my daughter and my niece, the one who answered the phone, left the door open when she came to visit my daughter and well he ran out. I was so afraid that something bad had happened to him."
"No ma'am. Nothing bad happened to him. I found him about 2 and a half weeks ago and brought him home. My wife and I have been taking good care of him."
"Thank you so much young man." She said, and then she and Nathan set up a time to give the woman back her daughter's dog.
"Yes ma'am. You're very welcome. We'll see you then." Nathan said then hung up the phone. Haley still refused to look at him. "We're supposed to meet them at the park tomorrow." Haley got up and went to the couch Stormy following right behind her. "Don't be mad at me Hales. He belongs to the woman's daughter. Apparently the girl has just gone through some major surgery and they bought him for her as a get well gift." Nathan explained sitting on the couch beside the dog and Haley.
"I don't care." Haley said wiping away a tear that was falling down her cheek. "I'm going to miss him, Nate."
"I know baby. I know." He said wrapping his arms tightly around his wife. "Me too," he added fighting back tears of his own.
Ok so the next chapter will be the end of this. Please review. )
