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"You can't kill her, mom."
"Give me one good reason why not." she said, pointing the gun at them.
"Because Haley is my wife, mom!" Nathan admitted. "Haley and I are married."
"Your wife?" she asked shocked.
"You heard me."
"How? When?"
"Today. We went to a justice of the peace."
"Why would you marry her? Your brother's killer. Why would you do this?" she still had the gun pointed at them.
"Why do any two people get married, mom?" he asked, bringing Haley out from behind him so that she stood beside him. "We're in love. We love each other."
"You were supposed to take care of this. I was told you took care of this last night!"
"I had to make you think that. There was no other way."
"No other way?"
"No. There was no other way." He repeated.
"You betrayed this family. You spit on the memory of your brother if you marry the trash who killed him."
"It's done, mom."
"It's done when I say it's done."
"If you do anything to Haley, you'll be breaking the family code."
"How dare you tell me about the family."
"It's one of your rules, mom. We don't kill family. Remember? It's what you've always told me. And Haley is family now."
Deb just stared at her son before she angrily handed the gun back to Bear. "You come here and make a mockery of everything I taught you, everything I stand for, respect for this family so that you can sleep with this little whore!"
"You don't know me. Don't talk about me that way!" Haley yelled before she could stop herself. Nathan put his hand on her arm to calm her down.
"I want you to take a good look at this face." She pointed at Haley. "Because it is going to be the last one you see."
Now Haley was angry. She didn't care about what she might say. "You wanna know about your precious son, the drug dealer? He was a blackmailer and a pig!" Mrs. Scott slapped her, but Haley continued. "Your son attacked me. He had is arm wrapped around my neck so tight, I could barely breathe. He almost strangled me to death! I was kicking and I was screaming and it didn't make a difference because he was too strong. And he started to drag me off to his car to rape me or worse. And the whole time he was cracking jokes!"
She took a deep breath to calm down. "I didn't mean to kill your son. I was protecting myself and I'm sorry for your loss. And I'm sorry that I lied to you before, because if I had to go back and do it over again, I would do the same thing."
"You're a real spitfire aren't you? I should've just shot you and asked questions later."
"That's how you solve all your problems? No wonder Damien turned out the way he did."
"How dare you-"
"Mom! Haley!" Nathan finally interrupted. "Mom, she is a daughter to you now. Both of you act like it."
"You think you're real smart with your college education. I regret the day that I sent you. What have you learned, but to disrespect? It is your brother's life she took, your older brother."
"Mom, you knew what Damien was up to and you would never face it. You have to face it now."
Deb put her hands on her son's cheeks. "Nathan, Damien was your flesh and blood no matter what. Do what you know is right."
"What? What's right, mom?"
"End this marriage so that we can avenge your brother's death properly."
"What if she's carrying your grandchild?" Nathan asked. Haley's eyes went wide when he asked this question.
She dropped her hands and looked at Haley. "The look on the girl's face says that is not possible. You haven't even slept together, have you?"
Haley's mouth dropped in surprise. Who asks that kind of a question? "Mom-" Nathan began to argue.
"Tell me, Nathan, why are you protecting a girl that doesn't even care for you? That cringes at the thought of being near you?"
"She's scared, that's all. Why wouldn't she be scared? You're attacking her, mom. You're threatening her life."
Bear came into the office and walked over to Deb. "What is it?" she asked angrily.
"Sorry for the interruption, but I thought you should know we got a couple of unexpected visitors."
"This is not finished." She said, before following Bear out into the lobby of the house.
As soon as the doors were closed, Nathan turned to Haley. "Look, you have got to make her know that this marriage is real. You have got to convince her."
"And if I don't?"
"I can't save your life a second time, Haley."
Peyton and Lucas walked over to Deb when she entered the lobby. "Why are you bothering me with this?" she asked Bear.
"They said they have some important information for Nathan. They said they'd only speak to him."
"My son is out of town." She lied.
