Author's note: Thanks for the reviews once again everyone. Hope you like this chapter.
"Skills! Where are you taking me?!" Haley said, trying to fight back and return to Nathan and Ryan.
"Dude...leave Nathan alone with Ryan. They need to sort things out."
"No! If I leave them together, they'll beat each other up...I'm not letting that happen." Haley rushed back to the mall. But when Haley got back, all she could see was Nathan walking away and Ryan looking as if he was about to cry. Ryan looked up at Haley and walked away.
"Nathan? What happened?" Haley looked confused.
"Not now Haley...I'll talk to you later." Nathan just walked away.
Jake was at the river court talking to Skills. Jake was planning on asking Peyton to be his wife. Peytn has been such a good mom to Jenny these past years. Peyton and Jenny are his favourite girls and the get on so well that he wants to make it official. Jake was telling Skills about the proposal and how it was going to happen but then Nathan came and Skills weren't listening to Jake no more.
"Yo Nate, what happened? Did you beat the hell out of the guy?" Skills said with a smile on his face.
"What guy? What's happened?" Poor Jake, no one told him about the Naley situation yet. Nathan ignored Jake for the moment and went back to Skills.
"No I didn't" He said but before he could carry on, Skills butted in.
"Dude!! Why not?!"
"Skills, you didn't let me finish." Nathan said laughing. "He told me why, he told me why he slapped and called her." Nathan carried on telling Skills about what Ryan said and there was Jake. Just sitting on the bleachers next to Skills and not understanding what's happening.
After Nathan finished telling Skills what Ryan said, Jake shouted. "Can someone please tell me what's going on!" Skills and Nathan laughed and Skills patted him on the back.
"In a minute man." Skills said with a smirk on his face. "Yo Nate. I now understand why you didn't beat that skinny ass up." Everyone laughed then, even Jake.
Nathan turned to Jake. "So...you wanna know what's up then?" He said and sat next to Jake on the bleachers.
Lucas, Brooke and Peyton were hanging out at Haley's apartment when there was a knock on the door.
"Nathan, Jake. Come in." Haley said.
They both came in and sat down. Jake was next to Peyton, Lucas was next to Brooke and Nathan. He just stood there not knowing where to sit. He friends just laughed at him.
"Nathan. Just sit down." Brooke said giggling. Nathan had no other choice but to sit next to Haley. Everyone was watching him and Haley.
"What? Quit staring at me." Everyone laughed again.
Jake laughed. "I was thinking, how about all 6 of us go dinner tonight, to welcome Nathan back?"
"Yeah, that sounds great." said Peyton, giving Jake a kiss. Perfect timing to ask her to marry me. Jake thought to himself.
"Oh great..." Nathan said with a disappointed face.
"What? You don't want to have dinner with us?" said Brooke.
"No, I do. I just forgot to go see Dan. I've been here for a week and I haven't even thought about Dan yet."
"Woah...great son you are!" Brooke joked and started laughing. "Nathan, go see him in the morning then...duhhh!" Brooke laughed again and Lucas giggled and kissed her.
"Wow guys. Where did you find this restaurant?" Nathan asked.
"Its new." Haley said giggling. Nathan came and sat down next to Haley and Haley smiled inside.
When everyone was settled down, Jake cleared his voice and everyone looked at him. "Erm...I've got something to say everyone." He turned to Peyton and went down on one knee. "Peyton, I love you. Will you marry me?" Everyone turned to Peyton.
"Yes! I would love too!" Peyton said, shocked but happy. She kissed Jake and everyone was clapping. Everyone started to talked about weddings.
"Hey Brooke, Lucas. How come you 2 aren't married yet?" He said looking up to them.
"Well. We never got back together until 3 years ago, we've been going on and off but now we've been together for 9 months now so it should turn out great!" Brooke said laughing and kissing Lucas.
They all had a wonderful dinner together but the night was coming to an end. Brooke got in the car with Lucas and Peyton with her new fiancee. Haley didnt have a car so she decided to walk.
"Haley...get in." Nathan said, holding the car door out for Haley. Haley smiled and got in. The car ride was silent until Haley started talking.
"Nathan...what happened this morning with Ryan. You said you would tell me later." Haley asked, hoping he would tell her.
"Haley..." His voice drifted away. She has a right to know, Nathan thought to himself. "He said he finished his girlfriend because you agreed on the date. But then I turned up and it went all wrong. He said you always turned him down cos you sed you always loved someone else and he thought you were with another guy. Haley...was that other guy...me?" He looked her in the eye.
"Nathan, of course it's you. I still love you Nathan...after all these years." The rest of the car ride was silent. Nathan reached Haley's apartment.
"Thanks for the lift Nathan."
"No problem." He said with a smile.
"I love you Nathan Scott." Haley reached over and kissed him on the lips. When the pulled away, Haley just realised what she's done. "I'm sorry." She looked down and got out of the car.
When she was out of sight, Nathan smiled to himself and whispered, "I love you too Haley James Scott."
Hope you like this chapter. Please review. I dunno how long this story is going to be...anyway, I'll try and update soon as possible.