Think About Me

by ilovenaley

NH AU – Nathan and Haley have been meeting for the past two months, believing that they are strangers to each other, but not realising that their worlds are more tangled than they might think...

10. Chapter 10

AN – Thanks so much for the reviews guys! I love every single one of you for taking the time to leave them, you have no idea how happy it makes me to see how much you guys like this story... I responded to the ones that I could... but to those of you who don't have accounts... Sara345 (I'm so pleased that you are enjoying this and thanks for reading), Mel (I hope that you like this chapter, I think this is what you have been waiting for!), Lotti190 (Thanks so much for you lovely comments, glad you like the story), tscute4u (read on to find out what happens), Shelley (you're right... I don't think it is going to be easy either..!), Maria (Haley has chosen Nathan, I'm glad you were happy about that!) and Jess (I can't remember if I responded to you or not through your account, but I'm glad you are enjoying this story too!).

I think some of you are wondering how long this story is going to be... and I wanted to just let you know that like Kiss the Rain (my other story)... I have no idea. I have an outline, which is long, and therefore that together with my incessant rambling in each chapter, well it's likely that this story too will be long! Sorry I can't give you guys a proper estimate..!

Okay guys and with the thank yous out of the way... on with this chapter! Apologies for how long this chapter took me to get out – I think you will understand why when you see just how long it is... Honestly, this should have probably been two chapters but I didn't want to cut it off really, and plus I said a while back that this would happen in chapter ten... and chapter ten it is. Now I know you all have your theories about what was going to happen... who was going to be involved... how much was going to be revealed... and well, I have said this all along with the previous chapters posted, that I had planned this chapter out as soon as I thought of the plot to this story. Maybe this was the way that you saw it happening, maybe it wasn't but either way, I hope you enjoy it.

I do want to warn you guys right now... this is long, the longest chapter I have ever written (and my usual chapters are long so you can only imagine how long this one is (18,504 words no less according to the word count thingy on this site!)), and so I advise you to grab a drink (preferably some wine if you are old enough to drink it... and it's not 7am in the morning!), some food, and possibly warn whoever that you live with that you may be AWOL for a while..!

Please read the AN at the end of this chapter too... I have some bits of information that I want to give all you guys. Other than that... enjoy! x

Chapter Ten

Nathan pulled away from Haley's kiss reluctantly, as soon as the need to breathe became far too much for him to take. He rested his head against her forehead and glanced down at his watch just as his hand came up to softly caress her cheek. He sighed when he saw the time, knowing for a fact that both he and Haley needed to get to work, but he couldn't bring himself to care all that much about work, the business, his company. None of that mattered to him now, all that mattered was the fact that Haley had just told him that she wanted to be with him, she got to be his, and he finally got a hold of the one thing that he had wanted ever since the first day that he had noticed her when she had walked into this very coffee shop, and now that he had her, he wasn't going to let her go, ever. He couldn't keep the smile off his face, despite his sighing at the time, and he didn't care if he looked like a crazed lunatic, he was absolutely ecstatic, he wanted to tell anyone and everyone that would listen to him that the most amazingly beautiful woman in the world had just said that she wanted to be with him properly, no boyfriend in the picture at all. He closed his eyes as his hand continued to caress her face and as he opened his eyes; he looked down to Haley's mouth and saw that she too had a huge grin on her face. He chuckled happily at the sight and leant down to capture her lips with his, peppering her with light kisses, unable to get enough of her; he knew that he would never get enough of her. "Thank you Hales." He whispered before continuing to kiss her again and again.

Haley smiled as she felt his lips connect with hers again, so relieved that he had said that he had been waiting for her to say that she wanted to be with him, and then he had said the most amazing thing that she had ever heard in her life, he had said that he was falling for her. This gorgeous man sitting in front of her had told her that he was falling for her. She was on cloud nine. She never imagined that he would ever say anything like that to her, not when she had effectively been with Tom while she had been with him, not when she had already been in a relationship, and actually, at this point in time, she still was! But the truth was that she was falling for Nathan too. He really was the most amazing guy that she had ever met and Tom really didn't stand a chance, not when what she was already feeling for Nathan was stronger than anything she had ever felt for Tom. Not with the way that he had treated her over the past two years of their relationship, compared with the princess that she felt when she was around Nathan, who always made sure that she was happy and safe, whereas it seemed that Tom couldn't care less about her. She really didn't know what she had been thinking when she had said yes to Tom's proposal, for she felt that she had always known that her and Tom's relationship was doomed to failure. But with Nathan, she could see nothing but an incredibly happy future ahead for them both. She kissed him back once more and rested her hands on his shoulder, before pulling away so that she could look at him properly. "What are you thanking me for?" She whispered back, unable to help herself as she leaned back in and placed another kiss on his lips.

Nathan kissed Haley back softly and then pulled away from her and looked deeply into her gorgeous brown eyes which seemed to go on forever. He moved his hand further up her cheek and swept a lock of hair behind her ear. "For being you." He said simply with a smile, before glancing down at the bag that Haley had placed underneath the table, and then looked back at her with a sexy grin plastered all over his face. "So how come I have to wait until tomorrow night to see you in that incredibly hot underwear?" He asked.

Haley smiled right back at him, staring into those incredibly sexy blue eyes. "Well hopefully by tomorrow night I will have spoken to my boyfriend and then by way of celebration that I will be yours completely, I'll wear that underwear for you." Haley responded as she looked down at the bag that she had kicked under the table and then glanced back up at Nathan, biting down on her bottom lip.

Nathan leaned back into her and kissed a path right from the corner of her mouth to her ear, unable to help the groan that escaped from his lips as he thought about Haley dressed in that underwear for him, and also at the fact that by tomorrow night, she would be his and his only. Once his mouth had arrived at her ear, he nibbled lightly on her earlobe before whispering huskily in her ear. "You do know that you will probably get more use out of the underwear if you wore it tonight right? Because Haley, the minute I know that you are mine, I won't be able to keep my hands, or various other parts of my body away from you for very long at all."

Haley giggled at his words, but knew that she didn't want to cave on this one. Nathan had chosen that underwear for her because he obviously liked the thought of her wearing it, so she wanted it to be a special occasion when she modelled it for him. "I'll wear it tomorrow and that's final, no negotiations." Haley said sternly, laughing as she looked at Nathan's sulky face. "And that face won't help either!" She laughed as she grabbed his chin playfully. "Now come on, let's make a move because we are both already late for work."

"Fine, let's go. You want another take out coffee?" He asked and Haley nodded at him. "I mean it though, don't come crying to me when you find that your new underwear is ripped." Nathan said with a sexy smirk as he stood up and watched as Haley picked up that bag that housed what was now his number one fantasy from underneath the table.

"I'm kind of banking that it will be ripped." Haley said with a grin of her own as she turned and started to walk out of the coffee shop, not getting very far when she heard Nathan ask her a question.

Nathan turned to look at Haley's disappearing back with a confused expression on his face. "Why would you want me to rip it?" He asked.

Haley turned back around to face him, a devilish grin on her face. "Well, besides that fact that what I'm sure would come after they were ripped off would be incredibly hot; it would also mean that you would have to buy me another set!" Haley said cheekily and she turned and stared to wait for Nathan by the door.

"Oh really is that so?" He called playfully after her, laughing when she turned and winked at him as he joined the queue to order them both a takeout coffee.

Once Nathan had received the coffees, he walked to the door where Haley was waiting for him, handed her latte to her and pulled her other hand into his as they walked out onto the incredibly busy Wall Street.

Haley didn't say anything to him, instead she was staring down at their joined hands, revelling in the feeling of not having to hide their relationship anymore, enjoying the fact that they were both in public, holding hands just like any normal couple, which was precisely what they were... a normal couple, well it would all be official once Haley got around to telling Tom that the engagement, as well as their relationship was off, but there was nothing wrong with starting things early with Nathan, nothing could stop her from wanting to be with him. She stopped walking and turned to face him, smiling up at him as she found herself getting lost in his incredible blue eyes.

Nathan looked right back into her eyes, not believing that she was his... well once she got rid of the boyfriend she would be, which was happening soon. Quite how he managed to get so lucky, he didn't know, but what he did know was that he couldn't wait until tomorrow night, when he got to call her his girlfriend officially for the first time. He smiled at that thought and couldn't help himself as she leaned down and kissed her, not a quick peck on the lips or cheek like he would have had to have done before, given that they were in a public place and all, but this time, he kissed her properly. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her as close to him as possible, opening his mouth on top of hers as his tongue sneaked out and ran seductively over her luscious bottom lip, begging for entry into her delicious mouth, which she readily gave, and as soon as he felt her lips part, he slid his tongue into her mouth, moaning quietly when his tongue found hers.

Haley felt him begin to pull away from her all too soon. She hadn't been expecting a kiss like that from him, not at all, she had been expecting the normal light kiss on the cheek that he normally gave her, or if she had been really lucky that morning, she would have received a quick kiss on the lips. But that kiss was definitely the way that she wanted them to part for work from now on. She wanted a proper kiss from him every morning, one that made her lips tingle with longing, just like they were doing now.

"Have a good day at work Hales, I'll call you later." Nathan whispered as he ran his thumb lightly over her cheek, unable to resist one more parting kiss, before pulling away from her, smiling and then, using all the willpower he had in him, he turned away from her and started walking to his office, not turning around to look at her for fear that he wouldn't be able to take another step away from her if he did.

Haley sighed contently as she watched him walk away from her, wrapping her hands around her warm latte. She knew that the quicker she managed to talk to Tom, the quicker she would be able to get this whole situation sorted. Once she couldn't see Nathan anymore because of the flock of people blocking her view, she turned and walked towards her office, praying that tomorrow would come quicker than she thought it would, given how desperately she wanted Nathan to rip her underwear right off her, right now. But she guessed that she would have to be patient and wait.

