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Chapter 11
Haley woke up at nearly five in the morning Hawaii time, quickly doing the math and realizing it was nearly 11 in Tree Hill. She shook her head, glancing over at the empty bed next to her. She heard some noises downstairs, letting out a deep sigh and heading down stairs. Haley walked into the kitchen, seeing Nicole downstairs eating some cereal, Jamie, Peyton, Lydia, and Sawyer sitting at the table with her. "Hey, have you guys seen Nathan?" She asked them, leaning against the counter. Peyton looked over at her, "Oh, he went on a run with Lucas about fifteen minutes ago." She said, smiling at her. Haley nodded, walking over to the table, rubbing Jamie's back. "How's the face feeling today, Jamie?" She asked him, turning his head and rubbing the bruise on his face. Jamie shook his head, "It feels fine." He said, sighing softly. "Hopefully it fades before the wedding. Same with your father's." Haley said, looking over at Lydia, smiling. Lydia waved at her, holding up her spoon. "Look! Nicole got me some cereal." She said, smiling brightly. "That was nice of her. Did you tell her thank you?" Haley asked, walking over and kissing Lydia's head. Lydia nodded, giving Nicole a thumbs up. Haley sat down, brushing her fingers through her hair.
About a half an hour later, Nathan and Lucas walked in, both of them soaking wet. "What happened to you two?" Peyton asked, raising her eyebrows. "We, um, fell in the water?" Lucas said, glancing over at Nathan, who nodded. "Yeah. Haley, do you want to go on a walk?" Nathan asked, holding out his hand to her. Haley grabbed onto his hand, pulling herself up to her feet. Nathan walked outside slowly, Haley following behind him. He walked down to the beach silently, letting out a deep breath.
Haley looked over at him, after they walked along the beach for a couple minutes, frowning slightly at the frustrated look he had on his face. She reached over and grabbed his hand, turning him towards her. She rested her hand on his face, looking up at him. "Nathan, just tell me." She whispered, brushing her thumb over his cheekbone. Nathan looked down at her, sitting down on the sand, staring off at the ocean. Haley sat next to him, resting her hand on his back. Nathan was quiet for about a minute, keep his gaze down into the sand, before he looked up at the ocean, staring at the horizon and sighing. He let out a deep breath, "I'm scared." He grumbled finally, kicking his foot into the sand. Haley looked at him, resting her head on his shoulder for a second. She kissed his jaw quickly, brushing her fingers through his damp hair. "Nathan, you don't need to be scared." She said quietly, smiling at him. His gaze continued to focus on the ocean, a small frown on his face. "What are you scared of?" Haley asked him softly. After a moment of silence, he finally spoke again. "I'm scared that I'll go back to hating Dan because I'll look at the way William is with everyone, and realize I never had that." Nathan mumbled, his gaze shifting to the sand. "I'm scared that Jamie is going to become a douche bag like I was." He said, sighing softly. Haley frowned at him, moving so that she was kneeling in front of him. She gently rested her hands on his cheeks, making him look up at her. "Dan saved your life, Nathan. He saved Jamie's life. By saving you two, he saved me. He saved Lydia. Just remember that if you ever feel that anger again." Haley said softly, resting her forehead on Nathan's, closing her eyes. "And don't you ever worry about Jamie being a douche bag. You are not Dan Scott, Nathan. You won't let him treat others bad. You are a good man. You didn't find out who you wanted to be until you were older, but we've taught Jamie to respect people, and we've taught him that though he is amazing, he isn't the king of the world." Haley said softly, resting her hands on Nathan's arms, before wrapping them around his neck. "Remember that Jamie getting in a fight has nothing to do with us. That was his choice. We've taught him that fighting is wrong. And one fight is not going to make him a jerk.. Don't tell him I said that, because I've really been hammering down on him." She said softly, smiling at him. Nathan wrapped his arms around Haley's waist, pulling her close to him, resting his forehead on her shoulder.
