AN: Sorry its been a while since I have updated this story and my other stories, but I am back now and college is done until the new year and I have free time. So I will write when I am at work and I have free time. Seriously college is so stressful and then to be going to work and to school it's tiring along with being stressful. But I am done and I can update my stories and post new stories. Thank you to those of you that have stuck with me and are waiting patiently for me to update.
Chapter 10- Was this a Mistake?
I just want to thank all of you that reviewed the last chapter. Here is the next chapter I hope that you enjoy it.
Previously on Where I Truly Belong
"I cared Haley, I do care, I never did stop, yeah I was hurting but I knew I would never be able to get over you." Nathan said.
"It's too late to care Nathan, you've obviously moved on and I've moved on." Haley said as she walked past him to his door to leave. Part of her was hoping that he would stop her and part of her was scared of what would happen if he did stop her.
Nathan knew what he had to do. He walked after her and grabbed her elbow before she walked out of his room and closed the door locking it. He pushed her against the door and looked deep into her eyes.
"You know that's not true, it's not too late, and you haven't moved on and I know for sure that I haven't moved on." Nathan whispered as he leaned down and captured Haley's lips and kissed her passionately.
Haley was shocked at first but finally gave in and wrapped her arms around Nathan's neck, as she kissed him back.
Haley moaned as Nathan rubbed his tongue along her bottom lip, and granted him access. Nathan pulled Haley close to him as their bodies could and would allow.
Nathan kissed Haley's jaw and moved down to her neck, sucking, and biting soothing the area with his tongue. He lifted her up and she instantly wrapped her legs around his waist as he walked them over to his bed and gently laid her down. He began to kiss her again as hands roamed bodies familiarizing themselves.
Nathan continued his minstrations on Haley, between kisses he said "If you want me to stop, then tell me to stop, because I will if you want me to." He whispered against her skin as his hand crept up her shirt slowly sliding up her stomach to her breast, cupping them.
Haley moaned and pushed her lower half into Nathan letting him know with her body what she wanted.
"I don't want you to stop." Haley said between breaths not thinking about anything else but that moment and the time that she and Nathan would share.
Nathan removed Haley's shirt, then continued kissing her as his hands explored her body, getting gasps and moans from her.
Haley moved her hands down Nathan's chest and to the waistband of his shorts and pushed them down. Nathan found the button on Haley's skirt and undid it then slowly pushed the zipper down, he pulled her skirt off and threw it to the floor next to his shorts.
Nathan moved his kisses down to Haley's neck and down her body, making sure not to miss a spot. He removed the remainder of their clothes, and positioned himself and he slowly entered Haley which emitted a gasp from Haley at being connected with Nathan again.
They both loved the feel of being joined as one and missed being in each others arms. Nathan moved at a slow pace and then moved faster as Haley matched his pace. They both reached their climax and came at the same time. Nathan collapsed on top of Haley making sure not to crush her with his weight. The only thing that could be heard in the room was their breathing.
"Are you ok?" Nathan asked.
Haley smiled "I'm fine." She said.
"I'm going to the bathroom, I'll be back." Nathan said and he kissed her forehead as he got off of her.
Haley pulled the sheet up to cover her body, she couldn't believe what had just happened. She wondered if it was a mistake, but he did tell her he still loved her and she knew that she still loved him. She soon fell asleep and when Nathan came back he couldn't help but smile at how beautiful she looked, he turned off the light and got into bed and pulled Haley into his arms and immediately fell asleep.
Haley covered her eyes as the sun streamed into the room and rolled over when she crashed into a hard body. Her eyes instantly opened and she saw Nathan asleep next to her. She instantly smiled when the events of the previous night flashed in her mind, but then her smile faltered as she realized that they had a daughter to think about and she didn't want to get Natalia's hopes up of having her parents together.
She slowly untangled herself from Nathan making sure not to wake him and got up to get dressed. She looked around his room for pen and paper and wrote Nathan a note, and then she got her phone and called Brooke.
Nathan,
Last night was amazing, but I think we should talk about it, I don't want to leave things like this, and besides you are with someone so this complicates things. I'm really sorry to leave like this, but I need to clear my head and think. Come over later so we could talk.
Love,
Hales
She folded the note and placed it on the pillow next to him; she kissed his cheek and made her way downstairs. She opened the door when Brooke called to let her know that she was outside when she came face to face with Rachel. She really didn't want to have to deal with Rachel right now and she hoped that Nathan didn't come down looking to see if she was still there, cause that would have caused drama.
"What are you doing here?" Rachel asked as she looked at Haley.
Haley didn't know what to do, she tried to think of anything to get her out of there, but luckily for her Brooke had called Lucas to let him know what was going on and he came to the rescue.
"Wow, when Brooke said you look like crap, she wasn't lying." Lucas said as he came down the stairs.
Haley glared at him, but inside she was thankful that he came to the rescue and she was really glad that her best friend was thinking.
"Yea, well she did drag me out of bed early to come with her to get you." Haley said.
"And yet I thought you were excited to come get me." Lucas said.
"Only in your dreams." Haley said laughing.
