A/N: Thank you to everyone who reviewed! I really appreciate all of you who took the time to comment on the story so I'm pretty sure I responded to everyone. At least I hope I did and I apologize if I didn't. Also, Thank you so much to everyone who put this story on their alert list or favorites list, it really means a lot to me. I'm excited for this new chapter, and it is completely Naley - so I hope everyone else is excited too XD Anyway...updates will probably be coming once a week from now on unless something comes up or I really want to post a chapter early. Ok, I'm done rambling now. Enjoy the chapter!

xox,

Bubbles09

Reviewer Responses:

Colviper8: Thank you for reviewing! I'm sorry this update wasn't as fast as the last one, but the updates will probably be once a week from now on unless I have a lot of time to write. I'm so glad that you like the story and I hope you like the new chapter!

naley95: Thanks for your review! I apologize for not sending you a sneak peak of this chapter, but unlike the previous one I didn't have much of it written. Again, thank you so much for reviewing, it means a lot to me – enjoy the chapter XD

23bjl23: I'm happy that you like the story so far! You can see what that phone call was about now :-) I really appreciate your review and I hope you like the new chapter!

Shelley: Hi Shelley! I always take the time to respond to my reviewers because I really appreciate that they took the time to review the story. I loved writing about the stubbornness of Naley and one of my favorite parts was also the interaction between Brooke and Lucas, so I'm really glad that you seemed to enjoy that too! Thank you so much for the review and enjoy the chapter! Now you can finally find out about that phone call :-p

loveSoapDrama: Ahhh! Did I really leave you hanging that badly? If I did, I apologize, but I am thrilled that you liked the chapter. Plus, you're right – if I keep writing and you keep reviewing I do believe that is a deal too hard to pass up :-) Thanks for your review and I'm sorry it took me so long to update!

glamour x girl: Thanks for your review! I am so happy that you're still enjoying the story. Sorry it took me about a week to update, but I hope you enjoy!

Jess2303: Haha, I know it probably isn't very Nathan-like to not go and see Haley, but they are both very stubborn people in this story. But there is plenty of Naley interaction in this chapter so I really hope you like it! Thank you so much for reviewing!

oth4evernaley: You hate me? Oh, I think I have to go cry now :( Haha, I'm only kidding. I'm pretty sure the answers to all of your questions are in this chapter and I am so glad that you like this story! Thank you so much for taking the time to review and enjoy the new chapter!

Elijah: Thank you for reviewing! I love getting reviews, they really make my day :-) I hope you like the new chapter!

othluvr: Yikes. I'm sorry I left you hanging there, but I hope the wait was worthwhile? I'm so happy you like the story! Enjoy the new chapter XD

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In Sickness and In Health

One of the worst feelings a person can have is when he is woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night. Phone calls after one o'clock in the morning are never good news. They normally only tell of accidents or tragedies, so naturally no one wants to receive such a phone call.

On this particular night Nathan's cell phone went of at 2:49 a.m. and the tired boy felt his stomach drop as he saw Haley's number on his caller ID.

"Haley?" he answered relatively quickly.

"Nathan! I'm so sorry to be calling you so late, it's just that I already tried Brooke and…" Haley would have continued to talk had she not been interrupted by a fit of coughs followed by Nathan's concerned voice.

"It's fine, really. Are you okay?" he asked, now fully sitting up on his bed.

"I think so…I mean, I've been sick so I missed a lot of class and I went to the library to study but I lost track of time. So now I want to go back to Brooke's apartment but it's late and I don't want to walk back alone but no one will answer their cell phone and I'm really getting creeped out," Haley rambled on.

Walking alone at night on a college campus was just not a smart thing for anyone to do. Sometimes Haley didn't even understand why some of the college facilities were open twenty-four/seven, but she supposed it would be useful for students who saved assignments until the last minute.

"What are you doing out so late if you're sick?" Nathan was concerned for his wife, but sometimes he wished that she would put her health before her education.

"I told you, I lost track of time," Haley explained before pulling her cell phone away from her head as she sneezed three times.

Nathan groaned to himself as he forced himself out of bed to put on a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt. "Just stay there. I'll come get you."

"Thank you," Haley said quietly.

A few moments passed and Haley wasn't exactly sure whether or not Nathan was still on the phone. "Hey, Nate?" she asked.

"Yeah?" Nathan paused, waiting for Haley to say something, but he became concerned when he didn't hear her voice. "What is it, Hales?"

"I'm sorry," she finally whispered.

After a deep sigh, Nathan found the courage to say, "Me too." At this point Nathan was ready to leave the apartment, so he grabbed his keys and headed out the door. "Stay on the phone until I get there, okay?" Nathan didn't like the thought of Haley sitting alone at the library at almost three in the morning.

"Okay," Haley answered, sitting down on one of the benches just outside of the library. Sitting outside in the freezing January weather was probably not the best idea for someone currently fighting a cold, but Haley didn't feel comfortable waiting inside of the eerily quiet library.

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Neither Nathan nor Haley spoke while Nathan was walking towards the library; however Nathan knew Haley was still there because he could here her coughing from time to time. It only took Nathan ten minutes to have Haley in sight from the time he had answered his cell phone. On any normal occasion, the walk alone would have taken fifteen minutes – but Nathan was walking at such a fast pace because it was so cold outside and he just wanted to see his wife.

When he finally saw her sitting outside of the library, Nathan closed his phone and quickened his pace towards her. By the time he had reached the bench, Haley was already standing up and placing her bag over her shoulder.

"Thank you for coming," Haley stated, smiling through a yawn.