They sat there silently for a few minutes, wrapped up in each other, before Nathan spoke up. "I've been treating you terrible the past few days. I'm sorry." He said softly. Haley rubbed the back of his neck softly, holding him tightly. "I haven't been so nice to you either." She said quietly, pressing a kiss to his head. "Lucas noticed it right away though, that something was off." He sighed softly, lifting his head up and looking at his wife. "I'm his brother but he'll always choose you over me. Really, I don't blame him." Nathan laughed quietly. Haley ran her fingers through Nathan's hair. "So, I'm guessing he didn't trip and fall twice last night?" She said, smiling slightly. "No." Nathan laughed, shaking his head. Haley shook her head, "Here we are, trying to teach our son that fighting isn't the answer, and Lucas just had to go pick a fight with you. Don't tell Jamie." She laughed, moving to sit next to Nathan once again. "I'm sorry, Hales. I really am. I don't know..." He said softly. Haley looked at him for a second, before grabbing onto his hand. "Nathan, after my mom died, I pushed you away. I pushed everyone away. And I know that this isn't the same situation, but these are situations when we should lean on each other. When we're sad, or scared, or stressed, anything... We should lean on each other instead of trying to stand alone. I don't know why that gets so difficult for us sometimes, Nathan." She said, closing her eyes. "I don't know either. I mean, nearly 15 years, you'd think we'd have this down by now." He chuckled, kissing her hand. "I doubt we'll ever have it down." Haley said, leaning her head on his shoulder. "I can't believe it's only like six o'clock in the morning. It's weird." He said, kissing her head and closing his eyes. Haley nodded, looking out into the ocean. "So what happened with you and Lucas? Why're you all wet?" She asked, raising her eyebrows. "Well, we were running along the shoreline. And I said something about when I was dating Peyton, and Lucas didn't like it very much, so he pushed me. And that meant war, I guess." Nathan laughed, looking down. "What did you say?" Haley asked, raising her eyebrows. "I asked his she tries to make him slip in the shower after they fought. Because that's what she would do sometimes. We would of gotten in a fight, then I would get in the shower and she would cover the floor in soap and try to make me slip. I hated it so much." Nathan grumbled. Haley shook her head, laughing. "This is such a weird conversation. My husband talking about his ex girlfriend, who is now his brother's wife." She laughed, looking up at him. Nathan looked down at her, smiling slightly and standing up. "Come on. Let's go back to the house and deal with the madness." He said, pulling her up to her feet.
They began to walk back to the house slowly, their hands intertwined, a small smile on both of their faces. "It's been awhile since we've been to Hawaii. I'm not sure what to do here when you have kids with you." Nathan laughed, squeezing her hand. "I think your mom has looked into it a bit, and I was planning on looking for something to do as well." Haley said, looking over at him, smiling. The two walked up to the house, stopping in front of the door. Nathan let out a deep breath, "I'm sorry, Hales. I'm going to control myself, and I'm going to be normal the rest of the trip. I'm mostly sorry for how I've been treating you." He said softly, looking down at her. Haley nodded slowly, "I'm sorry for how I've been treating you as well, Nathan. I don't like it when you're stressed." She whispered, pulling his face down and kissing him quickly. Nathan wrapped his arms around her, jumping when they heard someone hit the window. "It's a glass door, you two!" Peyton said, chuckling quietly. Nathan shook his head, rolling his eyes. "I love you, Haley James." He said, looking down at her. Haley smiled up at him, "I love you too. Even when we're arguing, I would drop anything to help you. Remember that." She said, kissing him once more, before heading inside, Nathan following after her.
Deb looked over at them from her spot at the table with William, Karen, and Andy. "You guys are back. So, I know it's still early. But there are a couple of hikes and things that we've been looking at." Deb said, looking over at the group that was in the living room. "Yeah, sounds good, Mom." Nathan said, wrapping his arms around Haley, hugging her close to him. Haley shook her head, chuckling quietly before pulling back from him and looking over at Deb. "That sounds great, Deb. we just need to make sure it's nothing too crazy so Lydia will be okay." Haley hummed, "And when she says Lydia, she means Nathan and Lucas. Because bad heart, and bad back." Peyton laughed, pointing at Lucas, then at Nathan. Nathan shook his head, "I can run up a straight up and down cliff, if I wanted to." He said, shrugging. Haley rolled her eyes, shaking her head. "Go shower, Nathan." She said, pushing him towards the stairs. Nathan rolled his eyes, heading up the stairs.