Lucas put his arm around Haley's shoulder and said "Come on best friend lets go. (To Rachel) Oh hey Rach, Nathan's upstairs." He said as Haley began to panic.
Lucas and Haley walked out of the house closing the door behind them and headed to the car.
"Luke, you have to call your brother." Haley said in a whisper.
"Why?" Lucas asked as they got in the car and Brooke drove off wondering what was happening.
"Please just do it." Haley begged.
"Ok, I will." Lucas said as he pulled out his phone and dialed Nathan.
Nathan groaned when he heard his phone ring, he reached for his phone and realized that he was alone. He saw Haley's note and picked it up, as he answered his phone.
"Hello."
"Nate, Rachel's on her way up to your room." Lucas said as Nathan let out a curse.
Nathan quickly jumped up and hid Haley's note he threw on some boxers and pretended to be looking for something as he waited for Rachel to enter his room. He knew what he had to do, it was the right thing and if he wanted to spend more time with his daughter and get Haley back this was what was needed to be done.
"Thanks I'll talk to you later." Nathan said as they hung up and Rachel walked in.
"Hey baby, I missed you last night." Rachel said as she walked into his room.
"Yeah, look Rachel we need to talk." Nathan said.
"What about?" Rachel asked as she sat down on his bed.
"About us, I think we should break up." Nathan said as he prepared for her outburst.
"What?" Rachel shouted as she stood up.
"I think we should break up." Nathan repeated.
"Are you crazy? You are breaking up with me? Why? And no one breaks up with Rachel Gatina." Rachel said angrily.
"Why, Rachel, how about the fact that you were rude to my daughter, and to Haley, I can't be with you, I can't be with someone who lies, manipulates and yells at five year olds." Nathan said.
"Whatever, go back to your precious Haley and your little brat, but when she leaves you again don't come looking for me. You will regret breaking up with me." Rachel said as she grabbed her purse and left slamming the door behind her.
Nathan sighed and sat down on his bed as he ran his hand through his hair. He remembered Haley's note and grabbed the note and read it. He really hoped that they could work things out he really wanted him and Haley and Natalia to be a family.
He decided to call Haley and pick a time for them to meet up so they could talk about things.
"Hello."
"Brooke, is Haley there?" Nathan asked.
"Yeah hold on." Brooke said as she handed the phone to Haley.
"Hello." Haley said as she came on the phone.
"Hey." Nathan said.
"Hey what's up?" Haley asked.
"Can we meet up later for lunch to talk?" Nathan asked.
"Yeah, sure I'll see you then." Haley said.
"I'll pick you up about 1pm. Bye." Nathan said.
"Bye." Haley said as they hung up.
"Want to talk about it?" Brooke asked as they heard little feet running in their direction.
"Hi mommy. Where were you? I missed you." Natalia said as she ran into the kitchen.
"Oh I missed you too munchkin." Haley said as she hugged Natalia.
"Hey Nat do you want to play NBA live with Uncle Luke?" Brooke asked.
"Yeah." Natalia said excitedly.
"He's in the living room." Brooke said as Haley put Natalia down and she took off running into the living room.
"Ok, now spill. What happened?" Brooke asked.
Haley sighed "I slept with Nathan." She said softly as she looked down in embarrassment.
"Oh my god are you serious?" Brooke asked as she sat down next to Haley.
Haley nodded "We argued and one thing led to another." She said.
"So does this mean that there will be Naley again?" Brooke asked.
"Brooke, I don't think so and besides I have my daughter to think about and I don't want to get her hopes up about Nathan and I ok." Haley said sadly.
Before Brooke could respond Peyton and Jake walked into the kitchen deep in conversation.
"Who are you two talking about?" Brooke asked.
"Oh we just saw a pissed off Rachel, so something must have gone down between her and Nate." Peyton said.
Haley looked at Brooke begging her to keep quiet.
"So what are you two up to today?" Peyton asked as she sat down.
"Nothing really I have to meet Nate later, but other than that nothing." Haley said.
"What is Nat doing?" Jake asked.
"She's playing NBA live with Luke." Haley said.
"Ok, I'm going to go see if I can play too." Jake said as he kissed Peyton on the cheek and walked out of the kitchen into the living room.
The girls were in the kitchen talking, when Haley noticed that she needed to start getting ready.
"I've got to go get ready; Nate will probably be here for me soon." Haley said as she made her way to the bedroom.
She showered and came back into the room after she blow dried her hair; she had planned on finding something to wear but noticed that Brooke had taken care of an outfit for her. She had picked out a pair of dark washed skinny jeans and an ivory/black tunic and a pair of flats. (See Profile for outfit)
She got dressed, fixed her hair and put on her makeup.
Nathan was dressed in a light blue polo shirt and khaki pants. He walked up to the apartment door and knocked on it.
"Hey Nate come on in." Brooke said as she let him in.
"Haley, Nathan's here." Brooke shouted.
"I'll be right there." Haley yelled back.
"Hi daddy." Natalia said as she ran up to her dad who picked her up.
"Hey you how are you?" Nathan asked as he kissed her cheek.
