Chapter Eleven "True Sin"

"It's the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must surrender itself to its master passion. "

Rebecca West

It was Sunday morning and the dark clouds filled the horizon. Haley stepped out on her balcony and gazed out at the looming darkness. There was something ominous in the air today and the weather seemed to only heighten her awareness. She secured her robe around her hoping to stave of the cool breezes that were becoming all to frequent the further in November they got.

The large house was eerily quite. Lucas and Dan had left yesterday evening with a last minute addition of Deb sighting she wanted to do some shopping and see a new Broadway play. Then her girls had all left her, and she including Jake in that statement, early this morning.

Sighing she walked back into her room and slipped back under the covers to warm up. It felt like a lazy day today and she was going to enjoy it. Maybe a little solo action would perk up her day, since Lucas had left her high and dry the day before. Satisfied with that thought she hopped off her bed to retrieve the one thing a woman couldn't live without. She poked her head underneath her massive bed and had just about reached her goody box when a knock on the door halted her actions.

Without thinking she jerked her head up, temporarily forgetting the bed above her, and shouted out in pain.

Nathan heard her yell and opened the door immediately.

"Haley? Where the hell are you?"

"Under here…. hold on" she emerged from the other side of the bed rubbing her tender head.

"What the hell were you doing under there?" he laughed realizing why she had screamed.

"Um…just thought I dropped an earring last night," she rattled off an excuse.

"Whatever, look the main staff is taking off for the week. Apparently there's a hell of storm coming through the next few days and most have family in the area so I told them they could take off and be with them. Help them prepare and shit. I hope that's alright with you?"

"Do you think I'm that spoiled that I have to have someone always waiting one me hand and foot?" she smiled to him.

"No, I was just letting you know that you might want to eat some of the last home cooked breakfast you'll have for a week."

"What you won't bring me breakfast in bed?" she batted her eyelashes.

"The bitch gene is only in Lucas" he smirked and lay out across her bed.

She scooted him over and sat down beside his sprawled out body.

Nathan snuck a glance at her and noticed her robe had gaped open giving him a nice view of her chest.

Haley got his line of sight and smacked him on the arm. "Perv." she chastised him while securing her robe more.

He chuckled. "What I'm a guy and if it's hanging out there I'm gonna look."

She rolled her eyes and grabbed her deep red nail polish off her nightstand and began to shake it.

"Here put yourself to good use," she handed him the bottle.

"What? I'm not going to paint your toes. "

"Pleaseeee" she whined and gave him her signature pout.

He shook his head not believing what he was about to do for her. "I'm growing to hate that look," he remarked and snatched the bottle from her hands.

She clapped her hands and leaned back against her pillows and stuck out her bare legs in front of her wiggling her toes.

He couldn't help but smile at her enthusiasm as he sat up on the bed and lifted her petite left foot onto his lap trying in vain not to sneak a peak up her robe. Within seconds he pleasantly discovered pink lacy panties, but decided if he didn't want to pain all over her damn foot he better concentrate at the task at hand.

Haley picked up her Cosmo that was next to her and begun flipping through. She stopped on a quiz and thought it would be pretty interesting.

"You want to take a quiz?" She smiled deviously.

"Seeing as I'm painting you toes, it seems I have all the time in the world."

She smiled and told him the title. "Are You Good In Bed?"

Nathan smirked thinking this wouldn't be so bad.

" Alright, How often are you game to try different sex positions? A) Rarely. You prefer the tried-and-true. B) Sometimes, but you'd love to more. C) Nightly! You love switching it up!"

"C, without a doubt." he didn't even hesitate.

"Do you ever spend solo time pleasuring yourself? A) Damn straight! When the mood strikes I go with it. B) Never. C) Sometimes when I'm super horny.

Nathan looked up kind of shocked, but she wasn't budging. "A".

She smiled and continued on. "Do you ever initiate sex? A) Once in a while, but the majority of the time he, or in your case she pounces first. B) All the damn time, I mean its sex. C) Nah. You always wait for him/her to roll on top of you and start the action."

"B and I'd never be with someone who chose A or C" he smirked.

Haley licked her lips and asked the next question "Do you like it rough? A) Is there any other kind of sex? B) Never I only make love. C) I like it rough, hard, soft, sensual. You name it I do it all."

"C" he again didn't hesitate.