Lucas was sat by Nicole on the couch, reading through a notebook that she had given him. Haley looked at Peyton, raising her eyebrows. "Oh, he's reading a couple chapters of the book she's writing, I guess? I'm not exactly sure." Peyton informed Haley, shrugging her shoulders. Haley nodded her head, "Oh, that's cool." She said, looking over at Lydia, who was coloring in her princess coloring book, humming softly. "Do you guys know where Jamie is?" Haley asked, frowning slightly. "Yeah, he got a phone call and left." Lucas said, looking up at Haley, before looking back down at the book. Haley nodded her head, walking up the stairs to where Jamie's room was. She raised her hand to knock on the door, pausing when she heard Jamie's voice. "I miss you too, Madison." She heard him say, covering her mouth quickly. "I'll be home in a week though, I can't wait to see you. My parents just barely gave my phone back, but my dad said that they might take it away again once we get home. Hopefully they don't, but if they do I'll at least see you at school." Jamie said. "I miss you a lot. I just saw you two days ago, and I already miss you..." He trailed off.
Haley hurried to the bathroom, knocking on the door quickly. "Nathan! Nathan!" She whisper-yelled, shaking the door handle. Nathan quickly got out of the shower, pulling on some basketball shorts. He pulled open the door, "Whats wrong, Haley?" He asked her. She pushed him into the bathroom, closing the door and leaning against it. "I think Jamie has a girlfriend!" Haley said quickly, looking at him with wide eyes. "I think he's dating Madison." She looked up at him, frowning when he didn't look surprised. "Uh, don't be mad. But... I kind of already knew that." Nathan said, shrugging his shoulders. "What? Nathan." She grumbled, shaking her head. "Yeah, he told me not to say anything. It's been a few weeks." He said, looking down at her. "These are the kinds of things you tell me, Nathan." Haley said, poking his chest. "Sorry, he told me he would tell you eventually." Nathan laughed, shaking his head. "Well?" She said, looking up at her husband. "Well what?" Nathan raised his eyebrows. "What do we do?" Haley asked him, frowning. "You pretend like you don't know, until he tells you." Nathan informed her, shrugging. Haley groaned, leaning her head forward, resting it on his chest. "I don't want to do that. I want to find out more." She complained. "Okay, well. You can't do that. What you do need to do, is let me finish showering, and not talk to anyone about this." He said, turning her towards the door, pulling it open. Haley sighed, walking out of the bathroom, shaking her head.
At around ten o'clock, everyone was in two separate cars, ready to go. The car ride was about a half hour, then they all hurried out. "Okay, so after this, I think we should go to a car rental place and rent some cars. Just to make things easier." Haley suggested. Karen nodded, "Yeah, I think that's a good idea." She said, smiling slightly. Nathan walked over to Haley, wrapping his arm around her waist for a second, glancing over at Jamie, who was texting. "Hey, Jame. Let's put the phone away for a bit. You are in Hawaii, you know." He said, squeezing Haley's waist softly, before walking over to Lydia, smiling down at her. "Okay, onward." William said, pointing towards the trail. Nathan tugged his hat down onto his head, watching as Lydia ran over to Sawyer. Nathan let out a deep breath, glancing over at Megan as she stepped up next to him, throwing her arm around his shoulder. "Hey, brother." She said, smirking at him. Nathan shook his head at her, "Yeah, I don't really want you to call me that." He grumbled, rolling his eyes. "Oh come on, it's going to be real soon, so get used to it, buddy." Megan said, nudging Nathan. Nathan sighed heavily, "Hey, Haley really likes your company, where as I like to enjoy nature. Why don't you go see how she's doing?" Nathan suggested. Megan laughed quietly, falling into place next to Haley, while Peyton hurried so she was walking next to Nathan. "Look at my husband, your step sister likes him way more than she likes you. And he's just chatting her ear off about the book she wrote." Peyton laughed, linking arms with Nathan. "If only I was the smart brother, right? I just got cursed with basketball skills and good looks." Nathan chuckled, shaking his head. Peyton looked over at him, "I don't know, I think I prefer him." She laughed. "Hey, I think I prefer my wife over you, so it's all good." He smirked, glancing over his shoulder at Haley, winking at her. Peyton smiled at him, "Lucas told me you were being a little bit of a douche to everyone. He also told me that he had a little run in with you last night, what's that about?" She asked, glancing ahead of them to make sure Sawyer was alright. "I've just been having issues with this whole thing. I was being