~*~

Lucas had just stepped out of the car he used to get to work, he was running late, there had been an accident on one of the roads his driver needed to take to get him to Wall Street which had caused the mother of all traffic jams, and that, coupled with the fact that Brooke had kept him in bed this morning for what was supposed to be a quickie but turned into anything but, meant that he was craving the coffee he had to skip at home, and so he had asked his driver to stop the car a little earlier than he usually did, as he remembered that there was a Starbucks not far from the office. His driver couldn't park directly outside the coffee shop, so they had driven a little closer to the office before stopping. Lucas started to walk back down Wall Street, towards Starbucks when he stopped dead in his tracks, blinking several times, wanting to double that that the person he could see in the distance, standing right outside Starbucks, was in fact his brother, with his arms wrapped around what he could only presume was the Coffee Shop girl.

His mouth dropped open, his feet wouldn't continue moving forward for he was in too much shock to do anything but stare at them. The girl had her back to him so he couldn't see much, other than the fact that she had a black coat on. He watched as they continued kissing each other, and even from the distance that he was standing from them, he could see that his brother had the biggest grin known to man on his face.

Lucas' head suddenly snapped into gear once he had stood still in exactly the same spot for a good minute and a half, just gawping at the scene in front of him. He realised that this was far too good an opportunity for him to miss, this was his chance to finally unveil the identity of the mystery woman that Nathan had been going on about for months now, this was his opportunity to find out just who Coffee Shop girl really was. He started moving forward, thinking about what he was going to say to make his presence known, while wondering if he should let them know that he was there at all, for that would enable him to torture his brother endlessly about her, without giving away the fact that he had seen them together. He decided that torturing Nathan was definitely the best option of the two and so he decided that he would keep quiet.

Lucas had barely taken five steps forward when the worst thing that could possibly happen, happened. He got hit with the stampede of people piling out of the Subway, obviously a train had just arrived and it seemed that half of New York had decided to get off at that station. He tried his best to keep a eye on his brother and the mystery girl, as well as continuing to move forward, but he found himself getting caught in the tide of people who all seemed to be travelling in the opposite direction to Starbucks, and instead of moving closer towards them, he found himself getting pulled back towards the office.

He couldn't see for shit through the throng of people and he knew that he had missed his opportunity, there was no point in fighting what he knew was a losing battle and so he gave up trying to push his way through the crowd by the Subway exit, and once the crowds had disbursed a little, he waited by an office building for the crowds by the exit to clear a little, all the while wishing that people would just move faster!

About a minute later, the crowds had cleared somewhat and so Lucas hastily walked towards Starbucks, desperately searching for the spot where he had seen his brother with Coffee Shop girl.

"Hey Luke!" Haley greeted him as she walked towards the office, wondering what he was doing; he looked like he was searching for someone or something. "You lost someone?" She asked.

Damn! Lucas thought to himself as he smiled quickly at Haley, before looking over her shoulder, wanting to make sure that Nathan had really gone. Shit! He had gone. "Hey Haley." He greeted her back distractedly.

Haley looked at him suspiciously, wondering again what he was doing. "Are you looking for someone?" She asked again.

Lucas shook his head free of the cursing that was running through his mind and looked down at Haley who was giving him a strange look. He laughed at her face and the way that she was watching him, and realised that he must seem a little weird this morning. "Yeah I just saw my brother with this girl that he has been hiding but he's gone now, I really thought that I was going to get a chance to find out who she was. It's just a bit frustrating." He replied in an irritated tone.

"Ohh! The owner of Scott Investment Management has a secret girlfriend?" Haley asked excitedly. "Why does he need to keep it a secret? Has she got like three heads or something?"

Lucas laughed at Haley's joke. "Well, it didn't look like she had three heads from the back of her, but you never know, and as for the secrecy, well, it's complicated."

Haley sighed in understanding, if anyone knew about secrecy and complicated relationships, it was her, who knew that she would have something in common with the owner of the company that she worked for, and something like that too?! "I'm sure he will introduce you to her when he's ready." Haley offered as she hoisted her handbag further onto her shoulder. "You coming to the office?"

"I'm going to grab a quick coffee first. I'll meet you there in five." Lucas responded.

"Okay, see you in a bit." Haley said as she started walking towards the office.

~*~

Nathan practically floated up to his office, he had truly never felt this amazing in his life, and found himself unable to hold back from sharing his happiness with whomever he passed. The elevator pinged as the doors opened and he walked out onto the floor holding his office, smiling and greeting several members of staff as he walked towards his office in the back corner, only to have his secretary run at him, while flapping her hands ferociously in the air. He chuckled at the sight of her, sure that if she flapped her arms any faster, then she would take off and fly right out of the window.

"Nathan where the hell have you been?" Sharon chided him when she was close enough to Nathan so that she wouldn't have to shout across the office at him. "You're late."

"I know, sorry Sharon, I had a couple of things to take care of this morning." Nathan explained, all the while watching Sharon's face, instantly knowing that something was wrong. "What is it?"

Sharon took a deep breath and then whispered to Nathan. "Mr Felton is waiting for you."

Any hint of a smile that had been on Nathan's face swiftly dropped. "You're kidding right?" Nathan asked with a hopeful tone, and watched in dismay as Sharon shook her head. "Shit!" He exclaimed as he ran one his hands through his hair. "I thought we weren't meeting until next week?"

"He apparently got confused and as he's here, he would like to see yourself and Luke and review the presentation you will be giving next week." Sharon informed him.

"Bullshit. He's just here to stick his fucking nose in!" Nathan groaned. "How long has he been waiting?"

"About fifteen minutes, he's in your office right now." Sharon replied as she started walking back towards Nathan's office, hoping that he would follow her, given that she knew how much Mr Felton hated to be kept waiting and sighed in relief when she turned back around and saw Nathan walking behind her.

"Fucking hell. I bet Luke hasn't even started working on the damn presentation yet." Nathan mumbled to himself as he pulled his mobile out of his pocket and scrolled to Luke's number, praying that he had some time free this morning, he wasn't going to face Mr Felton on his own, no way, especially when this was Luke's area of expertise.

~*~

Lucas couldn't believe how long the queue to get some coffee was, and every minute he spent waiting in the line was used by him to think over how annoyingly close he had been to finding out who his brother had been seeing, or rather was seeing at the moment. If only he had just continued walking, instead of standing there gawking at him... if only that stupid Subway train had been delayed by a minute, half a minute even... well, it was obvious to Lucas now that he had seen Nathan and Coffee Shop girl outside, it meant that they met in the very same Starbucks that he has now standing in, so perhaps an innocent run in one morning would be the way to go about this. He continued to think about how funny it would be to see Nathan's face once he realised that he had caught him red handed, wondering if it would be too much to have a camera handy, for he was sure that Nathan's face would be an absolute picture.

Luke continued debating whether or not to bring a camera with him when he was interrupted from his thoughts by the ringing of his mobile. He pulled the phone from his pocket and chuckled to himself when he saw his brother's name flash on the screen. He connected the call and was about to start taking the piss and wind Nathan up but he didn't even have a chance to open his mouth before Nathan started talking to him.

"Luke I need you to get your ass over here pronto. Where are you?" Nathan asked hurriedly as he continued walking towards his office which currently housed the evil Mr Felton.

"I'm grabbing a coffee, why, what's the hurry?" Lucas asked, he was sure he didn't have any meetings with Nathan this morning.

"Mr Felton is currently in my office, wanting to run through the presentation we are giving next week." Nathan hastily informed his brother.

"Well there is no presentation at the moment." Lucas responded.

"I figured as much." Nathan replied. "Look, just get over here and we will have to work the Scott charm on him and ask him to come back later on in the week to run through it once we have something to show him. I fucking wish that he was a woman, then this would be a piece of piss."

"Shit! What a bastard just turning up unannounced like that, what the hell is he doing?" Lucas asked.

"I have no idea." Nathan sighed. "Just checking up on us I guess."

"Alright, I'm coming over now. I'll call my secretary and ask her to start working on the presentation. At least that way we'll be getting a head start on this." Lucas responded as he left Starbucks without his coffee and started to walk towards Nathan's building.

"Cheers Luke, I'll catch you in a couple of minutes." Nathan said as he hung up the phone and braced himself as he walked into his office.

~*~

Haley had just sat down at her desk and switched her computer on as she pushed the pink and black bag which had the incredibly sexy underwear Nathan had bought her that morning underneath the table, unable to resist a quick sneak peak at the turquoise and black lace before it disappeared for the day. She smiled to herself as she thought about wearing it for Nathan tomorrow night, hardly able to wait for him to peel it, or rather rip it all off her body. She sighed contently as she grabbed her purse out of her handbag and as she waited for her computer to load; she pulled out her engagement ring from the purse and checked her phone for any messages, pleased that there seemed to be none waiting for her, when she stopped what she was doing.

She looked down and saw that she had absentmindedly placed her engagement ring on her finger, something that had just become a routine of hers after she had spent the previous night with Nathan. She debated whether she should wear the ring or not today, eventually deciding that she had made a decision, and therefore took the ring off her finger and triumphantly zipped it back in her purse. She felt so relieved that she didn't have to wear it ever again.

Peyton watched Haley debate with herself for a second and held her breath in anticipation at what Haley would do... wear the ring, or not wear the ring. She gasped when she saw Haley place the ring back in her purse and scurried over to her at lightning speed. "Hold it right there Haley." She commanded.

"Jesus Christ Peyton, you scared the life out of me!" Haley cried out as she placed her hand over her now rapidly beating heart.

"Sorry Haley I didn't mean to make you jump." Peyton giggled. "So what's with the no engagement ring? Tell me quick because I have about one minute until I need to be in that boring two day training course."