"Do you enjoy orally pleasuring your partner? A) I give as well as I receive. B) What's oral pleasure? C) If it's a special occasion."

"A" he looked up and smiled at her and she locked eyes with him for a second before circling his answer.

She paused for a second before asking the next question something in it striking a cord in her. "How important is sex and passion in a relationship to you?" A) It's just a great bonus. B) Its important in the beginning, but fades with time and that's all right. C) Sex and passion is an expression of the amount of love and desire you feel for the other. If it doesn't last then it's a sign the relationship won't last much longer either.

"C"

"Good answer. Now let's count up your score." She began to tabulate.

"Looks like you're a Five-Star Sexmate right along with me buddy" she smirked noticing they had scored the same.

"You know its kind of freaking you have mastered that smirk perfectly and what does Five-Star Sexmate mean, besides being a God."

She laughed lightly and read. "Doing it with the lights on so bright, he can see your every freckle n curve? Oh yeah! A delicious new move involving his favorite food group? On the menu tonight! You're exceptionally confident about your body, you love initiating new positions with your guy, and you don't apologize for going after your pleasure."

"You know it" He cockily told her.

"Yeah, yeah, I'll believe it when I see it," she let slip out without thinking.

He looked up surprised. "Anytime baby, " he chuckled lightly at her.

"Ugh, are you done yet?" she looked down as he just finished her pinky toe.

"Yes you majesty. How'd I do?" he looked proud at his performance.

"Not as good as Brooke, but pretty damn good. Oh and one more thing Nathan. I think I just proved it runs in the family."

He got off the bed and put the nail polish back on the table. "What runs in the family?" He turned back to look at her.

She waved the magazine in front of her toes. "The bitch gene" she coyly smiled.

"Oh, that was low. Get your ass dressed and grab some breakfast James." he walked out of her room, but still left with a smile. .

She grabbed a shower before she did anything. Looking through her enormous selection of clothing she decided on a pair of Juicy comfy baby blue drawstring pants and slipped on black cotton V-neck halter. If she went outside she could always bring a blanket out with her to keep warm she decided.

She pulled her hair in a messy bun and grabbed her crimson red nail polish before making the long trip to the center of the house. She reached the kitchen and spotted Nathan chowing down already.

"How nice of you to wait on me?" she joked.

"Hey I waited 30 minutes. What the hell took you so long?"

"Let me take you through a girls routine verses a guys. A girl has to shower, shave many parts of her body. Shampoo, condition, then dry off and lather lotion all over their body, then blow-dry, then brush teeth, dress appropriately, make-up, and that's just for a casual day, just tack on an extra hour or three for going out. Now guys all you have to do is shower, make a shampoo Mohawk, dry off, dump your towel on the floor, brush teeth, grab whatever not dirty to wear, and with two swipes of your hands your hair is done."

Nathan shook his head. "Hell, all I was expected was an eye roll not a play by play."

She swatted him and snagged a piece of his bacon of his plate.

"There are at least 50 pieces of bacon on a platter in front of you and you take mine?"

Haley grinned right at him. "For some reason things taste better when I get them directly from you."

Nathan had a dirty joke on the tip of his tongue, but held back not wanting to get stray from the safe zone of topics.

"So what do you want to do today since with weather most everything is shot to hell?"

Haley thought for a minute. "We could always veg out and watch movies?" she shrugged.

"Alright, but here's the deal. We both have to agree on each movie." he stuck out his hand.

"Deal", she shook his hand and snatched another piece of bacon off his plate.

After finishing breakfast they padded down to the lounge room. Haley loved this room. It had no windows so it was great for movies in the day, had gigantic over stuffed suede coaches and the biggest plasma screen you could buy. It was the one room that was specifically designed for being lazy. It also had a fully stocked wet bar that always came in handy.

Haley grabbed the remote and flopped on the sofa. She aimlessly flipped through while Nathan dug around for an appropriate movie.

"Oh, no movies Nathan, it's a Law & Order SVU all day marathon. We are so watching this!" she declared.

"For once I agree with you." He lifted her legs before seating down then placed them over his lap.

For a couple hours they sat in momentary silence commenting here and there on the show before them.

Nathan couldn't believe just laying on a couch with her could put him at such peace. Just be lazy with her made him more content than he had felt with any other girl.

"Nathan?"

"Hmm?"

"We need alcohol." Haley proclaimed sitting up.