a dick to everyone, including Haley. I don't know." Nathan shrugged, glancing over at Peyton. "But we talked about it this morning. So all is well." He said, sighing softly. "What about you, Sawyer? How're things going in your household?" Nathan asked her, unblinking his arm from hers, wrapping it around her shoulders. "It's been awhile since anyone has called me that, it's a little weird because it's my daughter's name.." Peyton chuckled, wrapping her arm around Nathan as well. "All is well in our house. Sawyer has her moments, but she's basically me so I know how to deal with it." She laughed. "Lucas mentioned something to me about another kid." Nathan said, glancing over at Peyton and smiling. "Oh, he did? He can't keep his mouth shut. I'm surprised he didn't spill it to Haley a month ago." Peyton laughed. "Oh, but I told her. Don't you worry." He hummed, shrugging. "Yeah, well. We'll see what happens. If pregnancy is too high of a risk, we'll definitely look into adoption." She said to him, looking over. "What about you, Scott? Any more in the works for you?" Peyton asked him, looking over at Haley. "Not at the moment, no. But I just do whatever my wife says, so if you want to know, she's the person to ask." Nathan laughed. Peyton nodded her head, looking up ahead of them at Lydia and Sawyer, smiling. "Sawyer is good with her. I know that she gets a little annoyed at her sometimes, but I'm grateful that she isn't mean to her." Nathan said, smiling up at them. He looked over at Jamie and Jordan, who were immersed in a conversation that he couldn't hear any of. He smiled slightly, letting out a sigh of relief that both of his children were happy at the moment.
After hiking for a little bit, they were on the top of a mountain, Haley walked over to Nathan, who was sitting on a rock, talking to Lucas. She wrapped her arms around his neck from behind, leaning forward and resting her chin on top of his head. "Hey baby." Nathan said, glancing up and smiling. "Hey you. Want to come take a picture with me?" She said, rubbing her hands over his chest. "I'd love to." Lucas said, grinning at her. "Yes, Lucas. I was talking to you." Haley laughed, kissing the top of Nathan's head, handing him her phone. "Yeah, I'll take a picture of you two." He smiled, standing up slowly. "Take a picture of me pushing him down the mountain." Haley laughed, pretending as though she was going to push him down, Lucas laughing quietly. Nathan took the picture, rolling his eyes. "There you go." He said, handing her phone back, beginning to walk away. Haley grabbed onto his shirt, shaking her head. "Not so fast. You're taking a picture with me, and one with the kids. Then you can be done." She said, smiling at him. Haley handed Lucas her phone, motioning for Nathan to come stand next to her. Nathan shook his head, standing next to his wife, wrapping his arm around her shoulders, smiling for the picture. "I think I blinked." He said, looking at Lucas. "Don't worry. I can just take another one." Lucas said, nodding. Nathan glanced down at Haley, before dipping her down and kissing her quickly, smiling at the shocked noise that escaped her. After a second, he pulled back, smirking slightly. "Nice." Haley laughed, kissing his cheek. "Okay, Jamie, Lydia. Come here." She said, motioning for them to come over. They hurried over, Jamie grumbling quietly. The family of four took a quick picture, before separating from each other once again. "Wait, wait. We need a picture!" Peyton said quickly, rushing over and handing Haley her phone, pulling Lucas and Sawyer with her. They quickly smiled for the camera, while Peyton called Karen and Andy into the picture. Nathan and Nicole both groaned at the same time, before glaring at each other. "Well, that was a little freaky." Megan laughed, looking over at the two. Nathan rolled his eyes, shaking his head. "Okay, we have our pictures. Let's go." He said, sighing softly. "Wait, wait." Deb said, glancing over at William. "I want a picture of us and our kids." She said softly, looking at Nathan. Nathan opened his mouth to reply, Haley quickly grabbing his hand. Nicole narrowed her eyes at Deb, "Yeah, there is no "our" kids. There is your kid, and my dad's kids. Just so we're clear on that." She said, stepping over to take the picture. Nathan let out a deep breath, kissing Haley quickly, sighing as Deb handed her phone to his wife. He walked over to where Megan, moving so he was standing between his mother and Megan. He slid his arm around his Mom's shoulders, hesitating before putting his arm around Megan too. They all smiled for the picture quickly, before Nathan rushed back over to Haley. Haley looked up at Nathan, smiling slightly. "Good job." She hummed, glancing over at Lydia. "Well, I guess we better start heading down." Haley suggested, glancing up at the storm clouds that were forming in the sky.