Haley shook her head at Peyton but was unable to hold back the smile. "I've made a decision; I'm ending it with Tom."

"What?" Peyton shouted.

Haley's eyes widened in surprise at Peyton's obvious shock at the decision she had made. "What do you mean? What, what?" Haley asked.

Peyton shook her head; she didn't have time to explain. "When are you telling him?" Peyton asked.

"I don't know, either tonight or tomorrow." Haley responded just as the office phone started ringing. She picked it up. "Scott Investment Management, Haley speaking." She said sweetly down the phone.

"Haley, its Luke. I'm having a bit of an emergency situation right now. I need you to start work on the Felton presentation." Lucas asked.

"I didn't think it was due until next week?" Haley responded, confused at how this presentation had turned into an emergency situation.

Peyton sighed as she looked at the clock and realised that she was now late, but she had to talk to Haley. She waited another thirty seconds before giving up and grabbed a sticky note and wrote 'tell him tonight' on it before sticking it down right in front of Haley and rushing off to her training course.

"It's not due until next week but he wants to run through a draft so we need to get something together pretty quickly." Lucas explained. "I'm meeting him right now so I should be with you in an hour or so."

"Okay, sure, I'll get started on that." Haley replied as she looked down at her desk and saw the sticky note Peyton had left her, just as she heard her mobile beep signalling that she had received a text message.

"Thanks Haley, I really appreciate it. See you in a little while." Lucas said as he hung up the phone.

Haley placed the phone back on the hook and grabbed her mobile from her bag, reading the text she had just received. Haley, we need to talk, can you meet me tomorrow at 7.30pm at the Oriental hotel? Tom.

Haley responded back immediately, telling Tom that she would be there. She sighed happily to herself as she sent the message; it was all working out fine. Tom actually wanted to talk, and she should be finished ending things with him by eight and that meant that she got to enjoy the rest of the evening with Nathan, modelling that incredible underwear and engaging in what was sure to be some pretty hot sex. Life was just perfect.

~*~

The end of the day had been and gone, and at six thirty, Haley found herself sat at her desk, typing up the last couple of pages of the draft presentation. She had been working on it all day, not even having time to take a lunch break. She was reading through a previous presentation Lucas had used before, marking the changes that she needed to make to the one that she was typing up in pen on the sheets of paper, when she was interrupted from her work by Lucas.

"Haley, could you print off the presentation as it is right now for me please, my brother is on his way over to talk through it so that we can see what we have so far." Lucas explained.

"It's not finished yet, I still have three more slides to draft." Haley warned him.

"That's fine; we'll just run over whatever you've managed to do today." Lucas replied.

"Okay sure, let me just print you a copy." Haley said as she put her pen down and grabbed her mouse which was hiding under the mountain of paper she currently had spread over her desk, only to find that by moving her papers, she caused her pen to roll off the desk and onto the floor underneath her desk. She pressed print and then rolled her chair back away from her desk and got down on her hand and knees and search for her pen, spotting the bag containing the underwear Nathan had given her that morning right at the back, and realised that she had completely forgotten that it was there.

"Thanks for that Haley." Lucas said once he had grabbed the presentation from the printer. "And thanks for working so hard on this Haley today, I really appreciate it. You can go home you know?" Lucas stated as he started walking back towards his office.

"Thanks Lucas, but I think I might stay just a bit longer and finish off the last few slides." Haley shouted at him from underneath the table.

"Okay, well don't feel like you have to stay. And don't bother coming in until lunchtime tomorrow." Lucas shouted to Haley as he walked into his office and started to flick through the presentation.

"Thanks Luke!" Haley shouted back to him as she picked up her wayward pen and also grabbed the bag containing the underwear, crawled back out from underneath her desk and placed the bag on the edge of her desk so that she wouldn't forget it when she finally managed to leave work. She then grabbed her handbag and headed to the restrooms, passing the elevators just as the doors pinged open.

Nathan stepped out of the elevator just in time to see a whoosh of hair belonging to someone walk into the toilets. He walked over to Lucas' office, noticing how empty the floor was. He walked closer to Lucas' office and was already able to see that Luke wasn't inside his office by the door which was wide open and sighed, when he noticed the bag sitting on the desk just outside of his brother's office. It was exactly the same bag that he had given Haley than morning, and he couldn't help the curiosity, wondering what this person had bought from the shop. He walked closer to the bag and then looked around, double checking that the coast was clear, which it was. All he wanted to do was peek at what was inside of the bag, maybe get some inspiration for the next time he went in there to get something for Haley, that was all, there was nothing wrong with that right? He didn't think so. He had just managed to put his fingers on the top of the bag and was about to peer inside when he heard the voice reprimand him and made him literally jump out of his skin.

"Nathan what the fuck do you think you are you doing?" Lucas hissed at his brother, nearly ready to launch a full blown attack on him if he didn't remove his hands from Haley's belongings immediately.

Shit! Nathan thought to himself as he gingerly removed his hand from the offending bag and turned to face Lucas. "Nothing." Nathan replied sheepishly.

"Well then what the hell are you doing with your hands all over my secretary's personal items?" Lucas asked, wondering that in the world his brother was doing and also feeling pleased that Haley was nowhere to be seen, so she didn't have to witness the complete idiocy of his brother's actions.

"Your secretary huh?" Nathan asked with raised eyebrows. "My tenant right? You do know that the shop that uses these bags sells the hottest underwear ever right? I was just looking to see what she had got, that was all. She definitely has good taste in underwear."

"Jesus Nate, you are such a perv!" Lucas chastised. "Get your ass in here quickly before she comes back. And how the hell do you know what shop that bag comes from?" Lucas asked as he followed Nathan into his office and shut the door behind them.

~*~

Half an hour later, Haley had written the final three slides that she needed to type up and the draft of the presentation was complete, save a quick read through tomorrow lunchtime when she came into work. She slipped her coat on and walked around her desk to Luke's office, seeing that the door was still closed. She could see Lucas sitting facing her through the glass walls, and another person, who she presumed was his brother, who had his back to her, both of them sitting at the table discussing the presentation. She pondered whether she should go inside and say goodnight, and meet the owner of the company that she worked for, or whether she should just knock on the glass and wave to let Lucas know that she was leaving, or if she should just leave without saying anything at all, although, however appropriate that seemed, it also seemed a little rude of her.

"Okay, well I think what we have here is a good starting point. If you get your secretary to update it based on the changes I've suggested tomorrow and then send me a copy, I think we can run it by Mr Felton on Monday." Nathan said once he and Luke had had a quick run through of what was there so far.

"Yep sure, I'll make sure that she updates it when she gets in and then I'll send it over once it's been completed." Lucas replied, when something caught his eye outside his office. He smiled at Haley who was standing outside his office and waved at her, presuming that as she had her coat on, she wanted to let him know that she was leaving, and watched as she waved back at him.

"What the hell are you smiling and waving at?" Nathan asked, bewildered at his brother who seemed to be smiling at waving at him. He rolled his eyes at his brother, guessing that the time had come, he needed to lock his brother up for being insane, he had always known that this day would come eventually.

"My secretary, she's just leaving." Lucas answered Nathan's question as he lowered his hand back down to the table.

Nathan whipped around in his seat. "The one with the underwear bag?" Nathan asked as he turned, only to find that there was no one behind him. "Where is she?" He asked.

Lucas shook his head at his brother. "She's gone. You are unbelievable, you know that?" Lucas said as he got up from the table and walked to where his coat was hanging. "Fancy a drink?"

Nathan did fancy some alcohol but he didn't want to spend his evening with Luke, he wanted to see Haley. "Nah, I think I'm just going to head home." Nathan replied as he got up from the table.

"Okay, well we'll get that presentation to you as soon as it's finished. I'll chat to you tomorrow Nate." Lucas said as he walked out of his office, not bothering to wait for Nathan, he could find his own way out of the building.

As soon as Nathan heard the ping of the elevator arriving, he sat back down in the chair and pulled his phone from his pocket, scrolling down to Haley's number. He hadn't been able to get images of her wearing that underwear out of his head all day, especially after seeing that bag on Luke's secretary's desk, and he needed to see her in it tonight, he didn't care about the celebration tomorrow, he'd buy her some more for that occasion. He continued to scroll down to her number and hit the call button when he found her name, hardly able to contain his excitement at being able to hopefully see her in a matter of minutes.

~*~

Haley hadn't even walked past Starbucks when she heard her phone ringing in her bag. She slowed to a halt as she took the bag off her shoulder and started to search for her mobile, which she finally managed to locate right at the bottom of her bag. She smiled when she saw that it was Nathan calling her and picked up the call. "Hello." She said once the call had connected.

"Hey baby. How was your day?" Nathan asked as he leaned back in the chair he was currently sitting in, still inside Lucas' office.

"Busy and incredibly stressful actually, how about yours?" Haley asked as she bit down on her lip. She loved it when he called her baby. It just sounded right, not to mention the fact that it completely turned her on.

"Mine too; it has been quite a stressful day." Nathan said with a sigh. "But I think I know a really good way to help you and I relax." He said in a husky tone.

"Oh really, care to explain that idea?" Haley said with a giggle, knowing exactly where this was going.

"It's pretty simple actually baby. It involves you, me, a hotel room, and an incredibly relaxing jacuzzi bath that is plenty big enough for two." Nathan said with a smile as he thought about him and Haley spending some quality time in the bath, which was something they hadn't done together yet.

Haley was a little taken aback by Nathan's suggestion, as she thought that he was going to ask her to wear that underwear that he had bought her, even though she had told him already that she wanted to wear it for him tomorrow. But his idea sounded like absolute heaven, however, she knew that this was Nathan that she was talking to and so she didn't expect him to give up on the idea of her wearing that underwear tonight so easily. "That does sound good Nathan, is that all you have planned?" She asked innocently.

