Hey guys sorry I've been a little busy lately but I'm back and I've updated, this chapter is kind of long so anyways I hope you guys like!

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3 Months Later

"So, how are you and tutorboy getting along?" Brooke asked, shuffling through the lines of clothes hanging on the metal racks. Her and Haley were currently on a 'fashion statement' mission that Brooke had insisted on doing in pure relaxation. Haley, however, could not see how this was relaxing and she was starting to get exhausted fairly quickly--something that happened alot on the Brooke Davis fashion spree.

"We're okay... We're still not together yet, but atleast we're friends again, that's always good", Haley replied, standing in the front of a tall mirror and holding a dark green top to her chest. It was true, her and Nathan had become friends again. Every since that night at the carnival three months ago they were slowly getting back into each other's lives. Each weekend atleast one day if the other wasn't busy, they would go out and do something fun--preferably conversational--to try to get more than just acqainted with one another. They realized alot had changed in their lives, more than they themselves knew.

"Well if you ask me, you guys should already be on the sex stage."

"Then it's a good thing no one is asking you." Brooke chuckled and came up to stand behind her short blonde friend, peering into the mirror over her shoulder.

"Tutorgirl you have to get that, it looks so awesome on you and Nathan will love it." Brooke winked and walked over to another set of clothes, rummaging throu what was left. Haley smiled at her friend's irresistable fashion-addict, but she had to give the girl props--she did know her clothes.

About an hour later--what seemed like a billion to Haley--she worked up the courage to tell Brooke it was time to go.

"Okay Brooke, I think you've went through everything there is, now let's go."

Brooke pouted, folding her arms over her chest.

"But Haley we're having so much fun."

"Brooke we've been having this 'fun' for three hours and I'm starting to get tired, besides I have to meet Nathan in a couple of hours", Haley informed, watching as the brunette's face turned from a frown to a grin.

"Oh yeah, that's tonight huh? What happened on your guys last date?"

Thankfully to Haley, the two were now headed to the checkout line, a couple of garments in her hand, a whole arm full in Brooke's.

"Nothing, we just went to the lake."

"And?"

-Flashback-

The silver Suv pulled up to the faded wood cabin, parking in the shade of the pine trees. Stepping out of the passenger's side, Haley stretched her arms out wide, taking a big sniff of the fresh pine mountain air. Her attention turned to the crystal blue water, surrounded by various trees and she gasped at the beauty of it. Her and Nathan decided they needed a little away time from Tree Hill and when he'd offered to take her up to the cabin in the mountains not far off that his grandfather Royal owned, she'd accepted happily. Not only would they get to relax and actually talk, but she'd get to see the place she missed so dearly.

"So, what do you think?" Nathan asked coming over to stand next to Haley who now had her shoes and socks kicked off, her feet planted into the soft water.

"Beautiful as always", she smiled, shifting her feet on the smooth sand below. Nathan grinned, grabbing her hand and tugged it towards the cabin.

"Come here, I want to show you something."

Stepping out of the water, Haley allowed him to drag her up the slightly sloped hill and through the trees, eventually coming to stand in front of the old oak door of the cabin.

"Close your eyes."

"Nathan--" Nathan put his hand over mouth, smiling.

"Just close 'em Hales." She did as he commanded and he slowly opened the door, leading her in a little ways.

"Okay you can open them."

Haley opened her eyes and gsped the moment she did. Before when they were kids, she had remembered the cabin being old and shabby. The logs that made up the walls were dull and crushed and the furniture was faded and chipped. The carpet had been a gloomy grey and she had wondered how something so trashy looking could be in a beautiful place like this. But now, now the walls were a deep rich brown and it shined off of the sun that emanated through the windows. The furniture had been replaced, no longer were they old beat up tables and couches, now they were a beautiful hand carved red wood coffee tables and a bergundy couch outlined in fine cedar wood. The carpet reflected the couch as it also was a bergundy color and there were multiple paintings hung on the walls, with a couple of animal heads to go with the scenery.

"Oh my god Nathan! What happened to this place!?", Haley shrieked in amazement, the place was so much more beautiful now.

"You like it?"

"Of course I do!"

Laughing at her, again he took her hand into his leading her through the rooms.

"Well, when I got into the NBA, I decided to fix this place up and use it as my get-away spot."

"Wow."

"Yeah and when grandpa Royal handed it to me, I decided it needed cleaning up anyways."

"He gave it to you?" Nathan nodded, not being able to stop the grin that was getting wider on his face at Haley's excitement.

"That is so awesome!"

"Yeah it is, but I have one more thing to show you."

Haley followed him, stopping here and there to run her fingers over a beautiful painting or the expensive marble stands.

"You remember how this place has three rooms right?"

Haley nodded.

"And how we used to go around and pick which room we wanted and pretend it was our own secret world?"

She nodded again.

"Well do you remember which one was yours?"

Haley again nodded and pointed to the door at the end of the hallway they were presently walking dowm. Smiling Nathan came to a halt at the door, placing his hand on the knob. Opening it, he steeped aside to allow her to walk into the room. When she did, her eyes bulged and her mouth dropped open, speechless.

The room--her favourite room--was decorated with sparkling gold stars with a sparkling black background. A huge four poster bed lay against the right wall, long white drapes coming down with white fluffy feathered pillows and a bed spread to match the surroundings.

"Oh.my.god... You remembered!" Haley yelled, flying into his arms. Nathan jumped a little in suprise, chuckling as he hugged Haley back.

