A/N: HEY, HEY, HEY!
GUESS WHAT...I UPDATED BEFORE I THOUGHT I WOULD. I GO BACK TO SCHOOL ON..MONDAY AND THAT MEANS LESS TIME FOR WRITING, YET AGAIN. BUT...GOOD NEWS, THOUGH. IT WILL BE HAPPENING. NOT ANOTHER MONTH, I PROMISE. I WILL BE UPDATING WITHIN THE NEXT 2 WEEKS. BUT, I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THIS STORY IS HEADED, AND I THINK THERE WILL BE AROUND 4 OR 5 MORE CHAPTERS AFTER THIS. AND PLEASE KEEP REVIEWING. THIS MEANS A LOT THE AMOUNT OF REVIEWS I'VE BEEN GETTING...SO KEEP REVIEWING, AND I'LL KEEP UPDATING.
Chapter 8: You Always Want What You Can't Have
10 Years Ago…
"…K-I-S-S-I-N-G. FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MARRIAGE, THEN COMES THE BABY IN THE BABY CARRIAGE…"
"Mature Hales, real mature," Lucas said, laughing at his best friend.
"I knew it! I knew you liked her!" Haley screamed.
"Why the hell are you screaming, Haley?" Lucas asked.
" 'Cause…she deserves to know," Haley said.
"You gonna ask her out?"
Lucas nodded, "Yeah….You know what, I am."
Nathan walked up to Haley, laughing as she giggled amusedly watching Lucas walk over to Brooke.
"What are you on?" Nathan said walking over to Haley.
"Lucas is going to ask Brooke out!" Haley said jumping on Nathan excitedly.
Nathan caught her, laughing before putting her down, "And why are we so excited…"
"Because it's so obvious they like each other," Haley said.
Nathan looked at Haley, before turning to walk away.
"What's your problem?" Haley said grabbing his arm and turning him around.
"Nothing," Nathan said grabbing himself away form her.
"Natha-" Haley said.
"You sure Peyton's okay with them dating?"
Present Time…
All of a sudden, Nicole ran back into the room, obviously to annoy her aunt and mother, "AND HERE I AM: NICOLE SCOTT!"
Haley's eyes immediately shut as Nathan's face paled.
The whole room fell silent.
Brooke looked to Haley, who closed her eyes shaking her head, "Nicole!" Brooke reprimanded.
"What?" Nicole said.
"Go to your room, now," Haley told her daughter.
Nicole stomped off to her room and Haley fell to the couch with her head in her hands.
Lucas, Jake and Peyton's mouth dropped while Nathan's gaze fell to Haley.
"7 years….Scott?" Nathan said to Haley, "She's mine?"
Haley opened her mouth to speak, but Nathan didn't give her the chance, "How the hell are you gonna defend yourself Haley? Blame it on Peyton?"
"Wha-?" Haley started.
"When did you find out you were pregnant, Haley?" Nathan asked.
"The night before I stuck the note in your locker," Haley said before pausing, "I sent it to you and I was going to tell you I was pregnant!"
"Oh wow, you're going to blame this all on a note. I NEVER GOT A NOTE, HALEY!" Nathan argued.
"I put it in all of your lockers, so don't even pretend that you didn't, Nathan Scott," Haley yelled.
"You seriously think that if I got a note from you, I wouldn't go and talk to you, Haley. I was in love with you. Hell, I'm still in love with you. Think about this. You put a note in my locker and I don't go? Does that make absolutely any sense to you?" Nathan said, "You know what, I'm out of here."
7 ½ Years Ago…
"Wondering the streets, in a world underneath it all,
Nothing seems to be, nothing tastes as sweet
As what I can't have
Like you and the way that you're twisting your hair
round your…linger…fingerrr
Tonight I'm not afraid to tell you
What I feel about you.
Oh, and thennn…I'm gonna muster every ounce of confidence I have
and cannon ball into the blueoceann
I'm gonna muster every ounce of confidence I have
For you I will
For you I will," Nathan drunkenly sung outside of Haley's window.
Haley ran to the window, opening it, "Nathan?"
"I need to talk to you," Nathan said, going to climb the tree by Haley's window.
"I'll come down to get you, you're definitely not climbing this tree, drunk off your ass"
Haley opened the door and Nathan walked in and started hugging Haley.
"Nathan, what's wrong? What happened?" Haley asked extremely worried about her friend who never drank.
"Haley?" Lydia James asked coming down stairs to see her daughter and a very drunk Nathan in the hallway.
"Mrs. JAMES!" Nathan screamed.
"Hey, Nathan," Lydia acknowledged her daughter's friend.
"Haley," Nathan said, "Don't tell your mom I'm drunk."
Haley just looked and Nathan and pulled her mother into another room, "Mom..he's never like this."
"I know…What happened?" Lydia asked her daughter.
"I have no clue, I'm just going to take him upstairs and let him spend the night. I'll keep him down," Haley promised.
"Okay…Take care of him, Hales."
"Okay," Haley nodded, before walking back into the living room where Nathan was lying on the floor.
"Nathan, get up, come on," Haley said pestering her friend to try and get him up.
"I'm up, I'm up," Nathan said.
"Let's go," Haley said pulling Nathan up to her room.
After much convincing from Haley, Nathan changed into his clothes he kept at Haley's, and was currently in Haley's bed, continuing his singing.
"Nathan!" Haley harshly whispered.
"What?" Nathan asked Haley.
"Nate, you know I don't mind when you come here in the middle of the night, but I do mind when you come here drunk off your ass, while your usually not one to drink that much," Haley said. "Is it Rachel?"
Nathan sighed at the thought of his girl-friend, "Haley! I don't even like her!"
Haley rolled her eyes, "Then why have you been dating her for the past month?"
"Because!" Nathan yelled, "I needed to get you jealous."
"Jealous?" Haley repeated.
"You're dating Jake, Haley," Nathan said sadly looking at her.
"Are you not okay with that, Nate?" Haley asked, realizing the truth of Nathan will only come out while drunk.
"No, Haley. I only told you I was because I want you to be happy," Nathan told her.
"What if I told you I was happy?" Haley questioned.
"I'd tell you that you were lying," Nathan whispered.
The Next day…
Jake asked Haley, "You called?"
Haley nodded, "Yeah."
"What's up?" Jake asked.
"It's not working anymore, Jake," Haley said sadly.
Jake nodded, "It's Nathan, you're in love with him."
Haley nodded slowly, "But…you know, as much as he pretends it is, he's not okay with this."
"And what are you going to tell him?" Jake asked, "When he asks you what happened"
"That you thought I was in love with him," Haley said.
"Because that's not a lie."