"You are always are trying to get me liquored up."

"Don't flatter yourself mister." she grinned and made her way to the wet bar.

"So what shall it be?"

"What can you handle?" He taunted her.

"Oh, you think I'm a light weight don't you?" she grabbed something out of the mini fridge and grabbed a knife.

"Well, let's face you are a tiny little thing."

"Trust me I could drink you under the table buddy." she winked and came from the bar with a bottle of Patron tequila, sliced limes, and a saltshaker.

"Damn girl" Nathan laughed.

"Open the bottle while I grab the shot glasses." she instructed.

Haley sat down on the floor in front of the large marble coffee table and motioned for him to join her.

They sat Indian style side by side with the contents laid out in front of them.

"Ok here's the game every time we hear the character's name Eliot you drink and every time we hear the character's name Olivia I drink. When we both hear the doink, doink thingy we both drink." she finished with a laugh.

Nathan looked at her strangely. "Where the hell did this game come from?"

Haley shrugged. "Chris…he could make anything into a drinking game. You put yourself in any situation and within 5 seconds he had a game in his head. On the way to clubs in New York we took shots at every red light we hit in the limo. Peyton even found us at 4 am with Jake playing a drinking game with Candy Land. I don't know why we had that game in our house, but whatever," she laughed at the memory.

"Damn you aren't what I thought you'd be like," he said after a minute.

"What did you expect?"

He poured their shots. "I don't know I guess I thought you'd be like every other girl in our circle who only cares about being seen in the latest club with the latest guy and could never just relax and do something like this. I mean most girls would be bitching non-stop about being bored, but you seem to find the fun in anything. Pretty damn refreshing."

"Well, I am Haley James one in a million." she smirked.

"And modest too," he joked.

"So you ready?"

"Game on," he replied clinking shot glasses with her and turning the volume back on.

They had barely made it through one episode before feeling the affects and calling truce for a bit.

Picking themselves up off the floor they collapsed onto the huge couch. Nathan laid down on his side first with his head against a pillow and Haley laid in front of him on her side her head flat on the couch, so they both could see the television.

Nathan felt Haley shiver in front of him and grabbed the blanket off the back of the couch covering them both and wrapping a secure arm around her waist. For a minute he let his mind enjoy the scent of her hair and the feel of her body tightly up against his.

Haley felt so comfortable with him. She could just be herself and never hold back. It was like she just opened up around him and things just flowed naturally.

"Nathan? Do you remember in the spa when we talked about destiny?

He thought for a second. "Um, yeah why?"

"You said you thought destiny gives us choices. So, how are you suppose to know which is right for you."

"Honestly? I don't really know. I guess you always know which is the choice you want it's just sometimes other circumstances make what you want seem wrong, impossible, or too risky. I think fear is what keeps people from what they really want." he revealed.

"I never thought of it like that. You know you're pretty deep when you want to be," she giggled.

"Don't spread it around." he nudged her.

He smiled down at her and couldn't take his eyes off her. Without thinking he began to twirl a piece of her soft hair in his hand, wishing he could run his fingers through it.

The sound of thunder and lightening snapped him out of his daze.

Haley scooted back as close as possible to Nathan.

He smirked. "So shall I add thunderstorms to your list of fears?"

"You're such a smart ass. It's not so much that I'm scared because I actually love the rain it's just who likes to be alone when it's thunder and lightening?" she back at him.

"You have a point."

"Plus after watching the episodes of women being raped and murdered I'm not thinking happy thoughts."

"Come on," he commanded as he got up from the couch and pulled on her arm.

"What are we doing?"

Do you always have to ask questions?" he smiled back at her and grabbed the blanket.

She returned his smile and squeezed his hand.

They finally reached the elegant ballroom that contained a massive breathtaking stain glass domed ceiling in deep reds, golds, greens, blues, and purples in intricate designs.

"Just help me spread out this blanket and you'll see."

"Yes master" she mocked.

"Now just lay back and watch," he instructed once they laid the blanket on the hard marble floor.

Within a few seconds the entire ceiling lit up when streaks of lightening flashed through the sky. It was gorgeous; she had never seen anything like it. The lightening illuminated the stain glass in a way she'd never imagined. It never lasted long, but for just those few seconds you saw Mother Nature in a whole new light.

"Nathan that's beautiful." she said in awe lying beside him on her back.