"Look, you and I both know he's not out of town." Lucas replied. "I have something very important to tell Nathan. And trust me, he'd want to hear it."
"Why should I trust you?"
"Look, ma'am, I have some important information about your son Damien."
"What information do you have about Damien?"
"What I have to say, I have to tell Nathan."
Nathan and Haley were still talking back in the office. "This is impossible. I can't pretend that I love you, that I would have your children. There is no way I can pull that off."
"Haley, you have to."
"I couldn't do it if my life depended on it."
"This is not only for your sake, Haley. Not just your life depends on this."
"What do you mean?"
"Think about your friends, the friends that covered for you. Peyton, Julian, and don't forget Lucas."
Haley turned her back to him. "You're just trying to scare me."
Nathan grabbed her arm and turned her back around. "No one will be safe if you do not pull this off. You have got to make this look real."
Hearing the doors opening and people walking in, Nathan pulled Haley closer and kissed her.
"Haley!" Lucas said, shocked.
When she heard his voice, Haley pushed Nathan away. "Lucas, I thought you were in New York." She said, as Lucas walked to her.
"I changed my plans." He said as he hugged her. When he let go he grabbed her hands. "Thank God you're alright. Look, I told the police everything about this. Obviously these people are holding you hostage."
"Lucas, stop." Haley pleaded.
"You don't have to play this game anymore. It's ok. You don't have to pretend that you like this guy. I know you can't stand the sight of him. Come on." He said, trying to pull her toward the door.
"Wait."
"I think you'd better get out of here, Lucas." Nathan warned.
"And I think Haley is coming with me." Lucas replied.
Haley looked over to Bear, who purposefully had his gun showing. "No, I'm staying here." She told Lucas.
"Haley, come on." Lucas continued.
"Lucas, I can't. My place is here."
"What the hell does that mean?!" Peyton asked.
"You don't have to pretend anymore. The police know everything. You're gonna be safe. They know he's after us to make us pay for his brother."
"So this girl's boyfriend shows up at our house and tells us the police are involved now?" Deb asked, obviously not happy. She walked over to Nathan. "This is the trouble you caused us when you married this girl." Then she turned to Lucas. "You. You got into my home by telling me you had information about my son. Now that I know who you are and what you really want, you are not welcome here. Get out of my house!"
Lucas turned back to Haley and stared at her. "What did she just say about you and Nathan?"
"This is what I'm trying to tell you. Nathan and I are married."
"Married? No, no, no, you don't have to pretend anymore. We're getting out of here and you don't have to be afraid of these people anymore."
"I'm not afraid. I'm fine." Haley lied.
"Stop playing these games. What are you doing?" Lucas asked, getting aggravated.
"We do not play games in this family. I can assure you. We don't have time for nonsense." Deb turned and looked at Nathan. "I'm through with this. I'm leaving this up to you to get these people out of here. Now!"
With that she and Bear walked out of the room.
Lucas continued to try to get Haley to come with him. "We have to get out of here."
"No."
"Look, I don't care what happened. Whatever it is, we'll talk about it later." He tried pulling her toward the door again, but she stayed in place.
"Lucas, you can't fix this!"
Nathan finally stepped in. "Hey, if you're smart, you're gonna take Peyton and get out of here."
"Lucas, let's go." Peyton pleaded.
"Somebody's gonna get hurt if you don't disappear right now." Nathan warned.
"You don't scare me, Scott." Lucas said as he got in Nathan's face.
"I'm not trying to scare you, man. I'm trying to help you out."
"Yea right." He grabbed Haley's hand again. "Come on."
"No." Haley pleaded.
Nathan put his hand on Lucas's shoulder so that he had to step away from Haley. "She made her decision and she's staying with me. She made her choice."
"Listen to him, please. You have to leave me here." Haley said.
"I'm gonna leave with you. You're gonna be safe."
"Stop it, ok!" Haley yelled. Then she walked over to Nathan and stood next to him. She put her arm around his waist and he put his arm around her. "Nathan is telling you the truth. We got married last night. I married him because I love him."