Nathan couldn't help smirking at how well she knew him already. "Not necessarily..." Nathan replied suggestively.

I knew it! Haley thought to herself. "Uh huh, so tell me, what else is going to happen if I agree to see you tonight?" Haley asked, already knowing the answer to her question.

"Well I'm presuming that you're hungry right? So we could get some room service." Nathan responded nonchalantly.

"Oh." Haley replied, completely shocked by his suggestion of food and not underwear.

Nathan laughed at her response to the room service, or rather her lack of response before continuing. "And, as I am offering you all this, there is something that I want back in return." He said in his sexiest, most suggestive voice.

"I knew it! Nathan I told you, no negotiating on the whole underwear." Haley jumped right in.

"But Hales..." Nathan whined. God did he need to see her in that ensemble. "Listen to me, tonight is just as good a night to celebrate as tomorrow night is. Tonight is the eve of the night that you get to be mine." Nathan tried to reason. "It's like Christmas Eve!"

"Exactly Nathan! Christmas Eve. And you know what makes Christmas Day all the more exciting and magical? The build up on Christmas Eve. I'm not going to change my mind baby. You're going to have to wait." Haley said sternly.

"Okay fine. I'll be good and wait." Nathan resigned. He personally always felt that Christmas Day was a big let down and Christmas Eve was the day to get really excited about, but never mind, he already knew that he had nothing to lose by waiting one more day, she would look just as amazing in it tomorrow and she would have done tonight. "You still want the bath and the room service?" Nathan asked.

"God yes I'm absolutely starving!" Haley responded.

Nathan chucked. "Meet you at the hotel in twenty?" He asked.

"Sounds perfect." Haley replied with a smile as she closed her phone and hailed down a cab.

~*~

Nathan's taxi pulled up outside the hotel at exactly the same time that Haley's did. He quickly got out of his taxi after he had paid the diver and walked in front to the one that Haley was in and opened the door for her, holding out his hand and helping her climb out of it. "Hello beautiful." He greeted her once she had stepped out and he placed a light kiss on her lips, before quickly moving to pay the taxi driver.

"Nathan I can get that." Haley said quickly as she pulled her purse out of her bag and handed him a note.

"It's fine Hales, all taken care of." He said with a smile as he turned from the taxi and placed the note she had given him back into her palm and led the way into the hotel.

Haley sighed as she followed him into the hotel and walked up to where he was standing at the reception desk, slipping her hand in his and squeezing it gently. "Thank you." She said quietly as she placed a soft kiss on his cheek.

"No problem baby." Nathan replied back to her with a smile on his face as he took the key from the receptionist to the suite that had been assigned and led both him and Haley towards the elevators.

Five minutes later, Nathan closed the door to the suite and headed into the bathroom, and poured the water into the bath, leaving the tap running as he walked back in to the bedroom and ordered some room service to be delivered to the suite in about half an hour. Once he hung up the phone, he walked back into the living room and watched Haley take off her high heels and her coat, before she turned around and looked at him. She was so beautiful, he was sure that he could stare at her all day and never tire of her.

Haley almost gasped at the intense way that Nathan was staring at her, and she found herself blushing under is gaze, as she stared right back at him, matching his intensity. He really was the most gorgeous man she had ever laid eyes on, and knowing that she was going to give herself completely to him once Tom was out of the picture sent a wave of complete lust through her whole body. She really did feel so happy that everything was falling so perfectly into place. She truly didn't remember what her life was like before Nathan, and the reason that she didn't remember it was because she hadn't been living, she had just been going through the motions, not feeling anything that life had to offer. But now, with Nathan, she felt everything, she felt alive.

As Nathan gazed at Haley, he couldn't comprehend how someone so beautiful on the outside and inside could be in his life in such a prominent way. She was like his angel, the one thing that he was certain that he couldn't live without. He walked the few steps that were needed to close the distance between them and kissed her softly as his hands moved up to cup her amazing face, and his thumbs ran gently over her cheekbones as his mouth started moving slowly over hers.

Haley's mouth started moving in unison with his and when his tongue lightly swept over her bottom lip, she parted hers and practically melted into a puddle on the floor when his tongue gently touched hers. This kiss was full of intensity, deliberately slow and sensual, for they knew that then now had all the time in the world to be with each other, nothing needed to be rushed.

Nathan pulled away from Haley breathlessly and continued to softly caress her cheeks with his thumbs before staring intently into her big brown eyes, so full of longing for him, as a wave of happiness and belonging came over him. "You complete me Hales, you know that?" He whispered quietly.

Haley closed her eyes briefly at his words. How could she have ever doubted that this was where she was meant to be? How could she have spent so long deliberating the most obvious decision that needed to be made? How stupid had she been? She opened her eyes and smiled sadly as she lifted her hands and wrapped them around his neck, slowly dragging her fingernails along the skin exposed at the base of his neck.

Nathan's hands moved from Haley's face, slowly working their way down the side of her body, before resting them on her hips. He watched her standing in front of him with her eyes closed and when she opened them, he was confused at the sadness that appeared. "Hales?" He questioned softly as he hands started moving in a circular motion on her hips. "What's wrong baby?"

Haley sighed deeply and shook her head as her fingers moved into his hair. "Nothing." She replied gently. "I just can't believe how much time I've made us loose."

Nathan smiled at her softly. "Shush Hales, none of that matters. What matters is tonight, and tomorrow and the next day and the days, weeks, months and years after that. It's not about what we've lost; it's about what's beginning right now. You and me." Nathan responded as his hands continued massaging her hips delicately.

Haley stared right into his amazing eyes, listening to his words, although he didn't have to say any of them for her to understand that, just like how she didn't have to reply to him, for everything that needed to be said showed in the intense gaze coming from him, which exactly matched hers. This was where she needed to be, she belonged to him completely. She pushed down gently on his head, bringing it down towards her and kissed him tenderly.

Nathan felt the softness of her kiss, so full of meaning. He moved his hands slowly back up her sides before bringing them around to her back, finding the zipper to her black dress and lowered it. Once he had got it all the way down, his fingers travelled lightly back up her back and over her shoulders and he moved the material of her dress down her arms which were now resting on his own hips. He pushed the dress right off her stunning body to the floor, leaving her standing in nothing but black lace underwear. He pulled away from her mouth, taking a second to gaze over her curves, appreciating ever inch of her.

Haley felt his heated gaze on her, and took this opportunity to start unbuttoning his shirt, taking her time, marvelling as each button she unbuttoned revealed more of his fabulously chiselled chest. Once his shirt was completely unbuttoned, she peeled it off his shoulders and down his arms, letting the shirt fall to the floor once it was off him. She leant back into him, kissing him again as she ran her hands over his now bare chest, her fingers slowly following the contours of his muscles as she heard him hasp and flinch in certain places, before his hands came up to stop hers from moving any further around his body.

Nathan pulled away from her mouth, his hands still clasping hers when he started to move them both towards the bathroom. Once inside the room, he checked the temperature of the water, which was perfect, stopped the tap, switched on the bubbles, stripped his boxers off his body and stepped into the water, lowering himself down into the tub. He turned and looked at Haley who was standing next to the bath, her eyes wandering up and down his body. "Care to join me?" He asked.

Haley's wandering gaze travelled back up that amazing body of his before resting on his perfect face. She reached around her back and unclasped her bra, feeling the material loosen on her skin, never taking her eyes off Nathan. She watched as his eyes turned to a midnight shade of blue when she started peeling the material off her body, allowing the bra to fall to the ground and then she moved her hands down her body to the waistband of her lace panties and moved her hands lower, taking the lace with her, exposing herself to him.

Nathan deliberately followed every move her hands were making as she took her underwear off. Once she had lowered her panties to the floor, his eyes travelled so slowly back up her body, mesmerised by her incredibly beauty, following every single one of her curves. "Absolutely beautiful." He muttered more to himself, his breathing increasing in pace as he watched her climb into the bath.

Haley turned her back to him and saw Nathan's legs appear on either side of her body. She lowered herself into the water in between his legs and leant back against his chest, feeling his obvious arousal behind her. She closed her eyes, feeling totally relaxed and calm as the bath bubbled around her. She felt Nathan's hands run over her stomach, slowly heading towards her breasts and once he reached them, he started to draw lazy circles around her nipples. She lifted her own hands from the water and ran her fingers lightly up and down his legs, sighing contently to herself when Nathan placed a kiss on her head. Yes, this was definitely where she belonged.

~*~

Half an hour later, Haley found herself sitting in Nathan's lap at the dining room table, both of them dressed in the white, fluffy dressing gowns the hotel provided, as he fed her some of the fruit off the platter he had ordered. She bit down into the peach Nathan was offering her, feeling some of the juices run down from the corner of her mouth, but not caring, she was famished and the peach tasted too damn good. "Mmmm delicious." She moaned out loud.

Nathan watched the juice trickle down from the corner of her mouth, down her chin and couldn't help himself a she leant down and licked the trail from her chin right up to the corner of her mouth, leaving a kiss where the trail of juice ended. "Now that is delicious." He said huskily as he pulled away from her, smiling as he leant his arm behind her and grabbed a grape and placed it in his mouth. He watch Haley return his smile and that same feeling built up from deep inside of him, the craving and wanting just as forceful as ever. "God Hales, you drive me crazy baby." He said as he swept some stray hairs away from her face and placed them behind her ear. "I can't wait until you're all mine." He whispered.

Haley wrapped her hands around his neck and slowly lifted her head to look into his eyes. "I already am." She said quietly, leaning up to kiss him softly.