"Good, where are you and momma going, can I go?" Natalia asked as she pouted.
"We're going to lunch, and next time you can go." Nathan said.
"Ok, fine." Natalia said as she sighed.
Haley came out a few minutes later and smiled at Nathan and Natalia.
"Hey Hales, you're not going to yell at me are you?" Lucas asked nervously as he walked up to her.
Haley laughed "No, you saved me from Rachel drama today so you're off the hook." She said.
"Ok, I am sorry though that I wasn't there for you Hales and that I wasn't there to help you with Natalia." Lucas said sadly.
Haley hugged her best friend and looked up at him and smiled. "Water under the bridge. Let's just start fresh and work on our friendship now." She said.
"That sounds like a good idea." Lucas said as he hugged her back.
"Hales you ready to go?" Nathan asked.
"Yeah." Haley said. "Come here munchkin." Haley told Natalia as she got her from Nathan.
"Mom, I am a young lady, not a munchkin, okay." Natalia said as she rolled her eyes.
"Ok missy, maybe you should start paying some bills." Haley said sarcastically.
"But I'm just your little munchkin mama." Natalia said sweetly as she gave her mom her best puppy dog face.
"Huh uh, that's what I thought. Now be good for Aunty Brooke and Uncle Lucas okay." Haley said.
"Okay I will." Natalia said as she hugged her mom.
"I love you." Haley said as she hugged her back.
"I love you too mama and you too daddy." Natalia said as she hugged Nathan.
"Ok come on Natalia; let's go kick Uncle Jakes butt at some NBA live." Lucas said as he took her into the living room.
Nathan and Haley left the apartment and got into the car. Nathan couldn't help but look at Haley on their drive to the café.
"What?" haley asked.
"Nothing you just look beautiful." nathan said.
Haley blushed "Thanks." She said.
They arrived at the café and walk in finding a seat. Karen came to their table and gave them menus and told them that she would be back to take their orders when they were ready. They ordered and Karen left to go put their orders in.
Nathan and Haley just sat there in silence for a while before they began to speak.
"About last night!" they both said at the same time.
"You go first." Nathan said as he smiled.
Haley sighs "I am not going to lie, last night was amazing but what does this mean for us? I mean you are with Rachel and I have a daughter to think about, our daughter." She said as she looked up at Nathan.
"Last night was amazing and I agree that we have to put Natalia first, that's why I want us to try again. Rachel and I are no longer together. I want to be with you and I want us to be a family." Nathan said sincerely.
They smiled at each other and Haley said "Well if we are going to try us again, I think we should take things slow and get back to the good days, back to when we were madly in love and together."
There food came and they ate in silence as they thought about their relationship. After they ate, Nathan paid the bill and after Haley and Karen caught up they left the café and headed back to the apartment.
They talked about everything that has happened in their lives that the other has missed. They pulled up to the apartment and got out of the car and walked up to the door. Haley opened the door and they went inside.
"Mommy, daddy I missed you guys." Natalia said as she hugged her parents.
"We missed you too baby." Haley said.
"Can daddy stay over for movie night tonight?" Natalia asked her mom.
"Sure if he wants to stay." Haley said as she turned and smiled at him hoping that he would stay.
"I would love to stay for movie night." Nathan said as he smiles at Haley and Natalia.
"Yay, cool. Can we watch princess movies?" Natalia asked.
"We can watch whatever you want to watch." Nathan said as he took Natalia from Haley and went into the living room.
"So what's the verdict on you and boy toy?" Brooke asked as she came up behind Haley.
Haley jumped and turned around to glare at her best friend.
"Brooke you scared the crap out of me." Haley said.
"Sorry, now answer my question." Brooke said impatiently.
Haley rolled her eyes at her friend's impatience "We are going to try again, but we are going to take things slow." Haley said as Brooke squealed.
"This is so awesome tutor-girl that you and boy toy are back together." Brooke said excitedly.
"Listen do not meddle, let Nathan and I work on us alone okay. We want to take things slow, and I know if you intervene we might be moving in together." Haley said as Brooke sulked.
"You suck all the fun out of me." Brooke said as she pouted and made her way into the living room with Haley behind her.
"Ok Luke let's go." Brooke said as she grabbed her stuff.
"Ok." Lucas said as he finishes off his game. He notices his girlfriend mood.
Haley just laughed at her two best friends. She walked them to the door and saw them out.
"Bye Brooke, you know I love you and you're my best friend." Haley said as she hugged Brooke bye and also gave Lucas a hug.
Haley closed the door and went into the living room, she sat down next to Natalia who was between her parents. They decided on a movie and Haley put it in. when the movie was done, Nathan looked over at Haley and Natalia and noticed that they were both sleeping. He gently picked Natalia up and took her to the bedroom first and laid her down, he then went and got Haley and took her to the bedroom and laid her down.
He kissed the top of both of their heads and was about to leave when he heard something that brought a smile to his face.
"Night Nate, I love you." Haley said softly as she drifted back to sleep.
"Night Hales, I love you too." Nathan said as he turned off the light and left the apartment and headed home.