"Come here for a second." Lucas said, pointing to a spot away from Nathan. Haley followed him. "Haley, I know you. If you had these kinds of feelings for him I know you wouldn't have been able to keep that from me."
"I couldn't even admit it to myself. How was I supposed to tell you? Nathan and I realized that we wanted to be together. That's why I let him kiss me two weeks ago."
"Haley-"
"He wanted me to tell you earlier, but I wanted to wait for the right time."
"This is crazy! You told me he joined one of your classes just to upset you."
"I was lying."
"No, you're lying right now. This isn't about love. This is about fear."
"This is about love!" Haley insisted. "Nathan joined the class because he wanted to spend more time with me so that we could figure out our feelings. And now that we did, we got married."
"This is crazy, Haley! Even so, he's a gangster! This is not the type of person you want to be with."
"You can't help who you fall in love with. You just do."
"That's garbage and you know that."
"I have never been more serious. I need you to believe me."
"No. I don't care what you say. I couldn't believe you even if I tried."
Nathan walked over to them. "Times up. Get out of here, Lucas. Leave." When he didn't move, Nathan grabbed Haley's arm and pulled her away from him. She turned her back to him and he stood behind her with his mouth pressed close to her ear. "Look, if you want your precious friends to be safe, you've got to be a little more believable. I have done everything I can to protect you, but you have got step up to the plate and make him understand. Get rid of him. Get him out of here."
Suddenly Lucas angrily pulled Nathan away from her and shoved him. "Leave my husband alone!" Haley yelled. When Lucas heard her say that, he backed away. "I'm trying to make this easy. I'm trying to be nice, ok. But you're just not getting it." She took a deep breath. "You proposed to me months ago and what did I say? No. You asked me to move in with you. What did I say? No. How many different ways do you need to hear it?!"
"I don't believe this. I don't believe this at all. I mean you told me not even two days ago that you wanted to go to New York with me. You said take me with you. And you said that you loved me. I know that you weren't lying about that."
"I was trying really hard. I thought that if we went to New York that I could get the old feelings back that I had for you and give us a chance. I just…Lucas, things have never been easy for us. We've always had to do things the hard way. Maybe there's a reason for that. I didn't go looking for this thing with Nathan. I didn't expect it to happen. What I have with Nathan is so much more than I ever had with you." She said, trying to hold in the tears with the last statement.
"You don't mean that."
"I do because you were never the right man for me. My family knew it. They tried to tell me and I wouldn't listen. And I don't know, maybe the fact that they disapproved made me want to hold on longer to spite them. But I had to realize that they were right."
Lucas didn't say anything. He walked away from her and left the room. When Haley turned to watch him, Peyton's mouth was wide open. "My God, Haley." Then she followed Lucas out the doors.
As soon as the doors were closed, Haley broke down. Nathan walked over to her and put his hand on her cheek to try and comfort her. But she smacked it away. "Don't touch me! Don't ever think that you're gonna touch me again. I married you for one reason, and one reason only. To protect myself and my friends from your crazy family and that monster you call mother."
"Haley, you better start checking that attitude. It's not gonna help anything."
"Did someone call for me?" Deb asked, walking back into her office and over to them.
"No we didn't, Mrs. Scott."
"You may call me mother, dear, just as my Nathan does. And I want you to both know that I've taken care of everything. I've called Father Thomas and he wants you to come in tomorrow to talk."
"My mom wants a church wedding. She doesn't feel that the civil ceremony was enough." Nathan explained.
"Marriage is a sacrament, my dear, a holy sacrament. And of course I've arranged for both families to meet before the wedding. A church wedding won't be a problem for them, I hope." Haley only nodded, not being able to speak. "Welcome to my family, my dear."
Haley wasn't fooled by the actions that just happened. She knew that Mrs. Scott was smart and this little welcoming act was just that.
An act.