Nathan returned the kiss and moved one arm to her back, and snuck the other under her knees and cradled her to his chest as he lifted them both off the chair and walked them into the bedroom. Once he reached the bed, he carefully lowered Haley onto it and then stood up at the foot of the bed, watching her watching him with nothing but pure lust in her eyes.

Haley leant up on her elbows and watched as Nathan untied his robe and dropped it to the ground. She quickly dropped her gaze to his magnificent body, biting down on her lip in an attempt to stop herself from moaning out loud at just the sight of him, she could already feel how wet she was becoming for him.

Nathan knelt in front of Haley on the bed, and reached his hand out to release her lip from her teeth, watching the delicious colour return to her lips. Once it had, he leaned in and kissed her, before moving his lips across her skin towards her neck as his hands reached down and untied her robe, and then pulled it off her, flinging it to the floor beside the bed. His hand reached around to the back of her neck as he pushed himself up on his knees and crawled on top of her, gently lowering her head to the bed in the process, leaning on his other hand to stop all his weight from landing on her petite frame.

As soon as Haley felt her head hit the bed, she wrapped her arms around Nathan and pulled him down on top of her, she wanted to feel his weight on top of her; she wanted to feel his skin on hers. She moved his head so his lips kissed hers instead of her neck, needing to feel his mouth on hers, and ran her tongue over his lips before feeling his mouth open, and as she slid her tongue inside of his mouth, caressing his tongue gently with hers, she felt Nathan move slightly above her as he slid his hand from around her neck and ran it slowly down the side of her body, grazing over her breasts as he did so. She could feel his hard cock pressing against the inside of her thigh and the craving she felt for him increased tenfold. She moved her mouth from his and kissed a path from his cheek to his ear. "Nathan, I need you inside of me." She whispered and then kissed the spot just below his ear, and then moved her mouth back along his neck, leaving a trail of open mouthed kisses behind her.

Nathan heard what Haley whispered to him, and groaned, and if it were at all possible, his cock grew even harder at the thought of being inside of her again. He leaned his elbows down at the side of her face and lifted his head up to look at her, taking a moment to enjoy her features, the slight colour she had in her cheeks, the need and longing for him that was so evident in her eyes, her perfect lips, parted slightly as she breathed softly. He leant down and kissed the tip of her nose and watched her eyes dance with lust. "I could watch you like this forever." He whispered, leaving a light kiss on her lips, before placing himself at her entrance, which he knew was so ready for him to please her. As he pushed himself inside of her slowly, he leaned in for another kiss, this time kissing her tenderly and deeply, showing her how much she meant to him.

Haley felt him move slowly but deeply into her as his mouth landed on hers in a kiss that was so full of him and what he was feeling. She kissed him back just as passionately as she wrapped her arms around his neck, arching her back on the bed to allow him to go even deeper inside of her. He pulled back from her once he was as far in as he could get at the same pace that he had entered her, and then he pulled himself all the way out of her, before entering her again in the same slow place, and pulled himself out of her completely again, just as slow. Haley whimpered beneath him, and raised her hips to meet him as he entered her again, trying to get him to increase the pace, but this torturous speed continued. She pulled away from his mouth as he left her for the fourth time and she moved her mouth along to his ear and whispered hotly when she felt him at her entrance again. "Damn it Nathan, fuck me." She then bit down on his earlobe.

God he loved it when she talked like that to him, and as much as he would have loved to hear her say it again, he didn't need to be told twice. He rested his hands on her hips and as he thrust quickly into her, he pulled her hips up to meet him, listening to the incredibly sexy way his name fell from her lips as he did so, spurring him on to continue.

"Fuck Nathan!" Haley cried out as she felt him enter her at a much better pace, feeling him hit her in all the right spots. "That's it baby." She moaned and was then quietened by Nathan's lips landing on hers. She clenched her inner muscles each time he entered her, tightening her grip on his hard cock, not wanting to let go, and she would have kept him like that, but him driving into her like this was causing so much pleasure to run through her entire body, so she let him go. She felt so complete with him inside of her.

Nathan moaned into her mouth each time he thrust back into her, he loved it when she gripped him inside of her like that, she was already so tight but the feeling of her clamping down on him like she was doing right now was just amazing. He pulled away from her mouth breathlessly and hovered his face just above hers, watching her, his eyes drifting all over her gorgeous face, there was nothing more beautiful than they way Haley looked while they were having sex.

Haley could feel that familiar feeling build up from deep inside of her. She opened her eyes and was met with Nathan's blue eyes looking at her with pure desire which was her undoing. She let go, feeling the waves of pleasure surge through her as she lost control, crying out Nathan's name in the process, not ever wanting this feeling to end as she felt him come inside of her.

Once they had both calmed down, Nathan removed himself from her and rolled onto his back, bringing Haley along with him as she crawled on top of him. He ran his hands down the length of her back and placed a soft kiss on her head before he allowed sleep to take over, content that tonight and tomorrow marked a whole new beginning for him and his Haley.

~*~

Haley awoke the following morning and opened her eyes slowly, finding that she was still lying on top of Nathan, wrapped up in his arms. She lifted her head and was met with his gorgeous eyes that looking right at her. "Morning." She said quietly, leaning up to place a kiss on his lips.

"Good morning." Nathan replied as he swept her hair out of her face and smiled at her.

Haley smiled back and settled back down on his chest, feeling his arms running soothingly up and down her back, causing her to want to go right back to sleep. She closed her eyes and started to relax again.

"Hey sleepy head, if you want coffee this morning we're going to have to make a move soon." Nathan stated as he looked over at the clock on the bedside table, checking the time.

Haley snuggled further into his chest. "No coffee today." She muttered sleepily.

"Oh really?" Nathan questioned, knowing for a fact that Haley needed coffee just as much as he did in the mornings. "And why not?"

"I have a half day today. I don't need to be in the office until after lunch." Haley replied smugly, thinking that she could do with a few more minutes rest.

"Part timer!" Nathan muttered cheekily.

"Hey!" Haley said as she slapped him playfully on his chest. "I am not a part timer! And what if I told you that I was using my morning off to find the perfect dress to wear with that underwear you wanted me to wear tonight?"

Nathan couldn't hold back the smile that spread over his face, firstly at the thought that today was the day that Haley officially became his, and secondly at the thought of her dressed in that incredibly sexy underwear. He knew he wouldn't be able to keep himself away from her once he caught a glimpse of her in it, that lace would have to be ripped right off her stunning body. He was definitely going to have to buy her a new set. "I say that is an excellent use of your time!" He replied. "Although I will mostly be interested in what will be waiting for me underneath the clothes."

"I'd never have guessed that!" Haley replied, lifting her head from his chest to roll her eyes at him, before leaning her head right back down into his chest and closing her eyes.

"So are you seeing him today then?" Nathan asked, he wanted to know what was happening so he knew what time he could expect her tonight.

"Yep, I'm meeting him at half seven."Haley responded. For her, that time couldn't come quick enough. All she wanted was for her relationship with Tom to be officially over and then she could start things properly with Nathan, the way things should be.

Roll on half seven! Nathan thought to himself. He brought his hand up and started running his fingers softly through her hair. "Do you think you'll be long?" He asked.

"I don't plan to be." Haley replied. "I should be finished with him by about eight. I'll call you when I've finished."

"Okay." Nathan said as he leaned down and placed a kiss on the top of her head. "I have something on tonight, but I'll keep my phone on me and leave as soon as you call."

"Good." Haley said as she turned her face up to his and kissed him, she couldn't wait until eight o'clock tonight.

~*~

Lucas had made sure that he arrived at Starbucks as soon as the damn place opened this morning, and had sat patiently at one of the tables, biding his time, waiting for Nathan and this mystery woman to walk in. He checked his watch and was growing increasingly frustrated at the fact that Nathan still hadn't showed, and he had been sitting there for nearly an hour and a half. He scanned the coffee shop frequently, watching the women who sat at tables alone, carefully analysing their moves, seeing if any one of them were waiting for his brother to appear, but so far, he hadn't been able to spot anyone who looked like they were waiting for someone. He knew he looked crazy, he knew sitting here was crazy, stalkerish even, but he was so damn certain that this was the coffee shop where Nathan's Coffee Shop girl came from, and he had been so frustratingly close to unmasking her identity yesterday, there was no way he was going to let this one go. This had to be the place.

He was just eyeing up another potential Coffee Shop girl, when she lifted her head and glared at him, obviously not liking the way he was scrutinising her as she then hastily stood up and walked towards the door. He sighed and ran his hand through his hair, thanking the Lord that Brooke couldn't see him right now; she would officially kick his ass if she saw him looking at all these women!

Nathan had just let a woman walk out of the door and then he walked inside, instantly spotting Lucas sitting at a table all by himself. He silently thanked Haley's boss for giving her the morning off, grateful that she wasn't with him, before he walked up to Lucas. "Hey bro, what are you doing here?" Nathan questioned, he'd never seen Lucas in here before, hell if he had, Haley's identity would have been revealed a long time ago.

Yes! Lucas thought to himself when he heard Nathan talk to him. He instantly looked up at Nathan, watching his eyes to see if he was looking at anyone in particular and then quickly did another scan of the room, only to find no women sitting by themselves. He looked at every single woman who was in the place, but each of them seemed to already be sitting with a man. The bastard's alone! He though while feeling incredibly frustrated.

Nathan watched Lucas eye up nearly every woman in the coffee shop and wondered what the hell he was doing. "Luke, if Brooke ever catches you doing that, you're a dead man. Coffee?" He asked.

"Nah I need to get to the office." Lucas sighed, aggravated that his efforts had obviously gone to waste.

"I'm getting mine to go, you sure you don't want one too?" Nathan asked again.

"I'm good." Lucas said as he rose from the table and walked out of the door while muttering to himself. "Damn coffee to go, maybe they don't meet here then?"

