Chapter Three: The Scare
"What?" He stuttered out.
"I...I'm late."
"No this can't be happening." He said running his hands through his hair.
"I'm so sorry."
"It's just so...we can't...it's not your fault." He settled on holding her hand. "We'll figure it out okay, why don't we go get some tests then?"
Haley sighed looking up at him. "Nate, it's two am."
"Who cares...we need to know." He sighed. "Do you want to stay here?"
"No, it's okay. I'll come." She said as he helped her up.
Haley walked out of the bathroom and laid in Nathan's arms on her bed. "I just took the last one."
"How long?"
"Five minutes." Nathan had been so sweet to her, he insisted on her staying in the car as he bought the tests. No one would know it was him with his baseball cap pulled down and the hood up of his sweatshirt, but if she walked in there and someone saw her, it would ruin everything. Ten minutes later he walked out with five different tests and two bottles of her favorite iced tea, in case she didn't have to pee when they got home.
Nathan ran his hand through her hair softly. "It'll be okay. No matter what happens we will be okay, I know it."
"Thank you for being here. I just...thank you." She smiled slightly kissing his cheek. He was a special one, here was by her side for the good times and during her worst hours. This being one of them.
"There's nowhere else I would be." He punctuated with a kiss to her forehead. "I love you, and if you are pregnant we will figure it out. And if you're not we are going to be so much more safe."
"But we already were, I'm on the pill. I don't get it." Haley nearly cried. "We did everything right."
"I know." He whispered, as he started to talk once more he was interrupted by the beeping of Haley's alarm.
"Well the last one is ready...let's go see our fate." She sighed getting up, pulling Nathan with her into her attached bathroom.
Haley gasped as she looked at the five sticks in front of her and started to cry. Nathan held onto the door frame for support as he took a deep breath before pulling Haley into him and holding her tightly.
He looked back down at the negative tests before kissing her.
Haley wiped at her tears even though they slowly kept falling. "C'mon" Nathan said gently walking with her. "Let's get some sleep."
Holding Nathan's hand tightly in hers she walked down the hall, several sets of eyes on them. The last time they were seen Nathan was breaking up with her. "We can do this." Haley whispered to herself.
Nathan overheard and smiled ahead of him. "We are stronger than this."
"I know." She muttered.
"Why are you so nervous?"
"They are going to talk about how we shouldn't be together. Question why you took me back. Say I don't deserve you." She said looking at the ground.
"Hey, who cares what they think. They don't know about us."
Haley looked up at him, stars in her eyes. "You're the best."
"I know" He smirked.
Haley laughed and hit him slightly on the chest. "You are too cocky for your own good."
"I have reasons to be this cocky."
"Uh huh" She said with an eye roll.
"Have you seen me naked? I think you have."
Haley blushed as she stopped in front of her locker. "Nathan we are at school."
"I know." He smirked watching her turn red. "You still get embarrassed talking about sex after us having it for so long."
"Nathan!" She insisted once more opening her lock. "Enough...or you don't get any for a week."
"Like you could last." He hugged leaning against her locker.
"Yeah I could unlike you Mr. Manwhore."
"Hey!" He said acting offended.
"Whatever, get going. You're already in trouble with me you don't need to be with Whitey today."
"Thanks babe" He said.
"Anytime."
"Alright I'll see you later." Nathan punctuated with a kiss to her cheek before heading down the hall.
"No things are fine Brooke, I promise. We just had a rough weekend." Haley assured her friend as they walked arm in arm down the hall.
"I just feel bad. I forced you to play." She sighed.
"I can make my own decisions Brooke. Really, don't worry about it."
"Okay" She said leading them into their next class. They each took our seat and before Haley could ask her about how the rest of the party was Nathan took a seat in front of her.
"You sure you want to withhold sex from me?" He asked.
"What?" Broke questioned.
"None of your business." Haley said quickly to Brooke before turning to Nathan. "Do you have to speak so loudly about our sex life, this was the problem in the first place."
"Whatever" He said with an eye roll as Brooke zoned in on their conversation
"Why?"
"'Cause were going to the sparkle classic."
"No way!" Brooke shouted as Nathan smiled.
"Yep, two weeks from today we are leaving. Whitey announced it this morning."
"That's awesome." Haley smiled seeing how excited Nathan was.
"But Brooke I need you to rearrange the sleeping arrangements when we get them." Haley said turning to her with a smirk.
"Of course, that's what I do best." She smirked.