Once they had finished their hike, rain had started to lightly sprinkle down on them. "Okay, it's like two o'clock. I say we go rent let's say... Two vans? Then we go get lunch, then go back to the house." Nathan suggested, pulling his hat off his head, putting it on Lydia, who started giggling. He grinned down at her, picking her up. They quickly piled into the cars they had called, driving to the car rental place and renting two vans, which took about two hours to do, which made it four o'clock, closer to dinner time than to lunch. "Okay, we can either have an early dinner, or wait a couple hours then go out to dinner?" Haley said, looking over at Nathan. "Actually, William and I were thinking we were going to go to the store, then cook for you tonight." Deb said, rubbing her hands together. "We want to have a family dinner, and you all have to go. We're going to eat together, as a family." William said sternly, looking over at Deb. Nathan let out a deep breath, "Alright, sounds good." He said, running his fingers through his hair. "I guess we just... Go back to the house? I mean there's not much we can do with it raining like this." Nathan suggested, glancing over at Haley and winking. Haley rolled her eyes, elbowing him softly. "Sounds like a good idea, thank you Nathan. So who drives well in the rain?" Deb asked, humming softly. Peyton smirked slightly, "Nathan and Haley handle themselves well in the rain." She said, looking over at the two. "No, Haley is terrible at driving in the rain." Nathan said, "But I'll drive one." He said quickly, getting into the driver's side. After a few minutes of discussing, Andy had decided to drive the other van.
They arrived back at the house about a forty minutes later. Nathan quickly walked around the car, pulling open Haley's door quickly. After most of the passengers had gotten out of the car, Nathan climbed into the back, unbuckling Lydia quickly. "Hello gorgeous. Did you have a fun time?" He asked her, smiling as she was nearly falling asleep in her car seat. He pulled her out of the car, locking it. Lydia looked up at the sky, smiling at the rain. "Daddy, will you stay out here and dance with me?" She asked him quietly, smiling at her father. Nathan laughed quietly, glancing towards the door. "If you get sick, it's not my fault." He informed her, setting her down on the ground, bowing to her. "Princess Lydia, may I have this dance?" He asked, grinning at her. Lydia giggled, nodding at him. Nathan grabbed onto her hands, beginning to dance around in the rain with her, laughing quietly. He picked her up after a little bit, spinning her around. Lydia laughed loudly, hugging him tightly. Nathan looked down at her, smiling brightly. "You're going to be even more tired after this." He said, setting her down. Lydia shrugged her shoulders, taking a about ten steps away from Nathan. "You have to catch me, Daddy." She informed him, before running in his direction, jumping when she was about two feet away. Nathan caught her, hugging her close to him. "You're crazy, you know that? You get it from your mother." He laughed, rubbing her back when she started to shiver a little bit. "Let's go inside." He said, smiling at his daughter.