"Freak." Nathan muttered to himself as he watched his obviously frustrated brother walk out of the coffee shop, wondering what the hell he was muttering about as he joined the line and waited to order his espressos, knowing that today was going to be an incredibly long day.

~*~

Nathan glanced down at the clock on his computer and banged his fist on his desk. How the hell could it only be three o'clock? He was sure that the clock on his computer had broken, there was no physical way that time moved that slowly, but when he lifted his head to the clock he had on the wall in his office and saw that the clock also displayed what was obviously the correct time, of three o'clock, he realised that time was just moving at a torturous pace today. Waiting sucked. Five hours to go... that's right, he had started a countdown, as soon as he had walked into his office this morning.

He was just about to start typing again when he heard a knock on the door. "Come in." He shouted out and then sighed, wondering what the person behind the door wanted from him. He watched as the door opened and looked at the person now standing in his office in utter confusion. "Carly what are you doing here? I thought we weren't meeting until Monday?" He questioned as he pulled up his calendar on his computer to check.

"Nice way to greet me Nate! I haven't seen you in about six months!" Carly responded as she rolled her eyes at Nathan and walked further into his office and shut the door behind her.

"Sorry Carly, I'm just a bit confused!" Nathan said as she rose from his desk and walked around to give her a hug. "How are you?"

"I'm fine thank you." Carly responded as she pulled away from Nathan. "And you're right, I'm not supposed to be here until Monday but I decided to come early and surprise you... so surprise!"

Nathan raised his eyebrows at her. "You should have called; the hotel we booked for you isn't booked until Monday."

"Well it's lucky that I know this old friend from college who has a killer apartment right here in this very city isn't it?" Carly responded with a cheeky grin on her face, seeing Nathan still looking quite angry that she was here. "God Nate, if you really want I can leave and come back on Monday, I just thought it would be good to catch up."

Nathan realised that he was being a bit rude. "It's not that I'm not happy to see you Carly, but I have a tenant living in that apartment now, and I don't stay there anymore."

"But it's got three bedrooms?" Carly questioned.

"I know but the tenant is Luke's secretary and he wanted me to stay away until he told her that I owned it, and he hasn't done that yet." Nathan explained.

"Well how long has she been in there?" Carly asked.

"I don't know, a month or two maybe?" Nathan pondered.

"Well Luke needs to grow a pair, he's had plenty of time to tell her, and yeah sure it's a little weird living at your bosses place but I'm sure she'll get over it. So what's the plan for the weekend?" Carly asked excitedly.

"I guess... Erm... well, I have a party tonight but I'm leaving early I think and then..." I'm spending the night in bed with Haley... "Erm..." Nathan blushed.

"Oh. My. God!" Carly exclaimed as she pointed her finger right at Nathan. "You're blushing, and you have that look on your face, I know that look! You've met someone haven't you?"

Nathan's mouth dropped open. "What face?"

"This is crazy! Who is she? Can I meet her? What did you guys have planned this weekend?" Carly asked.

"What the hell! No you cannot meet her, and we plan to see each other this weekend, alone." Nathan answered her questions while running a hand through his hair. He loved the girl as a friend, but Jesus she could be too much sometimes.

"Oh well, I guess I'll just have to find someone at this party tonight to entertain me all weekend seeing as you will be cooped up in the love shack!" Carly said as she raised her eyebrows suggestively.

"Fucking hell." Nathan muttered to himself... this afternoon just got a whole lot longer.

~*~

Haley stepped out of the taxi in front of the hotel that Tom had asked her to meet him at. She looked down at her watch and saw that she was five minutes late and so quickly straightened out her turquoise dress, matching the shade of the underwear she had on underneath perfectly and walked swiftly inside, fiddling with the bracelet Nathan had bought her which was set on her right wrist. She walked through the revolving door and spotted Tom standing next to the stairs on the other side of the lobby, dressed in a suit. He smiled at her as she moved towards him and she returned the smile softly. Her stomach was completely calm and she walked closer to him, there were none of those butterflies that persistently fluttered in her tummy whenever she saw Nathan. The distance that was between them had now been closed and she was standing right in front of him. She had thought that she was going to be nervous about this, but as she stood before the man she had agreed to marry, albeit stupidly, she felt completely confident about her decision, there was no way that she could marry this man, not when she had Nathan, her Nathan, waiting for her.

Tom was jumping around on his feet. He had no idea what Haley was going to say to him, given how pissed she had been the last time they had spoken to each other, which felt like a lifetime ago, but he just hoped that she wouldn't freak out about it. She looked beautiful tonight, there would be no arguing that point, the turquoise dress she had on complemented her skin tone perfectly. She stood in front of him, neither of them saying anything to each other. He leaned in a placed a kiss on her cheek.

Haley had to physically stop herself from recoiling away from him when he leaned into her and kissed her cheek. She felt him reach for her hands and she let him hold them. She wanted desperately to just shout it out to him right now, but she knew she couldn't tell him that she wanted to end things with him in the middle of the lobby of a hotel, that wouldn't be right. "Tom can we go..." Haley started but she was cut off from saying anything else by Tom interrupting her.

"Come on." Tom said as he started to lead them both down the stairs.

Good. Haley thought to herself, at least he was leading them away from the lobby so quickly, this way she might be finished with him in five minutes, and then she could get back to Nathan, which was where she longed to be, she needed to be with him.

Tom dropped her right hand and held onto her left, gently squeezing it once they had reached the bottom of the stairs. He walked them both towards a closed door and stopped in front of it. "Haley, I've been a shit and I'm sorry for that but I wanted to do something nice to make it up to you so..." He said as he opened the closed door and pushed Haley through it.

"Surprise!" Haley stopped dead in her tracks and was met with what had to be close to three hundred people screaming at her with huge smiles on their faces.

"Surprise Haley." Tom whispered in her ear, before placing a light kiss on her cheek again and then started to drag her towards all the people who were standing in front of them.

Fuck! Haley thought to herself. She couldn't think of anything else... fuck, fuck, and then more fuck! How the fuck was she supposed to end things with Tom in a room full of people? She couldn't. Motherfucker! She felt herself be marched towards some people standing at the front of the huge crowd and heard Tom introduce her to them. She smiled politely at them and then shut herself off from the conversation. What the fuck was he doing? She felt him walk them both away from the first set of people, only to start moving them over to some more. "Tom can I talk to you please..." Haley hissed in his ear, desperate to know why the hell he had done this... tonight of all fucking nights, and smiled sweetly as someone said their 'congratulations on the engagement' to them both. Shit so this is an engagement party? Fuck did she have some mess to clear up! "Now." She whispered harshly to him as she dragged him right out of the door that they had just walked in from and fought the urge to slam it shut, instead opting to close it quietly.

Tom watched as Haley paced in front of him, running her hands through her hair. He knew the second that he had started whispering in his ear that she was pissed at him, but he thought this was what she wanted. "Haley..." He said as he watched her walk around in front of him, trying to get her to stop.

Haley was absolutely furious. "What the fuck is this Tom?" She asked as she flapped her hands towards the door, indicating the surprise engagement party for the engagement which was supposed to be ending right this second.

"What do you mean, 'what the fuck is this?'" Tom asked. "This is an engagement party I arranged for us, as a surprise for you to say sorry about everything, I thought this was what you wanted from me?"

"What I wanted?" Haley hissed at him, desperately trying to control the volume of her voice, fully aware that behind the closed door stood too many people whom she didn't want to hear this argument. "What is wrong with you? We haven't talked in weeks, you send me a text asking me to meet you somewhere, so we can talk, I come and then next thing I know, you have half of flipping Manhattan in a room congratulating me on the fucking engagement?!" Haley shouted, trying to sort through how she had found herself in this mess of a situation.

"You told me that you wanted to meet my friends Haley, you said I hadn't introduced you to anybody and I thought an engagement party would be a pretty good place to do that." Tom answered, confused at why she was going all crazy on him, and also angry at the fact that she didn't seem to appreciate what he had done for her. "You know what Haley, I'm trying to make an effort here, you could at least fucking try too."

I don't want to fucking try! I want you out of my fucking life! Haley thought to herself. She wanted to scream at him until she was blue in the face, she wanted him gone. She wanted Nathan. But she couldn't tell him any of that, not when all these people were in the room next door. Why was it that every time she started to get comfortable with Nathan, Tom would throw a freaking spanner in the works? She sighed deeply, fighting to keep all her anger and emotions under control, knowing that what she had to say to Tom was going to have to wait until another day, and walked back into the room, for right now, all she wanted was to get back to this joke of a party, so that the godforsaken nightmare would end quicker. She turned around and looked at Tom. "You coming back inside?" She asked.

Tom shook his head at her, he was sure she had a screw loose somewhere inside that head of hers, her emotions where all over the place, and walked back inside the room with her, grabbing her left hand, and lacing his fingers with hers, noticing that her finger was empty. "Where's your ring?" He asked as he examined her hand.

Oh shit! Haley thought to herself, quickly thinking of a cover up lie. "I did some washing up right before I left and forgot to put it back on." She lied.

"Oh, that's a shame." Tom replied as he walked them both back inside the room.

"Isn't it just." Haley muttered to herself as she allowed Tom to drag her back into the room to meet and greet everybody, grabbing a wine from one of the waiters that was walking past her and downing a large gulp of it quickly, she was going to need all the help she could get if she was going to get through this evening without tearing her hear out in frustration.

~*~

Nathan stood at the bar with Carly and heard the loud 'surprise' that floated through from the other room. He sighed as Carly asked the barman for another wine. "Guess we missed the grand entrance." He noted as he took a sip of his drink.

"Oh well." Carly sing songed as she grabbed her drink from the barman and took a sip of it and leaned into Nathan. "So you work with a lot of these people then?" She asked quietly and watched him nod at her. "So who's single then?"