"How could I forget?" That day after Nathan had saved Haley and her doll from Chris, she had given him a copy of her book titled, 'The Lost Land of Princess Zeya', and had remembered getting bored and deciding to flip through it. At first he had found it repulsive becase he was a boy, he didn't like dolls much less play with them, but then he realized how much it meant to Haley and decided to just flip through it instead of reading it.

One of the things he did not fail to notice was Haley's obsession over the decorations and had remembered he still had the book an thought it'd be a nice suprise.

"When did you do all this?", Haley asked in awe as she laid down on the soft silk sheets.

"Well, even though I was mad at you, I never completely let you go." Nathan came further into the room and sat down at the end of the bed.

"Thank you."

"For what?"

"For being so sweet", Haley smiled, burrying her head in the pillows.

Nathan took this oppurtunity to slide up next to her and stealthily snuck his hand up her shirt, gently tickling her stomach.

"Aha, Nathan stop!"

On the contrary, Nathan did not stop, but preceeded to tickle her even more as she burst out into a fit of giggles, trying to push his hand away.

"Nathan ahahaha Nath-"

Nathan smirked, aborting his mission of tickling her to death and turned on his side with his elbow on the bed and his hand supporting his head. He had missed Haley so much and it was nice to hear her laugh again.

-End of Flashback-

"Aw, that was sweet of him, it's a shame you didn't have sex on these beautiful sheets you mentioned."

"Brooke!", Haley half yelled, swatting her friend on the arm. Brooke just shrugged and looked away.

"Hey, it's true. So anyways what happened after that?"

"Nothing really, we just talked and had a good time."

"That's hard to believe since you didn't even make out."

Haley rolled her eyes and stepped out of the car, they were now back at the Davis estate, hauling the tons of bags--Brooke's mostly--into the house.

"Sometimes I wonder aout you Brooke, sometimes I wonder."

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"Haley! Nathan's here!" Peyton shouted up the stairs. Haley had just put the finishing touches of her make up on and was nervously staring at her reflection in the mirror. A kncok on the door scared her and she jumped slightly.

"Hey, Nathans waiting", Peyton said, walking fully into the room, she watched as Haley drew in her bottom lip and knew she was nervous.

"It's gona be fine Haley, you look great."

Haley looked down at her attire. She was wearing the green halter top that she had bought earlier in the stoe with Brooke and a black skirt that went down to the knees on the right side and gradually started to get shorter up the left side of her legs, stopping mid thigh. A pair of matching heels to go with it.

Taking a deep breath, she walked out of her bedroom, Peyton trailing behind. Coming to a stop at the top of the stairs, she spotted Nathan waiting by the door. Descending she looked at her feet avoiding his eyes that were soon to be on her. He smiled opening the door for her.

"Thank you." Waving a goodbye at Peyton, she walked to his car.

"You two have fun! And don't do anything Brooke wouldn't!", Peyton called, getting an eyeroll in response from both Haley and Nathan.

"So, whee are we going?", Haley asked, looking out the window towards the setting sun.

"I thought we'd go and eat at the little restraunt next to the beach and then take a stroll along the shore."

"Sounds good."

"Hey Haley?"

"Yeah?"

"You look nice", Nathan said, a sweet smile on his face. Haley's insides melted and she started to get the urge to want to kiss his soft smiling lips, but she knew she had to bury it so she tried her best to put the thought in the back of her head.

Fifteen minutes later they arrived at their destination: Seashore Tiki. Man how she loved this place. The scenery was amazing. It felt like you just stepped into Hawaii, what with the structure of a giant taboo hut and the illuminous tiki torches and island trees scattered about--not to mention the beach right behind it--was everything a person could dream of.

Ordering her favourite dish--barbaque chicken with mashed potatoes and brown gravy, along with a glass of white wine--she looked at Nathan quizzically.

"Prime rib?"

"Hey, I like it", Nathan defeded, trying to look tough but failing miserably as he cracked a grin.

"You always order that, you didn't see me order mac'n'cheese did you?"

"So." He stuck out his tongue and Haley giggled.

"Better watch that tongue, you could lose it", Nathan smiled his eyes clouding over as he watched Haley lick her lips. They both slowly started to lean in, coming to a stop mere inches away from each others lips. Moving closer Nathan was bout to press a kiss to her lips when a slam sounded and they flew apart.

"Here you are m'aam, sir", the waitor said, grabbing the plates from the tray.

"Thank you."

"Thanks." Haley looked in Nathan's direction while grabbing her fork and knife and began cutting her chicken. Nathan feeling her gaze, looked up only momentarily before looking away shyly as an akward silence fell upon them.

An hour later both were walking along the beach, shoes off, feet in the waves that crashed against the shore.

"Did you enjoy tonight?", Nathan asked, shoving his hands in the pockets of his jeans that were rolled up slightly.

"I did. Thank you." Haley smiled and intertwined their hands. Nathan glanced down at their locked fingers, he stopped abruptly causing Haley to shake her head in confusion.

"Nathan wha-", she was cut off by his lips gently capturing hers. He ran his tongue along her bottom lip, begging for entrance. Haley complied opening her mouth as his tongue slid in massagaing her own. Moaning, she raked her hands thourgh the hair on the back of his neck.

A ringing sounded from Nathan's pocket and reluctatnly he pulled back, reaching into the back of his jean pockets to retrieve his cell phone.

"Hello?"

"Nathan!"

"Lucas? What's the matter?" Nathan asked, he could tell by his tone that something was wrong.

"Its Dan... It's bad Nate... He's dying."

Nathan stared at Haley's worried face, trying to register clearly what his brother had just told him. His face became impassive, blank, and his eyes, his eyes... empty.

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