Alright I'm back! Sorry for the wait! There is a scene in this that is basically in the show but paraphrased because I couldn't remember it all lol. I also have posted the prologue to my next story so check it out please!
Disclaimer: I don't own One Tree Hill
Haley was restless in bed, tossing and turning. She was having dreams about Chris, his voice, him haunting her. It was traumatizing.
She woke up in a cold sweat, and upon seeing that it was dark in the room and she was alone, she started crying.
Getting out of bed in a hurry, she ran into the main room of the apartment, only to find all her friends gathered on the couch.
When he saw Haley enter the room, Nathan stood up and began walking towards her. She ran the last couple of steps, throwing her arms around him. He guided her to the couch where she curled into his side.
After a few moments of silence only filled with Haley's sobs, she sat up abruptly and wiped her eyes.
"God, I am so sick of crying. I'm so sick of being scared!"
"Maybe you should see someone, like a therapist," Brooke suggested.
"I'll even come with you," Nathan added.
After thinking about it, Haley agreed that it was the best idea for her.
"I have someone who can help. I saw her after my mom died and she's great," Peyton helped. "I can call her to see you."
Haley was apprehensive. She always saw the best in people, but Peyton really let her down. "And why should I trust you?"
Peyton sighed. She knew she had betrayed Haley's trust. "Because I'm sorry and I want to regain your trust, all of you guys' trust. I've been an awful friend and I need to make up for that."
Haley stared at her for a couple of seconds before nodding and resting her head on Nathan's chest.
"Talking short term, we really need to discuss what we are going to do for the dress up party at Tric!" Brooke exclaimed, clearly thrilled about the new topic.
"Why is there a dress up party now when Halloween is two months away?" Lucas questioned.
"Because Halloween is two months away and I'm impatient," Brooke said is a 'duh' tone.
Everyone laughed. "I love you Brooke Davis," Haley giggled.
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"Haley, I look ridiculous! I'm not coming out."
"Well if you don't come out, I'm coming in! 5..4..3..2..1"
Lucas and Haley were costume shopping together for the masquerade that night, and as Haley counted down, Lucas stepped out in a cave man costume.
Trying to stifle her laughs, Haley choked out, "I bet Brooke will love it."
"I look ridiculous; I'm trying something else."
Five minutes later Lucas came out as Jack Sparrow from Pirates in the Caribbean.
"Hot!" Haley exclaimed while nodding her head in approval, but quickly retracted her words when she saw her best friend raise is eyebrow in question. "Not like that, I mean I wasn't looking… Ugh."
Lucas laughed at her attempted explanation. "Speaking of hot, I saw a belly dancer costume over there for you. Nathan won't know what hit him."
Haley sighed, "Yeah, well Brooke is insisting that I be Sandy from Grease because it's the classic 'Get My Man Back' outfit, but let's face it, when has Nathan ever seen Grease?"
"Just try on the costume here and if you like it, then tell Brooke that you're going a different way with your outfit. And coming from Nathan's brother, I'm pretty sure he'd rather see your skin than you clad in a leather cat suit. As your best friend, I say you go as an Eskimo and show nothing at all."
After a second, the petite blonde agreed. "I'm trying it on."
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"Brooke?" Haley called as she entered the apartment.
"In here!" Stepping into the main room, Haley came across a mess of fabric and glitter, with her roommate sitting on top of it all. "Ready to see your costume?! I have the wig and the suit all set up!"
"About that… Brooke I got another costume… please don't hurt me."
Brooke looked at her roommate stunned. "I'm sorry what? Why? Sandy is perfect for you, all covered up but sexy as hell! Why would you want to be something else?"
"Well, I'm going out of my comfort zone tonight. Girls like Rachel are trying to get Nathan's attention, and I want his eyes only on me."
"Damn Tutor Girl, it's about time you started fighting fire with fire!"
Haley smiled nervously, she only hoped she could keep up with everyone else tonight.
The shrill of the phone ringing broke Haley from her thoughts. She answered it and brought the receiver to her face.
"Hello, this is Haley."
There was no one on the other end.
"Hello?"
Only deep breathing came through the phone.
"Hello? Is this some kind of prank call because I'm hanging up."
And with that, she put down the phone.
"Who was that?" Brooke called from her position on the floor.
"I don't know, there was only heavy breathing on the other end. Probably Rachel up to another one of her tricks."
"Well," Brooke started, "We can always make sure. Don't forget that we have eyes on the inside now."
With that, the brunette whipped out her cell and texted her friend.
Brooke: Hey P. Sawyer, know anything about Rachel calling the apartment and breathing into the receiver.
Peyton: She called me over, I'm with her now and she hasn't done anything like that…
Brooke: Oh.. Okay, well let us know what the slut is up too.
"It wasn't Rachel."
Haley sighed, no big deal, right? "No worries, it's probably just some punk prank calling us."
Both girls were worried on the inside, despite their nonchalant behavior about it. But despite their worries, they began to get ready for the party.
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Lights beamed across the dance floor and dozens of teens clad in costumes danced together. Standing at the bar stood two brothers, one dressed as a pirate, and the other, reluctantly, as Aladdin.