Nathan rolled his eyes at her, not wishing to inflict her on anyone who worked for him, no one had pissed him off that much, and was thankfully saved from answering her by Lucas who had just walked up to the bar. "Hey man." Nathan greeted him.

"Hey bro." Luke replied and then noticed Carly standing next to him. "Carly! I thought we weren't going to be blessed with your presence until Monday?" Lucas said, surprised to see her here.

"Hi Luke!" Carly greeted him and kissed him on the cheek. "I decided to come early but you'd better bring a huge wad of cash with you on Monday as I have found this amazing investment property, full of potential."

"Glad to hear it." Lucas laughed.

"So where's Brooke?" Carly asked as she looked around the bar trying to spot her.

"She's in the other room, she wanted to see the ring and then tell them both about our photographer or something." Lucas answered and then noticed the barman waiting for his order. "What white wines do you have?" He asked the waiting barman.

Nathan waited for the barman to explain the various white wines they had on offer and then once Lucas had picked one, he spoke. "Dude, they have waiters serving wine, why did you come here for some?"

"Brooke says that the wine they are serving isn't the best they have." Lucas said as he rolled his eyes at his wife's demands and took the wine from the barman. "Anyway, I'd better get this back to her and also say hi to Tom."

Nathan watched as Lucas walked back into the other room and turned to Carly. "You know we should probably go in there and say congratulations to Tom and his fiancée too." Nathan suggested.

"Hello mister!" Carly said huskily with raised eyebrows as she noticed someone who had caught her eye walk into the bar. "Who's that Nate?" She asked as she nudged him, clearly not wanting to leave the bar now she had her eyes on someone.

~*~

Haley and Tom had just finished meeting another boring couple. Haley had also finished her third glass of wine and was about to grab another one when a bubbly brunette bounced up to her.

"Hi Haley, I'm Brooke, Luke's wife. It's so good to finally meet you! Let me see your ring!" Brooke said excitedly as she grabbed Haley's left hand and lifted it up, only to find no ring on her finger. She turned to Tom who was standing next to Haley. "You didn't even buy her a ring?" She asked in shock as she pointed an accusing finger at him.

"He did, I just forgot to put it back on once I had finished the washing up right before I left to come here." Haley lied again.

"Oh, well that's okay then, it's a shame you didn't remember it, I really wanted to see it. But anyway, I wanted to give you the details of the photographer Luke and I used for our wedding, he was brilliant..." Brooke stared.

There isn't going to be any need for a freaking photographer! Haley wanted to scream but managed to keep her thoughts to herself. She knew that Brooke was just trying to be nice but she was sick of talking about this non-existent wedding.

Lucas walked up to Brooke just as she was handing the piece of paper she had prepared with the photographer details on it to Haley, who put it inside of her bag. He rolled his eyes at his wife, not for the first time that night, and handed her the wine she had made him order. "Here you go Brooke." He said before turning to Haley and Tom. "Congratulations both of you, I can't believe you're going to be getting married, that's wonderful news!

"Thanks Luke." Haley replied, giving him a small smile, the same one that seemed to be permanently etched onto her face this evening. It was so tiresome, smiling constantly when all she wanted to do was run out of the building screaming her head off.

"Yeah thanks Luke!" Tom replied as he noticed Haley's wine glass was empty and so grabbed her one from the waiter that had just walked past and handed it to her.

Haley looked down at the wine glass Tom had placed in her hands and saw that it was red wine. She didn't even like red wine. She shook her head to herself, wondering how they both could ever have thought, and how Tom could think, that this would ever work, if he didn't know something as simple as that about her, he'd had two fucking years to find out. In her anger, she took a sip from the glass anyway, she'd had one too many anyway and could barely taste it, but it was the principle that mattered.

"By the way, Nathan is at the bar." Lucas informed Tom as he finished drinking his beer and held up to check that the bottle was empty. "I'm going to get another, you want me to show you where he is, it's quite crowded in there."

"Yeah, thanks Luke, that would be great." Tom replied as he placed his hand on Haley's lower back and lead her into the bar, following Lucas. "I can't wait for you to meet my boss, Nathan has been waiting to meet you for ages, I think he thought I was making you up!" Tom joked.

You may as well have been. Haley thought to herself. "Oh really." She said with feigned interest as she allowed Tom to walk her towards this boss, well if he was Tom's boss then he was also her boss, but she was not really listening to what was being said, she had to sneak away and call Nathan and let him know what was going on, he was probably wondering what was taking her so long and so she was thinking of a way to excuse herself for long enough to explain all of this charade to him.

~*~

Nathan had just started explaining to Carly, who after about six glasses of wine was well on her way to drunk, in fact she was pretty much already there and had been for the last ten minutes, that Rob from accounting was married and that the woman standing beside him was his wife, and so, no, she could not get introduced to him, and no, she could not flirt with him. He looked up and caught the barman who had his eyes on Carly again and smiled. He knew that look that was on the dude's face, and decided that he would do the barman, himself, and every male in the room a favour. After all, once he had offloaded Carly onto the barman, he could call Haley and find out what was taking her so long, it was well on the way to half eight and she still hadn't called him, he was getting anxious, wondering what was taking her so long, she had said she would be finished by eight... why hadn't she called him then?

"Nathan, Rob from accounting is so hot though. Why don't you distract the wife and then I can see if Rob wants a playmate for the weekend..." Carly whispered loudly to Nathan and then giggled.

Nathan rolled his eyes and rested one of his arms behind Carly on the bar and leaned into her. "Carly, Rob is off limits, okay, but the barman here has been checking you out ever since we arrived." Nathan whispered to her and then raised his eyebrows at her suggestively, hoping that she would take the bait and concentrate her efforts on someone who he did not employ at his company.

~*~

"Haley I am so pleased you are going to finally meet my brother, I was hoping to introduce you to him yesterday when he was in that meeting but I never got a chance to. He really liked the presentation by the way." Lucas rambled as he walked Haley and Tom closer to where he had just seen Nathan at the bar.

"Oh look there he is." Tom said once he spotted Nathan at the bar. "Nathan's really cool Haley, I think you'll really like him."

Just hearing Lucas and Tom talk about this Nathan had Haley thinking out her Nathan, and about how she should have finished breaking up with Tom about half an hour ago and right now should be stripping off her dress and modelling the underwear she had on underneath this dress for her Nathan, who would appreciate what she was wearing immensely, she had no doubts about that. She sighed as she took a sip of the red wine she still had in her hands, bitter at the fact that instead of enjoying an intense orgasm, she was here in this shit of a room with Tom the shit, and lifted her head and looked in the direction that Lucas was leading them in, deciding that as she was about to meet the owner of Scott Investment Management, she'd better be polite and actually listen to this conversation, when she almost spat out the wine that was in her mouth, barely managing to keep the liquid inside of her mouth and then somehow managed to choke on the damn stuff. This had to be some kind of sick joke. She had to be dreaming, this could only be some kind of nightmare. She closed her eyes as she coughed, trying to control her choking, willing herself to wake up but when she opened her eyes, he was still standing there at the bar, she hadn't woken up in her bed, she was still there in the middle of this fucking engagement party.

"Haley are you okay?" Lucas asked as he turned around and saw her choking on something and was coughing like crazy.

Haley was far from okay. Tom was pounding her back but she didn't care that she was choking, in fact, passing out seemed like a good idea right now, all she cared about was the fact that her Nathan was standing at the bar. Nathan who didn't know that she was or had been engaged, the Nathan who all three of them were clearly on their way over to meet. She looked back over at her Nathan, their Nathan, Luke's brother, Tom's boss, the man she was going to leave Tom for, her boss, the owner of Scott Investment Management... fuck! How could she not have known who the fucking owner of the fucking company she worked for was? There had to be a picture of his somewhere, on the intranet, in one of the magazines that she had never read that the company provided to all their staff, there had to be something and she had missed it. Her head was spinning at a thousand miles per hour and she had no idea how she was managing to breathe with all the coughing she was doing, when she heard herself, she was gagging. Tom was pounding on her back even harder than he had been before and Haley could finally feel some air reach her lungs. She breathed in deeply and glanced over at him again when she saw what he was doing. Some bitch was standing right next to him, they were huddled together, whispering about something and his arm looked like it was wrapped around her waist, and all of sudden Haley felt like she couldn't breathe again. Her eyes travelled quickly up and down this woman and yep, she was absolutely stunning, legs up to her fucking armpits, tiny waist, slender, toned body, great breasts, and the kind of brown, wavy, shiny hair that any shampoo commercial would be proud of. She was beautiful and exactly the kind of woman that the owner of Scott fucking Investment Management should be with, and from the looks of things, he was.

"Haley?" Tom tried to get her attention but she seemed distracted and she definitely wasn't listening to him.

Haley felt her chest tighten, what the hell was that bitch doing with her Nathan? What the hell was Nathan doing with that bitch? Was Haley just some little bit on the side to Nathan, was that what was going on between them? At least she had been kind of honest about Tom, at least Nathan knew that Tom existed; at least he knew that she was already in a relationship, whereas Nathan had never said anything to her about this bitch. She didn't know what she was feeling as she continued to watch Nathan whisper and laugh with this person, she was furious, hurt, angry, jealous and upset, she wanted to march right over there and yank his hand away from her, he couldn't be touching the bitch, he should be touching her, but then she remembered where she was and all she knew was that she had to get out of this room, she couldn't be in this hotel for a second longer. "Tom I don't feel well, I have to go." She managed to choke out. She then turned abruptly and walked quickly towards the exit, gulping down the rest of the wine as she walked away, only to crash right into one of the waiters who was carrying a tray full of red wine, which managed to spill right on her stomach, coating her dress in red liquid, the dress that she had bought for him, the one she had now realised that she had bought for no fucking reason whatsoever, which was now completely ruined, just like her and Nathan's relationship seemed to be. The waiter was apologising profusely to her, but she didn't stop to listen, she continued walking and broke into a run once she had picked up some napkins which she didn't use to wipe off the wine from her dress, she used them to wipe the tears that were falling steadfastly down her cheeks.