They headed inside, both of them soaking wet. Haley looked over at them, laughing quietly. "Please don't get sick." She said, smiling. "Okay, Lyds. Go upstairs and get changed." Nathan said, setting Lydia down, watching her run away. He glanced over at Haley, smirking slightly. "Nathan, don't do it." She said to him, but it was already too late. He ran towards her, pulling her into a tight hug so she couldn't get away. Haley laughed, fighting him for a second, before eventually wrapping her arms around his neck, shaking her head. "That was cute, Nathan. You and Lydia." She hummed, hugging him tightly. "She's just like you." He said softly, glancing down at his wife, smiling brightly. Haley ran her fingers through his hair, pulling his face down to kiss her. After a minute or so, Nicole cleared her throat from her spot next to Lucas on the couch. "Seriously? You guys are worse that Megan and her boyfriend." She grumbled. "Yeah, no you're not." Megan laughed, shaking her head. "You ruined their moment, Nicole. Rude." She scolded her, shaking her head. Nathan sighed softly, kissing Haley once more. "Okay, well I better go change. Have Deb and William left yet?" He asked. Haley shook her head, "They said that they were leaving soon." She smiled up at him. Nathan nodded slowly, before heading towards the stairs.
Haley walked over, sitting by Megan on the couch, humming quietly. Megan looked over at her, smiling. "Ignore my sister, I think that you two are cute. Jordan does too. She's just pissy." She laughed, looking over at Nicole, who was emerged in a conversation with Lucas about her book. "She does like people occasionally though." Megan laughed, shaking her head. "I'm sure she really appreciates Lucas taking the time to read her book and help with it." She smiled slightly. "So she has to admit that something good has come from this whole situation. Lucas Scott is her step brother's brother. Weird phrase, but it's cool for her." Megan laughed. She looked over as Deb and William walked past. "Drive safe!" She called out, waving at them as they walked out. "So, what do you think about this?" Haley asked her, raising her eyebrows. "I think it's great. My mom was terrible, and my dad was unhappy. But it's nice to see him happy again. Deb hasn't told us much about Dan. But it was in the book." Megan said softly. Haley glanced over at Lucas, making sure he wouldn't overhear the conversation. "Dan was an asshole. All of their lives. He had his moments that would make you believe that he was becoming a good guy, but for most of their lives, he wasn't. But he's done so much. He's saved Jamie's life, and mine, and Nathan's. Without him, I wouldn't have the two boys that make me happiest. So before he died, Nathan and I decided to forget about all the bad for a little while, and just focus on the good things he's done." Haley said softly, glancing over at Lucas once again. "Jamie loved him so much, he really did." She shrugged her shoulders, sighing softly.
"Haley Scott, I have a present do you!" Nathan called out, holding Lydia upside down over her shoulder, shushing her because she was giggling loudly. Haley smiled, glancing over at him. "Wait! Don't look." He said. "Cover your eyes, Mommy!" Lydia called out. "Lydia, shh! You're the present." He grumbled, glancing over his shoulder at her. "Oops! Sorry." She said, giggling loudly. Nathan shook his head, walking around the couch, setting Lydia in Haley's lap. "One tired daughter who is going to fall asleep any second." He hummed, before falling into the spot next to her. "One energetic husband to has the energy to do anything you want." He said, winking at her. Haley rolled her eyes, smiling at him and glancing over at Megan. "I want you to run around the house." Lydia laughed, poking Nathan. "Lydia! I just got dry!" He protested. "Come on, Nathan. You said anything." Haley laughed, raising her eyebrows at him. Nathan stood up, before Haley grabbed his hand and pulled him back down. "I want you to do fifty push-ups." Nicole said, looking over at him. "Just fifty?" Nathan asked, standing up. "Okay, let's see if you can do fifty before you make comments like that." She said, rolling her eyes. "Oh trust me, I can do more than fifty." He said, smirking. "Do them with me sitting on you!" Lydia said, grinning. "Alright, alright. All aboard." Nathan laughed, getting down on the ground. Lydia jumped onto his back, Nathan pretending to land face first on