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Through The Days And Nights
Nathan held me close to him as I laid next to him "You know, sometimes I find your goodness staggering. I didn't get to tell you earlier when you were saying what you missed about me, but your kindness is overwhelming, Haley. You saved my life. You're the most patient person I know. And if I haven't said it lately, you're also sexy as hell. That's what I missed. And your laugh, God I love your laugh."
"Tell me a secret."
"Risky, okay...For the past few months I've been pretty freaked out about being a dad, but tonight. I know it's gonna be okay. It's gonna be great actually."
"You are so sexy when you talk like that."
"I'm Nathan Scott, it's just the way I am." He said with a smirk.
"Yeah that's not."
"Oh come on, you love it and you know it." I looked away.
"Okay" I said sitting up more in his arms and facing him.
"I love you Haley James Scott" And thats when I broke down in his arms. "What's wrong Hales?"
"I've just been trying to hold it all together for so long, and I just started thinking what I was going to do if we split up for good. And what would I do, I don't know how I would live without you, how I would go on. I can't wake up every morning without you next to me and I can't imagine it."
"Okay, hey you're okay, c'mere" He pulled me into a long hug
"You don't have to think about that anymore because it's not going to happen. I promise you that."
"Okay" I whispered nodding my head against his chest.
"I remember before the first time you left, we were fighting and I stormed out of the house. I got halfway to the rivercourt before I realized what I said and did, how I treated you...I ran home but by the time I got there you were gone. I am so sorry for that night Haley and all the ones that followed it. Please don't ever leave me again." Nathan whispered as I looked up at him.
"Never ever again, and please don't even shut me out like that again."
"Never." He said looking into my eyes. "It's like a night. The way you look and the way you are. My life. I have job in the NBA. I have you, my wife who is so far out of my league, I hope she never figured it out...Yeah, I want a daughter just like you. I want to look into her eyes and feel my heart break because she reminds me so much of her beautiful, kind, strong mother."
"Mm...What if we have a boy?"
"Then we'll sell him, try again" I laughed "I missed that laugh...Are you feeling okay, baby?"
"I am feeling fine. I feel like me. And I feel like yours. That feels good."
"I love you so much, my beautiful wife."
"Its feels good to hear you call me that again."
"It feels good to say it again."
"You saved me Nate...that day many years ago when we met little did we know what we were getting into but you saved me on that day and every day since."
"Look for the girl with the broken smile, ask her is she wants to stay a while, and she will be loved." I leaned up and kissed him thinking back to that day many years ago when we played the radio game together, we were just two teenagers drunk with love.
"I love you. I'm in love with you. It's nice after all this time."
"It's everything after all this time." He leaned down and kissed me.
Peyton had been curled up on the couch crying when Brooke walked in "Peyt, honey what's wrong?" Brooke quickly rushed to her side.
"He has a girlfriend...he moved on...I have refused to admit it but I can't any longer. I came back for Lucas."
"I know. You've had your 'Lucas Stealing Face' since I picked you up from the airport"
"What 'Lucas Stealing Face'?"
"The only face you've got."
"Well, it doesn't even matter now. He's with Lindsay."
"Honey, Lindsay doesn't stand a chance, trust me. Nothing can stand between you two, she is going to realize being the 'Lindsay' between "Lucas and Peyton" is not a great place to be."
"Yeah, neither is the place I'm at."
"Are you kidding? You're Peyton Sawyer. The guy wrote a whole book about how much he loves you."
"You think he still does?"
"Feelings like that just don't go away. It has always been Lucas and Peyton. You guys are meant to be together. It's the way it's supposed to be."
"How did you know that he wrote a book on me?"
"Haley gave me the cliff notes on it"
"Oh and don't go around saying about him proposing, you and Haley are the only ones who know"
Peyton walked into her room and pulled it out of her purse. Her hand softly ran across the top. She layed down her bed and opened the book.
Lucas walked back home and sat at his desk. Lindsay wouldn't fly in until the next day. He opened up a document and stared at the blank page in front of him. He had done this many times before, nearly every night for the past year to be exact. He had the words in his head but they just wouldn't come out...they never did.
"Brooke are you home?" Julian called walking into the house with Juliet at his side.
"Yeah, I'm in here." Brooke walked out of the laundry room.
"Hey there cutie" She bent down to hug Juliet. "Did you and Daddy have a fun time today?" She nodded before running off as Brooke and Julian chuckled.
"We went to the park and then to the zoo."
"That sounds like fun, she loves it there"
"Listen Brooke I was thinking...maybe you and Juliet could come with me and work things out."
"I can't do that Julian, we have tried it before, we can't just take her away from her home for five months, and I can't leave the company either. It would just make things worse, plus I don't want her living somewhere where the paparazzi will follow us everywhere. And is Alex going to be there?"
"Brooke she is my PA of course she will be."
"Than its a definite no I cannot be around her for that long, and I would rather not have her around Juliet."
"Why?"
"You left Alex alone with Juliet for fifteen minutes once when you were doing something for the movie and when Juliet came home she was asking me about sex, drugs, drinking, and partying. I would rather Alex not have an influence on her."
"But you know that I talked to Alex about that."
Brooke stayed quiet for a minute "So I guess you have to be getting back to L.A."
"Yeah, we're prepping the movie. I was just able to get off for a little bit to visit you when you got back from New York."
"You know, I haven't even asked what it's about."
"You know: boy meets girl, boy loses girl. Anyway, it was great getting to spend time with you Brooke, even given the circumstances. I will be by tomorrow morning to say goodbye to Jules then."
