There are only three girls left and four chapters left to go until this story is finished. I'm sad and excited at the same time for this story to be finished! That's another one under the belt. Well almost. Thank you for all of the people who are reviewing!

A special thanks to naley19, who helped me out with the chapter

I'm going to be honest and say that I really didn't like this chapter because I just wanted to get it done before next week.

Elimination 14

Haley:

"We're going to the Bahamas! I've never even traveled to another state before and now I get to leave the country. The weird thing is now that Julia's gone, I have no one to hate. I found friends in Jennie and Peyton which makes things worse because I want to enjoy my time but at the same time I want Nathan. I want him more than the other two, I think."

Jennie:

"I got really nervous last night. I thought I was going to be the one sent home because of my parents' behavior. I hope that I get some time to relax."

Peyton:

"And when it all comes down to a getaway to the Bahamas, some of us will want to stay there forever. I just need a drink and a lunge chair."

"Are you all packed up Haley James?" Peyton came into Haley's room with her suitcase. She looked around for Haley. Her closet was a total disaster. "Should I just follow the trail of clothes until I find you?"

"Ha funny, I can't find my swimsuit. I don't even think I packed one to begin with. What am I going to do Peyton?" She asked hysterically.

"You're going to calm down and I will let you borrow one." Peyton walked over to Haley and rested her hands on her shoulders. She gave Haley a quick snap out of it shake. "I have never seen you so nervous. Do you hate airplanes?"

Haley gave her a dumb look. "No, I've never been on one." She played with her hair as she waited for Peyton to laugh.

Peyton:

"I'm trying not to laugh at her but, she's in her twenties and she's never been on a plane. How did she get to her hometown?"

"Let's just go we have five minutes to get there. Nathan got us first class and you'll be fine. We'll see him tonight and then you can yell at him for making you fly." Peyton joked as she picked up some of Haley's things. "I pictured the end being much more catty than this."

"Me too, something stupid will end up happening. It always does." Haley told Peyton as the left her room.

They walked down the stairs and set their bags down and waited for Jennie and Nathan. Nathan told them last night that he was going to be catching a later flight. The girls took that as a day to enjoy themselves, without the pressures to want all of Nathan's attention.

Nathan:

I thought that the Bahamas would be the perfect place to have the final days of the competition. It's a beautiful and romantic place. It's also full of surprises."

"Morning, ladies. You excited to get away from all of this?" Nathan asked as he entered the room by the door." He chuckled when they nodded. "As you know already, I have to come later. So I'll have somebody pick you up and take you to the hotel. He'll tell you about what will be going on today and where to meet me at dinner. He'll tell you when I arrive and that you'll need to change. So I hope you have fun without me and I'll see you later."

Haley was the first one to walk over and give Nathan a hug goodbye. "I'll make sure not to have too much fun but I don't how hot the pool boy is yet." She joked. She pulled away and saw the smile in his eyes.

"I don't know about that. I've seen him." Nathan joked back. Then Nathan hugged Peyton, then Jennie. "Bye guys." Nathan gave them a final wave before the headed out the door.

"Flirty already Haley?" Jennie nudged her.

"I was just telling him that I was going to miss him." Haley said as she got into the limo.

Haley:

"Like I said, something was bound to happen. I'm sort of glad that it's with Jennie. Can you say jealous?"

Peyton decided that to sit next to Haley. "You're making yourself to be the bad girl. Are feeling alright? This is far from you."

"I don't know. I'm anxious and I just want it to end." She said rubbing her temple. "I'm sorry Jennie. I didn't mean to sound like a snot."

"I get, tensions are high and we all get along like friends but all you have to do is throw a sexy guy like Nathan Scott in the mix and that's what you get."

"Couldn't say it any better myself." Haley agreed.

****

AT THE AIRPORT

Jennie:

"We were ready to board the plane. Peyton and Haley wanted to take a quick bathroom stop because they couldn't wait until they were on the plane for some reason. I'm getting worried that they won't make it on the plane. I don't want to go looking for them then I'll miss the flight. I guess it will just be me and Nathan…oh wait now they come."

Peyton and Haley came running down to where the line for boarding the plane was. They stopped to catch their breath.

"I almost thought that you two weren't going to make it. Luckily you arrived on time." Jennie said as she moved with the line. "What took you so long anyway?"

Peyton:

"All right Saint Jennie, sorry we had things to take care of."

"We just thought it would be better if we went now. The important thing is that we made it. Are you feeling better Haley? I promise that you won't get plane sick."

Haley let out a few deep breaths. "I'm fine. I will be fine. Let's just get on so we can get off."

"Haley, the flight to the Bahamas…" Jennie started.

"Don't tell her." Peyton shook her head at Jennie to stop her. "I was hoping that she would sleep the whole flight so I gave her something to calm her down."

