A/N: The chapters from now on will be kind of short. My life's getting a little complicated and busy… so yeah. But enjoy and please comment.

Chapter 6:

As they walked around town, they laughed and reminisced about all the memories left from each place. All of a sudden, Nathan stopped and Haley immediately recognized where they were.

"Do you remember this place?" he asked as they sat down on one of the tables. Haley looked to her right, where the outstretched dock lead to the gleaming sea.

"Of course," she said proudly. "I consider this place to be where our first un-official date happened."

"Yeah," he snickered as he remembered. "You made me wake up so early for a tutoring session."

"You needed help and that was the only time I was available. Do you remember what you brought me for breakfast?"

"Yeah, breakfast of champions of course! Coffee and crackerjacks," he said pulling out a crackerjack box from his jacket.

"These things have the best gifts you know?" She joked as she held up her wrist showing the cheap beaded bracelet he gave her before. He laughed surprised she still wore it.

"Here, why don't you open it?" he said nervously handing her the box. She smiled as she eagerly searched for the prize. She smiled even more as she came across a white packet. She ripped it open and out fell a diamond ring. She stopped smiling and looked up at Nathan who was making his way to her side of the table.

"You know that I will always love you right?"

"Yes, but Nathan--."

"Hold on," he said cutting her off and reaching for the ring, sparkling in the sunlight. "Look, something happened recently that made me realize that I can't live my life without you," he said, trying to block the painful memory.

"Nathan—."

"I know it's all of a sudden, but Haley James, will you marry me?"

"Yes!"

"What?" he asked, not expecting such a quick response.

"Yes, Nathan," she said joyously as he slipped the ring on her finger. Nathan then hugged her and swung her around. When he put her down, out of the pure adrenaline from the engagement, Haley suddenly blurted, "I might be pregnant!" She was still smiling, but Nathan's face showed no emotion as he released her and took a step back.

"Nath--." He put his hand up to stop her from talking. His mind was running amok.

"Are you sure?" he slowly managed to get out.

"Well, I don't know for sure yet, but I am a month and a half late," Haley said to a slowly retreating Nathan. "Nathan?" she quivered realizing her mistake.

"I…" he didn't hear her call out his name. All that ran through his mind was he fear of becoming a father. No worse, becoming his father. "I need to think," he said turning away.

"Nathan." she called out again as she watched him slowly break into a trot. He needed to clear his head; he needed go somewhere, anywhere. Haley stood alone on the docks, astounded by what just unfolded in the past minutes. All the emotions, joy, shock, fear, pain and now sadness, she thought as she fiddled with the ring on her finger. Slowly, she slid it off and strung it through a necklace she was wearing. Before solemnly leaving the docks Haley looked out towards the ocean and watched two dragonflies dance on the water's surface. They followed each other with undying persistence, not giving into the breezes that went by. She sighed, wiped a tear and turned for home.