"I thought you'd like it. It so dark out there it looks like night so I knew we'd see some good reflections."

"Why'd you show me this?" she turned on her side.

"Just in case you ever wind up alone during a storm you'd know it can create something amazing." he answered softly and turned on his own side to face her. She looked so natural and so beautiful in that moment. He looked into her eyes as the lightening flashed and the colors shined above them something inside him gave way in that instant. He reached out and caressed her cheek and never broke eye contact until his lips softy touched against hers.

The kiss was hesitant at first both unsure of what the other was feeling. Within seconds Haley's tongue traced his lips and sensually entered his mouth bringing the kiss to a whole new level. Nathan kissed her back, their tongues dancing around each other in an erotic battle. Nathan's hand traced the side of Haley's body stopping at her waist and bringing her as close as possible. She wrapped her arms around him and her leg through his and their bodies seemed to mold to one another. He pressed himself into her causing her to gasp at the sensation.

Only when breath became an issue did they wrench themselves away from each other both breathing deeply against each other staring into each other's eyes.

"I can't stop." Nathan breathlessly confessed.

After a few heavy breathes she pulled back and sat up, but made sure to smile reassuringly when confusion flashed in his eyes. She took out the pin holding her loose bun in place and let her waves cascade over her shoulders. Nathan watched as she reached back again this time untying her halter and holding it in place against her chest with only one hand.

Nathan gently took her hand and watched the material fall from her chest revealing her magnificent full breasts and rosy nipples. He was transfixed and it took him a moment to respond.

"You're gorgeous, come here" he pulled her back down to him and tossed her shirt away in the process. He kissed her deeply again, then moved to her neck, and then down to her chest. He took one in his mouth and lightly teased her nipple with his tongue making her whimper underneath him. He moved and took the other one in his mouth giving it equal treatment.

Haley's hips bucked up to meet his. Her body was on fire and she needed him now. She felt him lightly kiss down her stomach and his tongue trace around her bellybutton before he finally reached the only clothing that remained. He kept his hands massaging her breast above him the entire time and with his teeth undid her drawstring. She moaned and raked her fingers through his hair. He brought his hands down and slowly pulled her pants off leaving her in nothing but what god gave her.

"God your beautiful" Nathan muttered soaking up the sight of her nude body lying before him.

"Mm, stop staring and show me" she smirked up at him and grabbed for him.

Nathan removed his shirt and Haley immediately seized the opportunity and pushed him down on his back. She climbed on top of him and let her hands run along his toned chest she had only been able to admire from afar until now. She dropped wet open-mouthed kisses where her hands had previously been and swirled her tongue over his nipples before working her way down. She undid his jeans in record time and took his boxer briefs off as she pulled down the pants. It was her turn to stare as she took in him in all his glory for the first time. She had felt it before, but seeing it throbbing before her had her entranced. She moved to take him into her mouth, but he stopped her.

"I need to be inside you now," and the look in his eyes showed he was not open for discussion. She needed him just as much as he needed her.

He moved her underneath him and in an instant their lips were fuzzed together and their hands roamed each other's bodies. He moved his hand in between them and felt she was ready, more than ready.

This was it, the point of no return, but all they saw was each other. Nothing else mattered or seemed to exist except this moment. They felt no guilt of ugliness in what they were about to do. All they knew was that their souls ached for this and to deny it would be the true sin.

He looked deeply in her eyes and silently asked her permission and the look in her eyes was all the answer he needed and with one thrust they were one.

They both cried out at the initial sensation of one another. Nathan slowly started to move within her. She writhed underneath him and wrapped her legs around his waist as he picked up speed. The rocked together in a perfect rhythm only long time lovers seemed to find. Their lips barely left the others the entire time until they felt themselves climbing. Nathan tucked his head into her neck as he moved in and out of her. Haley moaned in his ear urging him faster and harder.

Haley felt herself spiraling out of control she clawed at his back and clenched her thighs around him. She started to scream and bit down on his shoulder to stifle her cries of passion.

"Say my name," he commanded her. He needed to hear his name spill from her lips as he drove her to the brink.

With what little concentration she had left she chanted his name over and over as he moved harder and harder into her. She screamed his name when she found herself at the point of no return. She heard Nathan moan and could feel him finding his release inside her and even as she shut her eyes to ride the waves of ecstasy she could still see the flashes of colors across the sky.