"Are you allowed to give her drugs?"

"Hey, this way she won't have a panic attack. She'll be fine. I'll sit with her and you will just leave her alone."

"Does she know that you gave her that?"

"Yeah that's what took us so long because she couldn't swallow the thing and she went paranoid about side affects. I promised her that all she needed was a long nap and then they would wear off."

Peyton:

"I would never put Haley in danger. I think we could all use a chill pill."

Peyton lightly took Haley by the arm and led her to the plane. She then sat down on the inside seat so Haley didn't look out of the window to see how high they would be. "How are you feeling?" She asked as she watched Haley's leg bounce up and down rapidly.

Haley:

"Here's the thing, I have never been on a plane and I'm afraid of heights. I don't want my nerves to make the plane trip unbearable for anyone. We'll see. How long is the flight?"

"A little bit dizzy but nothing too drastic. I can catch up on a book that I wanted to read." Haley said as she dug through her carry on. "Which isn't in here." She groaned as she sat back into her seat. "Bore me to death."

Peyton laughed. "Try getting some rest so the drug wears off and if you're sleeping you'll forget that you're on the plane."

Peyton:

"Reasoning with drugged Haley, is way harder than normal Haley."

Haley looked over to Jennie. "Are you excited? I can't believe I actually made it this far. I mean after everything we've been through, it's starting to kick in that it's going to be all over soon."

"I know but it's all worth it. One of us better win in the end. Have you seen how many of these things fall flat?"

"All of them." Peyton immediately answered, causing an unsteady and nervous chuckle between the three girls. "Okay, new topic. What do you think Nathan will have us do? The Bahamas is an island after all."

"As long as he doesn't make us swim from one to another. I'll live." Haley joked. "I know that he wouldn't but I'm just saying if it involves physical strength you have one loser for the running!" She exclaimed as she pointed to herself.

"Haley James, the drugged comedian everyone!"

*-*-*-

The plane finally landed. All of the girls were pretty exhausted from the long flight. Haley covered up her droopy eyes with the sunglasses that rested atop of her head. She looked around for the luggage claim, which was crowding with people.

"I can't wait to join in that." Jennie said as she headed for the searching of the bags. Luckily she was able to find them, along with Peyton and Haley's. "Hey you two, your stuff is coming around!" She called over to them.

Haley:

"I was collecting my things and I heard someone calling mine, Peyton's and Jennie's names. I knew it had to be our tour guide. I looked up and I see Lucas!"

Haley rushed over and greeted Lucas with a hug. "Tell me I'm seeing things? I thought you were done for good."

Lucas smiled and shook his head. "I've been forgiven. This whole thing is really important to Nathan. I promised him I would be here for him. He's my brother, you know? I just feel a load of regret and disappointment."

Haley just smiled. "Did Nathan know that you were going to be here the entire time?"

"Maybe,"

Peyton perked her head. "He really let you back?" She asked sarcastically as she joined Haley and Lucas. "You put people through hell that night."

Peyton:

"Lucas is back. It's sort of a surprise, but I knew that he wouldn't be gone long because Nathan, if you haven't noticed, sucks at holding grudges. That could be a problem because how to keep a tight hold on mine."

Lucas shrugged and let out a small sigh. "I'm sorry about that. I didn't picture a huge fiasco about Brooke."
 "Yeah but you didn't think it through enough." She joked. "We should go find Jennie."

Lucas nodded. "I'll just wait here to be interrogated."

"Fine," Peyton tugged on the material of Haley's t-shirt, indicating for her to come with her. She led Haley a few feet away from him. Then she paused. "Nathan just let Lucas back. Can you believe this?"

"I agree with you that it's fishy but Nathan must have his reasons. I guess."

"Yeah, it just surprised me, that's all. Let's get Jennie. Oh and speaking of, does Jennie seem off to you?"

Haley:

"I did get into a very small fit with Jennie early. I knew that the true colors would show as everything gets down to it's over. On the plane I tried to think about who would end up with Nathan and it could easily be Jennie."

"Yeah and I knew we wouldn't be nice to each other the whole time." Haley shook her head and spotted Jennie. "I could use some pool time. Do you know what hotel we're going to?"

"My guess is that Nathan only told every detail to Lucas."

"Wait did I just hear you say Lucas?" Jennie asked shocked, like the other two were. She placed her nags in front of her feet. "What about Lucas?"

Haley turned to explain to her. "Nathan invited Lucas to come back, we think."

"Why would he do that? I thought that Nathan lost his trust in Lucas. Was it the whole brother thing?"

"Way to sound bummed." Peyton mumbled. "Let's just follow Lucas so we can just get to the pool!"

