Ok so I havent updated this since new years eve eve of '08. I know that's a long time. But today I when I got back from my vacation I checked my e-mail and there was a review for this story and the person asked if I was going to continue. And the answer is yes. So really thank you all for reviewing. Hopefully you will still read the story. And thank you for giving me that little push to start writing again. You know who you are, and if you don't. it was the last person to send me a review. Anyway lets get to the story shall we???.

Nathan woke up with a pounding head in a room he didn't recognize. He stood up and walked out the door and towards the kitchen where noise seemed to be coming from. When he reached the kitchen he saw Haley filling a dog bowl and a rather large German Shepard standing next to her. She stepped aside and the dog dug into the food.

" Good boy Benji" Haley said patting his head.

" What the hell am I doing here??" Nathan asked holding his head.

" Well good morning to you to Sleeping Bitchy!" Haley said very loudly just so his head would hurt more.

" What am I doing here?" Nathan asked more forcefully this time.

" Well you see last night I went to the bar to have a drink. And there you were all passed out in the corner. And Owen was just going to leave you there and I didn't think that was right so I said I would give you a ride home. But would you guess what? Just as you were about to tell me where you were staying you passed out. So here you are. Now I need to go get ready for work. You can find something for breakfast but then you have to get out." Haley said heading for her room.

" You have a studio now?" Nathan asked

" No. Now do you mind I need to get ready." Haley said then shut her door with out Nathan being able to say anything else.

Two hours later.

" I mean he thinks Karen doesn't love him any more." Haley said from under the car.

" She still loves him. We all do. But you should have seen how upset she was. All she needs is some time to cool off. She seemed better this morning but she was very hurt." He said back to her from the under the hood of another car.

" Hey Keith," Haley said sliding out from under the car and sitting up. " Do you think she's right?"

" Who's right?"

" Karen. Do you think Nathan only came back to get the divorce papers?" Haley asked as she felt her heart clench inside.

Keith moved out from the hood of the car and leaned against the drivers side door. " At first when Karen said it, it made sense in my head that that was the reason that he came. But last night I was thinking about it and to be honest I don't think that that's the only reason he came back. Because if he just wanted to get the divorce he could have just sent his lawyer, right?" Keith said moving back to under the hood of the car.

Haley though about it for a long while. As she worked on the car.

At closing.

"You coming to dinner tonight Hales?" Keith asked Haley who was just finishing washing up.

" Its Wednesday night, where else would I be?" Haley replied with a laugh.

Ever since Haley could remember there had always been Wednesday night dinners. From when she was probably First born all the way till now. At first it was just Haley and her parents and the Scotts and then over the years Jake and Peyton were added. And a few years ago so was Brooke. Now that it was a larger group it was at Lucas's house. Karen always goes over early and helps Brooke cook the meal. And at 6:30PM every Wednesday they had dinner.

Keith and Haley were the last to arrive as usual. But when Haley walked into the dining room she noticed something weird. There was an extra plate set at the table. " Whose this for?" Haley asked Brooke who was setting the mashed potatoes down on the table.

" Nathan. Luke invited him to stay with us. I'm sorry Haley I hope that's ok." Brooke said.

" Yea of course. But what about Karen, They had a huge fight." Haley said.

" Oh well today when Karen was peeling the potatoes he came down stairs and started peeling them with her and they talked and they are ok now. It was the cutest thing." Brooke said before walking back into the kitchen.

10 minutes

Everyone was seated and had food on their plates and was starting to eat. Overall everyone was having a good time.

" So Hales, Peyt, Karen are you guys up for a day of shopping on Saturday?" Brooke asked.

" Oh I have to take Benji to the vet on Saturday." Haley said

" Hales I can take him. You go have fun with them." Luke said

" Alright then I'm in Brooke. Now whose ready for desert.?" Haley asked standing up. Haley went to the kitchen and got out the cake and brought it back to the table. She then started cutting slices for everyone. Haley looked over at Karen after she handed the last slice, she had the biggest smile on her face.

" What's the smile for?" Haley asked her.

" This is just like old time." She said smiling looking at everyone.

" Well yeah except Jimmy and Lydia aren't here making there jokes and talking about the past. Where are they anyway?" Nathan asked and then the room got quiet.

