*Things in Italic are the past*
Nathan woke up in bed alone, he looked around the room and remembered what happened with Haley last night.
It was quarter past twleve and the house was quiet, still in his alcohol scented clothes
from the previous night he walked downstairs holding his head.
Brooke and Haley sat on the porch in the sun, he walked to the door. 'Hey', he whispered as they both turned
around. 'Morning Nate', Brooke laughed. 'pretty hung over huh?'. 'Yeah' he laughed.
'where is everybody?', he asked looking around. 'Well Rachel is sleeping on the sofa, she got drunk and passed out'.
Nathan laughed looking back at her. Brooke continued,' and everyone else is getting ready for the baby shower at four'.
He nodded and looked nervously at Haley, 'hey uh... Hales, can I talk to you a sec?'. She put down her glass and stood
up. 'whatsup?', he pulled her into the corner of the kitchen.
'I'm sorry about last night', he said still holding onto her arm.
'Its okay, Nathan you were drunk and you didn't mean what you said. I understand'. He put his hand in his front
pocket and sighed. 'See that's the thing, I meant what I said'. She looked up at him in shock, 'what?'.
He nodded and smiled at her, 'I love you Haley, I always have'. Haley gulped and looked at him not knowing
what to say. ' Nathan, you can't just say something like that to me. Not now anyway'. She roughly brushed
her hair from her face, 'You had me 2 years ago, and you left. You had me and you chose Peyton'.
He closed his eyes and attempted to grab her hand, but she pulled it away. 'Haley, I'm sorry'.
She held her hands up and stepped back, 'Yeah, so am I'. He shook his head and she walked away.
Haley sat back in her seat next to Brooke, 'Everything okay?', Brooke asked smiling. 'yeah, It's fine', she lied.
'Nathan, stop it', Haley laughed as he kissed her neck. 'I'm serious i'm trying to study'. Nathan carried on kissing her, 'so this is your bed?'.
she looked at him and raised her eyebrows, 'Yes, this is my bed. You should know you've stayed here enough times'. He pulled the book off her,
'you're not studying anymore'. Haley laughed and tried to get it back off him, he stretched his arm as far away from her as he could.
'You're not gonna let me study are you?'. He shook his head, 'No, just study me Baby'. She smiled, 'you're so cheesy, we're a cheesy couple aren't we?'.
He kissed her softly on the lips, 'Yeah we are'. She pulled her arms around his neck and kissed him, he pulled himself ontop of her not removing his lips.
'I love you Nathan', she whispered smiling at him. He stopped and looked into her eyes, he smiled at her cheesy grin, I love you too Haley'.
A few hours later, Peyton barged through the front door holding Jamie-Lynne. 'Nathan' she yelled.
He ran down the stairs in his tux, 'Yeah?'. She put the shopping bags on the table, and shook her head. 'So are you hung over then?'.
He shook his head, 'No, I wasn't that drunk Peyton'. She raised her voice, 'You made an ass out of yourself last night. This is our daughter's
day and I'm not gonna let you screw it up'. He walked to the other end of the kitchen fuming, 'Screw it up?, I'm not screwing anything up'.
She laughed, 'Yeah that's right you're not, I'm sick of our constant fights Nathan'. 'Yeah well so am I', he yelled back.
Haley, Brooke and Rachel came downstairs, 'Hey guys Is everything okay?'. Brooke asked as she felt the tension in the room.
'Yeah everything's fantastic', Peyton said picking up Jamie-Lynne.
Later, at the baby shower people were putting gifts on the kitchen table and admiring Jamie-Lynne. Brooke sat alone in the corner of the room,
when Lucas came and sat next to her. 'Hey, you okay?', He asked smiling at her. She played with her earing, 'Yeah, I'm just thinking'.
'about what?', he asked unbuttoning the top button on his shirt. 'Nothing really, just how everything's moved on so fast'.
He nodded, 'It's like when we were in high school Luke, everything was so clear and now it's.... , He interrupted. 'Blurry'. Looking straight at him,
'Yeah'. He laughed, 'I know, everythings moving so fast now. I mean Nathan's 19 married and he has a kid'. 'Yeah, we've started freaking out way before
our parents did'. Lucas played with the bottom of his tie, 'I just wanna be young for a while, Lindsay's always talking about marriage'. Brooke looked up,
'Really?'. He stared aimlessly into her eyes, 'Yeah, but I'm 18 Brooke. You know plus she's not....., Brooke leaned closer. Lindsay shouted him as he tried
to finish his sentence 'Lucas, we're going now'. He looked up at her, then at Brooke. 'Uh.... I better go'. He slowly stood and Brooke fake smiled at him as he
looked down at her. 'I'll see you later', he whispered rubbing her shoulder.
'Hey Brooke', Lucas said wandering in her room and lying on her bed. 'Hey boyfriend', she replied taking lumps of clothes out of her closet.
He grabbed her teddy bear and smiled, 'Hey, Tinkerbell', he said stroking the nose. 'Hands off tinkerbell', Brooke laughed grabbing it off him.
'so why are you emptying your closet?', he asked leaning his head on her pillow. she sat on the bed, 'well, since it's a new school year right. I need a new
back to school wardrobe, because my summer wardrobe is just for summer'. He laughed and stroked her hand, 'So lets me get this straight, you're buying
a whole new wardrobe from scratch?'. She nodded, 'Yeah'. He smiled and shook his head, 'you're crazy'. She leaned in and kissed him, 'Yep, but i'm fabulous so
It's okay'. He laughed and pulled her up so that she was lying ontop of him. He played with her hair and grinned, 'I love you'. She smiled, 'I love you too'.
He placed his hands on her lower back and stroked it, she laughed and put her arms on his chest kissing him.
Brooke and Haley sat alone in the kitchen, 'things sure have changed for us huh, Hales?'. Haley looked at her and gave her a small nod, 'Yeah, we're both in love
with guys we cant have'. Brooke laughed, 'That's us, we only realise just how much we love them until they're gone'.