"I have a meeting at C over B so Millie will probably be watching her out in the front of the store."
"Oh well I guess this will be goodbye for us then." Brooke looked up at Julian before hugging him.
"Hey don't get sad I will see you soon okay" Julian whispered in her hair.
"Mhmm" She whispered as he pulled away, looked out her, then stepped out the door.
"Mmmm" I groaned the next morning when I woke up. I rolled over to be laying right on Nathan chest as our faces were inches apart.
He opened his eyes slowly "I was hoping last night wasn't a dream."
"It wasn't" I whispered kissing him.
"Good Morning"
"Good Morning"
"I need to be tutored, I think I'm failing marriage." He said.
"You try sleeping with the teacher?"
"I did."
"Well I think it moved you from a F to a D"
"A D Hales? Are you sure about that?"
I nodded, biting my lip. "We'll see about that" He moved his hands down to my stomach and started tickling me.
"Nathan...please stooooppp...Nat...I'm going to pee myself."
"Do you have anything to say to me."
"You got...got an A"
"Good" He said stopping
I quickly got up "I have to pee."
"Alright, I'm going to go make some coffee."
"Knock knock" Lucas said walking into C over B
Brooke walked out from around the corner "Luke" She went over and hugged him.
"Brooke"
"I have been expecting you"
"How did you know I was back"
"Peyton is living with me."
"Oh.
"So you have a new girlfriend?"
"I think you would love her Brooke, the first time I met her she was wearing something C over B"
"Oh I think I would like her then" Brooke said as Lucas chuckled. Brooke closed up the shop before they walked to the cafe and sat around for a few hours catching up.
Peyton had stayed up till three am that night reading the book...and then reading it again. Then next morning she went to Tric and opened the storage room, cleared off a table before sitting on it. She started sketching, first she drew what happened last night between her and Lucas to add to the box, and then the book. She looked around her possible office and it was like lightning struck. 'Red Bedroom Records' She started drawing the possible logo and was nearly done when Lucas walked in.
"Karen told me she was letting you have this rent free as long as it became your office...I really think you should do this."
"Luke"
"I was talking to Brooke this last night and she told me she was going to invest so I don't think you have any more excuses."
"You know that four years ago I would have jumped at this."
"But what? It doesn't seem so cut-and-dry any more? Cause it's not. I wrote a novel and I can't write a second one. I know what you are feeling. It's life. So, you couldn't change the world from Los Angeles. Change it here. I know you can do it, and so do you. Just think about it." He then walked closer and looked at the label for the company sketch. "And this...would be perfect. I really believe in this Peyton and I know that you can do it, I just hope you start to have a little faith in yourself. Go for your dreams Peyt, and don't look back." Then Lucas walked out of the room, leaving Peyton in tears again.
But this time she was going to do something about it, she ran out to her car and grabbed her paints. She then painted the logo on the wall. "I am going to do this. I can do this" She whispered to herself with a faint smile.
Peyton walked down the street heading to her office. She saw Lucas book in the window of a store. Wanting to pay for one of his books at least she walked in and picked up the hardback novel, then she saw a smaller version and bought that too. As she continued down the street she saw the competition book store was having a sale on the book, she had been ripped off. Peyton walked in and bought two more copies, and the audio cd. Then she saw the poster signs and bought two, one to hang in her office and one for her room.
I walked down the stairs and turned the corner slowly "So what does the baby want for breakfast?" He yelled out before turning around to face me "What's wrong Hales?"
"What...what is this Nathan?" I held the trash can from the bathroom in my hands, there were ashes in the bottom, ripped up photos and many photo with my head cut out of them. "Is this why you had to clean the house? To get rid of stuff like this...so I didn't think you hate me when you actually do?"
"Woah woah woah" He said taking the trash can out of my hands, placing it on the ground then putting his hands on both of my arms. "I don't hate you Haley. I could never, ever hate you. I love you so much that it hurts when we are apart. That stuff...it means nothing you have to believe me. I was hurt, and drunk, and bitter...and at that time I wasn't all that thrilled with you. But you have to believe me when I say it means nothing and I didn't mean any of it. Please."
I nodded before hugging him and letting a few tears fall.
"I know I screwed up Nate, and I'm so sorry."
"Look at me, you followed your dreams, your passion and I could never be angry at you for that."
"But I hurt you in the process and I don't know how I could just leave. Nathan, when I look back at the tour I'm not like proud of it because I know you weren't proud of me."
"Is that what you think? That I wasn't proud of you?" He asked as I nodded "I'll show you something it's in the coat closet." He walked off and I went in the kitchen to pour two bowls of cereal.
He walked back out with a box. "I was hurt Haley. But I was proud of you. Everyday." He handed me the box. I opened it to find newspaper articles about me and the tour, there were hundreds of them. I leaned up and kissed him. "I know that it's going to take a lot to fix us but where are we, I mean do you want me to go stay at Brooke's for a little bit, or stay here but not in the same room. I don't want to rush things if you're not ready." I said as he lifted my chin so I was looking in his eyes.
"Hey...I want to be with you...we have wasted enough time already, now if you need time I will understand but we need to be together, in the same house...sleeping in the same bed. Now last night things moved quickly, and I don't regret a thing but we need to work on things...us. Its going to take time for us to get back to where we were but we will eventually."
"How can you be so sure?"
"Because I love you with everything inside of me and I cannot be without you. That is how I know"
"I love you so much Nathan"
"I love you too"