"I'll always come," Nathan shrugged. At this point Nathan pulled Haley's bag that was holding her textbooks off her shoulder and hung it over his own before enveloping Haley in a hug. "You're okay, right?" he asked, pulling back so he could look her over.

Haley nodded, "Just tired and really cold."

Nathan frowned as this was the first time he noticed that Haley was only wearing a light sweater over an ordinary t-shirt. "Why aren't you wearing a jacket?" he asked, already moving to take off his sweatshirt so Haley could wear it.

"I don't know. I guess it wasn't too cold out when I decided to come here and I forgot to bring one," she reasoned. "You should keep your sweatshirt on, Nathan." As much as Haley wanted to wear Nathan's sweatshirt, she knew he would get cold. Plus, she would feel horrible if he got sick too.

"Please put it on, Haley. I'll be fine," he promised, holding the sweatshirt out to her. Nathan knew he would be cold, but at least he wouldn't have to worry about Haley.

Haley reluctantly took it from Nathan and put it on before they started walking. "Should I stay with Luke, Brooke, and Peyton?" Haley asked after a few minutes of silence with the exception of Haley's occasional cough.

"Come home, Haley. Our apartment is closer, you're sick, and I've missed you," Nathan admitted. They were only a few more minutes away from their apartment and Nathan just wanted to get himself and Haley out of the cold.

Haley just nodded in response as she gently took hold of her husband's hand and rested her head on his arm as they continued to walk.

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Once the sleepy couple finally reached their apartment Nathan and Haley immediately went into their bedroom to sleep; however, when Nathan tried to wrap his arms around his wife she pulled away.

"What's wrong?" he asked, propping himself up with one arm. Nathan was a little confused. Normally when they fought and then apologized Haley had no problem going back to how they were prior to their argument.

"Nothing – I just don't want you to get sick," she replied, staring up into Nathan's eyes.

Nathan simply smirked and wrapped his arms around his wife again; this time Haley didn't push him away. "Don't worry about me," he whispered sweetly into her hair before placing a kiss on her head.

Within minutes both Nathan and Haley were sleeping peacefully in each other's arms.

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The next morning Nathan woke up before Haley, which wasn't too surprising considering that she was still sick. Deciding to let her sleep, Nathan quietly got out of their bed and went to make some breakfast. Now, Nathan wasn't exactly one of the best cooks in the world, so his idea of 'making breakfast' was really scrambling some eggs and putting some bread in the toaster.

Nathan had almost finished with the eggs when he heard movement in the bedroom. Completely forgetting about the food, Nathan decided to go and see how Haley was feeling.

"Good morning," he smiled, standing at the doorframe and looking at Haley who was currently just sitting up on the bed, probably trying to figure out what had happened the previous night.

"Hi," Haley managed to say while rubbing her eyes.

Nathan was about to ask her how she was feeling, but was interrupted by Haley having a coughing fit. "Jeez, Hales. You should take something for that," he said, moving forward to rub her back. "It will make you feel better."

Haley shook her head, "I don't like medicine."

"I know you don't like it, but it sounds like you could use some," he explained.

"No," she said sternly.

Haley had hated medicine ever since she was a little girl and learned that her older brother was allergic to penicillin. It had been one of the scariest experiences of her life. He had been sick so their parents took him to their pediatrician and shortly after receiving a shot, her brother's throat started to close up. It just wasn't something that Haley ever wanted to go through, so even though she knew there was probably nothing wrong with taking medicine, she preferred not to.

"Oh crap," Nathan said suddenly before rushing out of the room; a confused Haley followed closely behind. That's when she saw Nathan quickly trying to deal with a pan of extremely burned…well, extremely burned something. She wasn't quite sure what he had been cooking.

"Ugh. That smells awful," Nathan said in disgust as he emptied the burned eggs into the sink.

"I can't smell it," Haley said with a sly smile. "If I had taken medicine I would probably have to suffer with you in the stench," she said, starting to laugh even though it may have sounded more like a cough.

After Nathan managed to clean up his breakfast disaster he and Haley decided to spend the day lying on the couch together watching movies. By the end of the day Haley had gone through two boxes of tissues, one was probably from her cold and the other was probably from her tears. Whenever it was her turn to choose the movie, she always chose a chick flick.

By dinnertime Nathan was concerned that Haley hadn't really eaten anything throughout the day, so he offered to make her macaroni and cheese…but she turned it down. Now worried, Nathan reached down and placed the back of his hand to Haley's forehead and as he had expected, she had a fever.

"Haley you need to take something," he pleaded. Nathan thought it was a little ridiculous that Haley would rather be sick than take medicine.

"I don't feel that bad, Nate," she assured him. "I'm just going to go to bed."

Nathan sighed as he watched Haley get up from the couch, still cuddled in the blanket he had put over her a few hours before, and walk into their bedroom.

For the rest of the night the only thing Nathan could do was make sure that Haley was comfortable, which proved to be an extremely difficult task. One second she was hot and sweaty and the next she was freezing cold; however it wasn't until she started throwing up that Nathan finally forced her to take medicine.

The next few days passed and Haley was definitely getting better, she still had a cough but everything else was pretty much back to normal, including her appetite for macaroni and cheese.

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The following weekend Nathan and Lucas had an away basketball game but the girls told them that they couldn't make the game because they already had plans.

Because Brooke's birthday was coming up, Peyton and Haley had promised her a day in a spa, just the three of them. As all girls know, relaxing days at the spa lead to nothing but gossip…and Haley was sure that Nathan would be more than interested in what she had to say.

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A/N: Okay! So that's chapter three, I really hope you guys liked it! Please review if you can or if you have any suggestions/comments. Thanks!

xox,

Bubbles09