Chapter 10

They hadn't told Brian the truth yet. Haley said that she was waiting for the right time to tell her son but she had promised Nathan that it was going to be soon. Nathan liked Brian. They played playstation and basktball sometimes, but Nathan wanted to go to Haley's apartment as her boyfriend. It was hard for him to go there and not being able kiss her.

He wondered if Jack was right, if Brian wouldn't take the news very well, but for now he wouldn't like to worry about that. He just wanted to enjoy being with Haley again. He missed her so much.

He knew they had changed since high school. They grew up. But somehow, it felt the same, it felt familiar. They had been apart for so many years that he was a little scared that things would be different, and not in a good way.

"Hey Nathan." She greeted him with a bright smile.

"Hey Hales." Nathan leaned down to kiss her. He just couldn't help it.

"How long have you been waiting for me?" She asked sitting on the chair opposite to him.

"Not much." The truth was that he wasn't sure. He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't know how long he had been there waiting for her.

"I'm sorry. My boss was being such a pain, well, that's because Rachel was telling things to him and he is really a fool to believe in her but thankfully Kristen helped me with the papers and I was able to come here right in time." Haley said and Nathan just looked at her amused. He missed her babbling, sometimes he would tease her about it and sometimes he would stop her with a kiss.

"And how'd been your day so far?" She asked.

"It's been okay." He shrugged, he had something else in his mind.

"Haley, and when are we gonna tell Brian that we're together? It's been almost two weeks. I know it doesn't seem too long but I just want him to know the truth."

"I know." Haley sighed. "I was thinking about telling him this weekend."

"I wanna be there." Nathan told her.

"Of course. I'll call you." She nodded in agreement.

"Great."

"Can we order now? I'm so hungry." Haley stated as she grabbed the menu.

"Sure." Nathan chuckled.

Nathan went to Haley's apartment as soon as possible. He was happy that Haley had decided to talk to Brian sooner than later, he really didn't wanna to keep their relationship as a secret any longer.

He arrived on her floor and gave a light knock on the door, he knew Haley would be in the living room waiting for him. Haley opened the door and found Nathan standing outside.

"Hey."

"Hey you."

"Where's Brian?" Nathan asked her.

"He's at his room. I'm gonna talk to him first, okay? And then I'll call you."

"Okay." He agreed. Nathan didn't like to wait but he knew that was the best way. Haley was good with words.

Haley entered Brian's room and found her son sitting on his bed reading a book. She coudln't deny she was a little nervous.

"Hey there Brian." She wanted to roll her eyes at the sound of her voice. She didn't feel nervous even when she told her parents she started dating Nathan in high school.

"Hi mom. What's up?" He replied, still looking down.

"Can I talk to you?"

"Sure." He said as he closed the book and put on his nightstand.

Haley walked closer to Brian and sat on the bed next to him.

"Honey, you know how you always said that I should go out more and date someone?"

"Yes, I know." Brian confirmed.

"I'm seeing someone." Haley blurted out before she continued. "It's Nathan."

"I know that." Her son stated calmly.

"You know what?" She asked confused.

"That there was something going on between you two."

"How?" Haley asked again, still confused. They had been so careful with they relatioship. How could Brian know? Haley thought.

"The way you two looked at each other." Brian answered. Haley was taken aback for a moment. She didn't think they were so obvious.

"Look honey, this is quite recent and I just didn't say anything to you right from the beginning because I didn't really know how to tell you since I never really date." She told him honestly.

"I know mom. And I prefered to wait for you to talk to me. I didn't want to make you feel like I was pressuring you." He confessed. He knew something was going on between her mom and Nathan but Brian didn't want to interfere or play the match maker.

"So are you okay with me dating Nathan?"

"Of course. I just want you to be happy."

"Oh sweetie, you're the best son in the world." She said as she hugged him tightly and started kissing all over his face like he was a little baby. She felt relieved. Brian was the most important person in the world for her, his opinion mattered to her. Haley felt lucky yo have a son so understanding.

Haley stopped kissing him when she remembered that Nathan was in the room waiting to talk to Brian.

"Can I tell Nathan that he can come in here? He's waiting in the living room. He wants to talk to you too."

"Okay." He nodded.

"Okay then. Love ya." She kissed his cheeck.

"Love you too, mom."

Haley went to the living room and found Nathan sitting on the couch shaking his legs. He looked a little bit aggited.

"Nathan." She called his name which startled him.

"Did you talk to him?"

"Yes, I told him."

"And how did he take?"

"Just fine."

"Can I talk to him now?"

"Yeah, you can go."

"Okay." He got up and went to her direction, he gave her a quick kiss before going to Brian's room.

"Hey Brian. Can I come in?" He asked.

"Hey Nathan. Yeah, come in."

"Haley told me that she talked to you." Nathan trailed off.

"Yep." Brian confirmed shortly.

"Look Brian, I just wanna tell you that I was not using you. I hope we can still be friends." While Nathan wanted to be with Haley, he also enjoyed Brian's company and liked him. He didn't know the boy was Haley's son when he first met Brian.

"I know that Nathan. All I want is my mom to be happy." Brian reapeted what he had said to her mom before, which it was true. Brian thought it'd be selfish of him to complicate things. Haley had always been supportive and he should do the same for her.

"And all I want is to make her happy." Nathan assured the boy.

"Good to know." Brian smiled.

"Can we all go out and eat some pizza?" Nathan suggested.

"That sounds great. I'm really hungry." Nathan chuckled at the boy's response, just like his mother Nathan thought.

"Come on then, let's go talk to your mom."

The three of them went out to eat pizza. Nathan was relieved that everything went well, better than he expected. A few months ago Nathan felt lonely, but things had changed since Haley got back into his life with the addition of Brian. They showed him how the simpliest things in life that trully mattered.

The only thing that he hoped was that things would stay like that.

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