Lucas watched in shock as Haley ran out of the room. He had seen her watch Nathan and she had seemed paralysed as she looked at him. As far as he was aware, Haley had never met Nathan so how come seeing him made her act like that? He looked over at his brother and eyed him and Carly. He could have sworn that he had seen jealousy clearly in Haley's eyes, but what did she have to be jealous about? She was with Tom.

Tom stood there in disbelief. Haley had been fine thirty seconds ago, and then the minute she had seen Nathan, she flipped. He didn't know what the hell was up with that, but something was definitely wrong there.

"Well that was interesting Tom." He heard someone whisper in his ear.

He turned around and saw Jade grinning at him like a Cheshire cat. "Not now Jade." Tom warned her.

Jade shrugged as she grabbed another wine from a passing waiter. "You sure you're doing the right thing, marrying this girl?"

Tom shook his head at Jade in disbelief and turned back to look at Nathan, who appeared to be wrapped up in the girl he had standing next to him, as he tried to figure out what just happened with Haley.

"I'll be around if you need me." Jade whispered before walking away and heading back to the party.

~*~

Haley slammed the door to the apartment shut and nearly ripped the fucking dress off her body. She knew it was ruined but she walked to the kitchen anyway and threw it inside the washing machine, before she grabbed a tea towel and started to dry her stomach which still had some wine on it, not bothering to turn any lights on, the darkness provided her with the comfort she needed right now. God she couldn't believe how much of a mess she found herself in, how stupid she could have been to think that what she had with Nathan was going anywhere at all, how stupid she was to think for even a second that Nathan Scott could want to be with her. Even if he did, which it was clear from the bitch that had been standing next to him that he didn't want to be with her for the long haul at least, they couldn't be together anyway. Not when Tom worked for him, not when she worked for him.

How could she not have seen that Nathan was hiding someone? They constantly met at hotels; she had never seen his house, so that should have been pretty obvious right? He obviously had that girlfriend, or worse, she could be his wife, sitting at home waiting for him. God and to think that she had just been about to break things off with Tom, and for what? Did Nathan know that she worked for him? Was this all some kind of sick fuck the secretary fantasy he had?

She racked her brains, looking for a clue, a sign, something to help her understand what was going on, but all she could think about were the last couple of days, he had told her that he was falling for her, he told her that she completed him, or was that only that she completed the tiny space left in his heart which his fucking wife or girlfriend or whatever the hell she was couldn't fill for him for some reason? But he had seemed so genuine, she had believed him, she wanted to believe him...

Fuck! She was confused as hell and needed some more alcohol. She remembered that she had seen what she thought was an expensive bottle of scotch in one of the cupboards and pulled it out, grabbing a crystal shot glass as well and slammed them both on the island in the middle of the kitchen and sunk into one of the stools next to it. She pried the lid on the bottle open and even though the bottle didn't belong to her, it was Luke's friends; she poured herself a shot and downed it quickly, wincing as the warm liquid moved down her throat. She poured herself another shot and downed that too, wanting to do nothing but forget about the pain and confusion hat was ripping her body in two.

The fourth shot had just been downed and Haley could already feel the pain in the pit of her stomach start to numb slightly. She poured herself a fifth shot but instead of slamming the bottle back down on the counter, she pulled it back up to her lips and gulped straight from the bottle. She placed it back down once she had swallowed a large gulp and looked down at herself, seeing the underwear that Nathan had picked out for her on herself and closed her eyes when she felt them begin to well up. She bet that he bought the bitch underwear all the time, and she probably looked a thousand times sexier in it than she did.

An hour later, Haley still hadn't moved from her spot in the kitchen. The bottle of scotch was now more than half empty and as numb as Haley felt, she could still feel all the anger and contempt ranging through her body, as well as the pain of what was going on with her and Nathan, the confusion, she was sure no amount of alcohol could stop her from feeling that. She laid her head down on the marble counter top and enjoyed the coolness the surface brought to her. She had to figure out how she was going to handle this situation, what was she going to do? Was she going to stay with Tom? What was she going to say to Nathan when she saw him next? Would she believe anything he said anyway? Would she even see him again? Had she just acted completely irrationally? Was it all completely innocent? God she needed to sleep.

~*~

Nathan stood outside of the taxi, waiting for Carly to stop flirting with the damn driver, who looked like all his Christmases had come at once and was obviously enjoying the attention she was lavishing him with. He pulled his phone out of his pocket and saw yet again that he had no missed calls from Haley. He had long since moved on from the anxious stage, and was now just scared. What if her boyfriend had asked her to stay with him? What if she had said yes? And quite frankly, given that it was now ten o'clock, which was two hours after she had told him that she was going to call him, that was the only explanation he could come up with. And that scared the shit out of him. He ran a hand tiredly through his hair and started thinking about what he would do if she really had decided to stay with him and was going to end things with him, but quickly stopped, he couldn't think like that until he had talked to her, he couldn't bear to think about her not being with her, tonight was supposed to be the beginning, their beginning, not the end, it couldn't be.

Luckily, he had Carly to distract his thoughts from wandering into even more dangerous and depressing territory. He grabbed her hand and forced her out of the taxi, handing the driver a note before leading her inside. They took the elevator up, there was no way Carly would be able to navigate her way up the stairs in her drunken state and when they finally got to the door, he fumbled around for his key and opened the door.

The apartment was pitch black when he walked inside. He flipped the hallway light on and threw his keys down on the side table, before he led Carly further inside. It seemed his tenant wasn't in, which he was pleased about, this way he could slip Carly in the bed and leave the tenant a note explaining that she was staying the night, without her ever knowing who he was, which would keep Luke quiet. He looked at Carly who seemed completely out of it and was muttering something about 'loving this place' as her eyes opened wide in awe of his apartment, which she had seen plenty of times before when she had been visiting the city previously, and anyway it was, quite frankly, just a normal New York penthouse, there wasn't really anything special about it. He walked further along the hallway, realising that he didn't know which bedroom the tenant had chosen, and prayed that it was the one upstairs; he didn't fancy having to carry Carly up the stairs. He walked to the door of the downstairs bedroom and timidly opened the door, finding it just as he had left it. He walked inside and peeked in some of the drawers, luckily finding them empty and grabbed Carly. "Okay, you can stay in here. I'll call and check on you in the morning okay? Just go straight to sleep; you're going to have a killer hangover in the morning."

"Okay!" Carly said happily as she flopped onto the bed.

Nathan shook his head at his drunk friend and shut the door behind him, glancing once more at his phone, yet again finding nothing from Haley. "Shit!" He muttered to himself as he ran his hand through his hair. He remembered the bottle of insanely expensive scotch he had in the top cupboard which he had been saving for a special occasion, and Haley breaking it off with him seemed a good an occasion as any to crack the bottle open and drown his sorrows. He walked towards the kitchen which was also bathed in darkness and flipped the switch which caused the under lighting from the cupboards to come on when he jumped out of his skin.

"Fucking hell." He exclaimed when he found Haley standing in front of him, a look of complete shock etched on her face, exactly mirroring his own. The shock soon wore off as his eyes drifted down her body as he took in every single inch of her, complete euphoria running through him at the fact that she was standing in the kitchen of his apartment dressed in the most fucktastic underwear ever. He knew that she would look phenomenal in it. His eyes travelled to her breasts, her cleavage looking amazing in the bra, it was so tempting, he had to clench his fists to the sides of his body to stop from reaching out and grabbing them, but he wanted to take the time to appreciate her in what he had picked out for her. His eyes continued to roam her body, the turquoise and black lace looked stunning on her. His gaze wandered down her slender stomach to the panties which he was definitely going to rip right off her in about thirty seconds, and then travelled further down her legs to the hold ups which fitted her curvy legs to perfection. All of a sudden, the realisation that she was here hit him. "How did you know that this was my apartment?" He asked, finding himself distracted by her body as his gaze wandered slowly back up her body as he took in all her amazing sensual curves.

"Nathan, can you help me, oh!" Carly said as she stumbled drunkenly into the kitchen where she found Nathan, taking in the girl who was standing in front of her. "Hey look, we're wearing the same underwear!"

Nathan completely ignored Carly, he was completely mesmerised by Haley. His gaze travelled further up past her breasts again and rested on her incredibly.... pissed off face. Shit was she angry? He was about to shout at Carly to go back into the bedroom as he was about five seconds from pouncing on Haley, pissed off or not, he didn't really care, he would soon be making her scream for all the right reasons anyway, when he watched as she picked up the shot glass off the table and hurled it at the wall behind him, smashing the crystal into a million and one pieces which narrowly missed his head. Fuck yes... she was absolutely livid...

AN – Okay, that's it guys and wow that was long! You'll notice that there is still a lot left under wraps... at this point, Haley is the only one that knows everything, but the seeds of suspicion have definitely been planted, and I know exactly the way Lucas, Tom and of course Nathan are going to find out the full details of what is going on... and it's interesting to say the least!

I also wanted to remind you guys that Haley has had a lot to drink in the last part of the chapter... so that's partly why she's acting like this..!

I wanted Haley and Nathan to find out about them and their part in all the drama before anyone else, as I feel that they need to decide what they are doing about their situation before anyone else finds out... so even if this wasn't the way that you saw all this happening, I hope that you guys liked the chapter, let me know by leaving me a review... and boy is there some more drama in the next couple of chapters! x