Haley closed her eyes tight for a moment. Then stood up. " Would you look at the time. I have to go and umm finish some umm stuff at home." Haley said before rushing out of the house. Moments later they could hear the screeching of Haleys tires as she speed away from the house.

" I didn't mean to.." Nathan started to say not knowing what was going on.

" We know. Why don't you come with me." Lucas said standing then exiting the room with Nathan following.

" Well lets get this messed cleaned up shall we." Karen said standing and taking her plate in to the kitchen.

Lucas led Nathan into his office. There Nathan sat on the couch and waited for Lucas to sit down. Lucas sat in his computer chair across from Nate.

" What was that? I just asked a question is all." Nathan said and then Lucas handed Nathan t two news paper articles. Nathan read them each carefully to make sure he was reading was true.

" Their dead?" Nathan asked looking up at Luke.

" It happened just after you left. You left at and then four days later Lydia was driving home from the café and a drunk driver hit her head on. She died instantly. A week later Haley got the divorce papers. And then 10 days after that Jimmy had a heart attack. That month nearly killed Haley."

" Mentally, you mean?" Nathan asked hoping that's what he meant.

" No, physically. After Jimmy and Lydia died she practically lived in the dance studio. One day she was working on a new routine for her class that was coming in the next hour. She was working so hard to get out all her anger and she had a heart attack. That was when she found out she HCM." Lucas said.

" Why wasn't I told about any of this? I was still her husband at that point. Hell I still am." Nathan said practically yelling .

" Well you didn't want to be. And you still don't. So there was no point in you knowing." Luke said back equally as loud.

" I can not believe you of all people would not tell me."

" Yea and I cant believe you left Haley." Lucas through back at him.

" That's not fair Luke and you know it." Nathan said before leaving the room and the house.

" You should have told me." Nathan said from behind Haley. Who was staring out at the water from the dock.

" You didn't deserve to know." Haley said still not looking at him.

" Fine then tell me something I deserve to know. What did you do with the divorce papers?" Nathan asked.

" Alright to things. One: You don't deserve an answer. And two: I shouldn't give you one. But since I'm tired of holding stuff in, I burned them. And sense we are asking questions lets ask the one that everyone in Tree Hill wants to know, Huh. Why did you leave??" Haley screamed as she finally turned and looked at him.

Nathan remained silent.

" God your such a coward." Haley scoffed and then went to her car and left.

" Yea I am." Nathan whispered to himself.

Two days had passed and Nathan and Haley completely managed to avoid each other. That was until Nathan went to visit Keith at the shop and found Haley working under a car instead of Keith.

" What are you doing here Nathan?" Haley asked after she pulled her self out from under the car.

" I came to visit Keith. What are y-you doing in those coveralls?" Nathan asked with a laugh.

" I work here jack ass. You see once I found out I had HCM I had to quit dance. So Keith and Cooper taught me about cars. And now me and Keith co-own the shop. So you can wipe that smirk off your face because I could probably fix all the cars in this shop in the time it takes you to do one." Haley said and put a smirk of her own on her face, as Nathan stood there in shock. " Keith's not here. So Good bye.." Haley said then slid back under the car.

" Is this how its always going to be Haley?" Nathan asked sincerely.

" How what's going to be?"

" Why cant we get over this. Its been Years Haley. Why cant you move on?" Nathan asked.

At this point Haley had gotten out from under the car and was standing. " I cant because you broke my heart and then you kept it. I don't get why you don't understand. I gave you my heart. And you never gave it back." Haley said with tears filling her eyes.

" Well I want to. I want you to be able to live your life. I want to give you closure." Nathan said looking her dead in the eyes.

" Then tell me why you left. Because that is the only way for closure." Haley stated now as a few tears fell from her eyes.

Just as Nathan opened his mouth to talk the door opened and Keith and a few people walked back in from break. Haley wiped her face on her sleeve.

" Hey Nate, what is up?" Keith asked and Nathan walked over to him.

Haley slid back under the car and silently let her tears fall. She was so close to getting her closure, and now she isn't sure its worth the pain for her to find out.

Ok here you go. Please review I wasn't sure how long this chapter is but I think its medium length but next one will be longer. Please Review.

Love B.

Oh wait so I was on youtube the other day and I was listening to kina grannis. She is really good. Just thought I would tell you cuz I was listening to her like the whole time I was writing this. Ok bye. Please review.