"Why did you tell me to be a Disney prince again? I look stupid!" Nathan raged for the seventh time that night.
Lucas rolled his eyes. "First of all, not to inflate your ego, but judging by the number girls looking at you lustfully, I doubt you look stupid. And second, trust me you will be satisfied soon."
After a few minutes, three girls walked into the boys' sights. Lucas smirked over at his brother, hoping to gage his reaction.
Nathan put his drink down and looked up to find Haley walking towards him. And boy was it a sight to be seen. She was wearing a turquoise bra top that went off the shoulders and showed off a considerable amount of cleavage, and mesh pants that were see though, completely showing the turquoise spandex that kept from showing everything. Hanging from her bellybutton was gold jewelry and her cascading straight hair only covered up her large gold hoops just barely.
Nathan's jaw dropped. He didn't know what was stronger, the urge to jump her right there or to whisk her out of the view of all the guys entranced as she passed by.
Haley didn't know what to think of Nathan's reaction. Clearly he was shocked, but other than that she couldn't tell. Waiting for his reaction, she looked him once over and was pleased with how the open vest on his chest revealed his chiseled abs.
"So, what do you think?" Haley finally asked, wanting to gage his thoughts.
"Wo-ow… I, um, wow…"
"Is wow a good thing?" Haley giggled.
Nathan took a step forward towards her so he could grab her by her bare waist. "Definitely a good thing," he whispered in her ear.
Haley shivered at his breath so close to her face, but the moment was interrupted when Rachel approached the duo in a blonde wig and a much too tight red dress, an attempt at Pamela Anderson.
"Hey Nathan, wanna dance?"
Haley couldn't believe the audacity of the girl. Asking her husband to dance when she, his wife was standing right in front of him? She looked over at Nathan expecting to see him looking disgusted, but was shocked and even a little hurt when she saw him smirking at Rachel.
"Now why would I do that when I have my own personal belly dancer right here," he said as he pulled Haley back into his chest, his fingers grazing the gold jewelry on her stomach. "So, Princess Jasmine, may I have this dance?"
Haley giggled and pressed her hands against Nathan's firm chest. "Why of course Mr. Aladdin!"
And with that, the couple took to the dance floor, leaving an irritated Rachel behind.
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Brooke leaned against the bar next to Lucas and Peyton. "Ya know, those two were made for each other," she said as they all watched Nathan whispering something sweet into Haley's ear and Haley laughing at what ever he said.
"They look so happy," Peyton remarked. Lucas and Brooke looked at her kind of smugly. "Yes, yes I know, I was trying to keep them apart but now I'm not, okay?" she remarked laughing.
The trio looked back to the dance floor, but the couple was missing.
"Where did they go?"
"Nathan, where are we going?" Haley laughed as her husband pulled her through one of Tric's hallways.
Not saying anything, Nathan brought them to a door and pulled them in. "May I interest you in a magic carpet ride, Princess?" He asking jokingly, pointing to the fancy carpet on the ground.
"Why of course," she giggled.
Instead of sitting on the couch, Nathan pulled her to the couch, where she sat on his lap. He tucked her hair behind her ear, and caressed her face.
"How did we get here?" he whispered.
Curiously, she looked into his eyes. "What do you mean?"
Nathan sighed. "Less than a week ago, we were so far from who we used to be, and now we are sitting here on this couch, and I honestly can't think of why I was mad in the first place. And I'm scared to get hurt again."
Haley grabbed his face. "You were mad because I left you to pursue music. I thought like a teenager for the first time in my life," they both laughed softly, "I acted selfishly, and I told you we rushed into marriage. And I was wrong."
"You might have been wrong about some of the things you said, but you weren't wrong to pursue music. I was wrong to give you an ultimatium. It never should have been either or. I gave you an ultimatum and I lived with the consequences." Nathan said.
Closing her eyes, Haley rested her forehead on Nathan's. "The night I left the tour, we were playing at some bar in Illinois, and Chris sang a cover of "Missing You" and everyone was singing along and they flipped on the house lights and I could see all 3000 people. And I just broke down. Couldn't sing, couldn't play. I just cried in front of a whole stadium because I realized that none of them were you. No one could fill the void I had in my heart for you and no one ever will. Because, you Nathan Scott, are the love of my life and I do love you so."
Nathan sat there soaking in everything she said, and for the first time since he left for camp, he leaned in and kissed her. It was gentle and sweet, but sparks were flying between the two. It began to get more passionate, more intense. He was soon slipping his tongue in her mouth. His hands fell to her bare waist, pushing her in and out to begin to create friction while her hands nestled in his hair.
"That was hot," Brooke said, standing in the doorway, unknowingly to the couple, and having seen the make out. They broke apart hastily, but remained seated. "Which reminds me. Tutor Girl, Lucas and I are heading out, I think it's gonna be a black scrunchie." And with that, she left the room.
Haley and Nathan turned to look at each other, and Nathan said,
"Looks like you're spending the night."
PLEASE REVIEW! Also, I changed a lot of the ending because Nathan and Haley had to talk things out, the other version just moved way too fast and I honestly hated it.