the ground, laughing quietly. He got back up in push-up form, beginning to do push-ups. Fifty push-ups later, Lydia jumped off of his back, laughing quietly. "I told you." Nathan shrugged, looking over at Megan. "Did you video me?" He asked, raising his eyebrows. "For snapchat." Megan informed him. Nathan raised his eyebrows, "What does that mean?" He asked. "Oh man, Nathan. You're only like six years older than me. How can you be act so old?" She laughed, showing Nathan the video. "When your step brother is Nathan Scott." He read out loud, raising his eyebrows. "What the heck is this?" He asked, frowning. Haley laughed, pulling him over to her. "Honey, you just impressed everyone, and now you're embarrassing yourself and putting an age on us. Stop talking." She said, smiling up at him. "I know what snapchat is." Lucas spoke up, nodding his head. "You send pictures to people and they disappear." He said. "Does Jamie have one?" Nathan asked, looking at Haley. Haley nodded, "Nathan, let's just drop the subject. You're getting old, baby." She laughed. "I don't think he should have one of those because I know what I would of done with it in highschool, I would of-" He was cut off by Haley's elbow in his side, her gaze flicking to Lydia. Nathan nodded, sighing softly. "That's weird. Does anyone follow you on snapchat that might, I don't know... Post it to twitter or Instagram or anything? Those I have, and know about." He asked Megan, raising his eyebrows. "No, Nathan. Unless they save it to their phone but they have to download a totally different app for that." Megan laughed, glancing over at Haley. "Why, Nathan? Is there things out there that you don't want us to hear from people?" Nicole asked, raising her eyebrows. "No, I just don't want you guys to be hounded by reporters when they find out my mom got married." Nathan grumbled, wrapping his arm around Haley's shoulders. Nicole rolled her eyes, turning her attention back to her notebook. "I'm still impressed by that, Nathan. Good job." Haley laughed, squeezing his bicep. "I'm always impressed by you, though." She laughed. "Yeah, I thought you would be able to do it, but not as fast as you did." Megan said, giving him a thumbs up. "Sometimes, I come home and I hear Nathan doing push-ups in our room, and he's saying '19, 20, 21...' And then right when I walk in he switches to '198, 199, 200.' It's cute." Haley laughed, pinching Nathan's cheek. Nathan frowned, "I don't do that..." He trailed off, shaking his head. "Sure, baby. Sure." Haley smiled at him, winking. Nathan kissed her quickly, before looking down at Lydia. "I can do 200 push-ups though, right Lydia?" He asked. Lydia nodded her head, "Yep! He's tough." Lydia said, poking Nathan's stomach. Nathan nodded his head, smirking slightly.
About an hour later, Deb and William walked through the door, carrying bags of groceries. "It really is raining out there." Deb said, glancing outside. "Yeah, I wouldn't recommend driving out there any more tonight unless its necessary. The clouds are dark." William said, shaking his head. The two began to make dinner, while everyone else talked in the living room. After awhile, they called everyone into the dining room. "Alright, everyone. Sit down, dig in." William said, sitting down. Nathan quickly sat down between Haley and Jamie, Lydia on Haley's other side. He quickly got some food, looking over at Lucas, who was sitting across from him. Lucas made a face at him, before laughing quietly. Peyton looked at him, shaking her head. "You two are children." She laughed, smiling. Nathan rested his hand on Haley's leg under the table, smirking slightly as she glanced at him. Every so often he would move his hand up a little further, usually while she was in the middle of a conversation, laughing quietly at the 'What the hell are you doing?' look she would give him. While Nathan was focused on Haley, Deb called out his name. "So Nathan?" Deb asked him, letting out a deep breath. Nathan's hand stilled, his gaze shifting to his mother. "I've been meaning to ask you something for awhile now, but I haven't gotten the chance." She began, glancing over at William. Nathan squeezed Haley's leg softly, tensing up slightly. "Would you walk me down the aisle?" Deb asked, the power shutting off immediately after, the whole house becoming dark.
Yeah so this was pretty long and kind of a useless chapter that I probably could of made into two chapters, but it's alright.