*-*-*-*

Nathan:

"Yes, I decided to bring Lucas back! You know Brooke just wasn't the one for me and maybe she is the one fro Lucas. It still hurts a little but I need all my focus on my final three. I have multiple things to consider about each of them. Hopefully they enjoyed relaxing because now it is time for them to start really proving to me that they deserve to be here and they want to be here."

Lucas walked into the pool lounge, where Peyton, Haley, and Jennie currently were. Jennie was reading a magazine while the other two were sitting in the hot tub. "Hey, ladies. I just got a call from Nathan. His plane landed and he's heading to his master suite. There is no need for you to change out of your swimsuits. Nathan will meet you. I'm not allowed to tell you where you'll be headed. Let's just say it will be an experience. So if you would follow me to the car, I will take you to Nathan."

Haley groaned as she left the warmth of the hot tub. She quickly wrapped her towel around her body as she felt the coldness attack her body. Slipped on her black flip flops and joined the group back under the hot sun. "Where do you think we're going?" She asked aloud to anyone who was willing to answer.

Peyton shrugged. "I have no clue. Maybe a tour around the island?"

"No that would take forever. We should visit the cove!" Jennie said excitedly.

"It will only be a fifteen minute ride and I'm allowed to say this; you are both wrong!" He joked as he started up the rental. "I promised Nathan that I would get you there ASAP!"

Haley:

"I'm enjoying the fact that Lucas is back. It's better than getting in the car with a strange guy. Well Lucas is sort of strange. He used to keep only to himself."

Around ten minutes later the car stopped and the girls were anxious to see what they were doing.

Jennie:

"I was the first to step out of the van. I looked around and I saw a white building with a black metal fence around it. I turned to the logo sign above the doors. Oh, boy?"

"We're swimming with dolphins?" She asked herself aloud.

"Oh my God, really? I've always wanted to do that. I wasn't allowed to because I could barely swim but hey, I'm in my twenties and…"

"Haley, calm down. It's not Disney World. You aren't meeting Mickey Mouse or any creepy figure in a costume." Peyton said as she laughed at Haley's childlike excitement. "You scared Jennie?"

"No, I just thought that we were going to do something…different."

"maybe tomorrow Nathan will take you to the cove alone." Haley suggested to her.

Haley:

"If she makes it until tomorrow. Who cares I get to swim with Flipper!!"

"Do we just go inside?" Haley looked at the door. She shrugged and started walking towards the white building. She saw Nathan and smiled brightly. "Hey, you."

Nathan turned around. He smiled back. "Someone's eager to swim with the best of them?" He joked. "Where's the other two?" he asked her as he greeted her with a hug.

"They're coming. You brought Luke back."

"I told you I knew the pool boy. Is he hotter than me?"

Haley scrunched her nose. "It's still hard to tell." She gave him a quick kiss. She pulled away when she heard the doors open.

"There's Scott!" Jennie called as she waved to Nathan. "You think that theses finned fish could handle some two on two?"

Peyton:

"And the winner for the worst flirt is…da dada da!"

"Relax Jenn, if you can't swim, the dolphins can save you. Haley told me that Flipper does that." Peyton whispered to her before she greeted Nathan herself.

Peyton:

"You can easily tell from all of Jennie's stupid jokes that she's nervous. They're trained dolphins and if they can't swim then what happened to the world? She needs to relax. Too bad I can't give her any drugs, unless I wanted to drown her. I'm not trying to be mean to her. I'm just tired and Cassandra's gone. Jennie can't flirt!"

Nathan tried his best to not give Jennie a dumb look. "Um we're not here to challenge them to anything. We're just going to have fun and do something that you normally just don't do."

"The dolphins would beat you is what he's really saying." Haley joked.

"Okay, now that we are all reacquainted, we're going to put on wetsuits and then John and Kelly are going to introduce us to the dolphins outback." Nathan told the girls as he led them to the back of the enclosure. They were only three dolphins in the large pool.

"Hi, I'm Kelly and this is the dolphin trainer, John. These are the Expedition's dolphins, Henry, Suzie, and Milo. They've been her for about seven years now; they were brought by a zoo that became flooded. Before we get in with them, we'll just feed then some fish and get comfortable being around them and let them get used to you." She smiled big and motioned them to come closer to the edge. She handed John a bucket of fish.

"How do you tell them apart?" Haley asked Peyton quietly.

"I think Henry's the one who looks stoned and then Suzie just wants the food and Milo is the one who needs Klondike bar." Peyton laughed loudly when Haley started snickering.

"What's so funny?" Nathan asked from behind them. "Come Hales," He took Haley by the hand and away from Peyton.

Nathan:

"I wanted to spend time with Haley first. Today and at dinner it will be the four of us and then I get my separate days with the two final girls. I don't know which girl I won't be seeing anymore and that scares me."

"Have you ever done this before?" Nathan asked her as he helped Haley to the edge and sat down next to her. Kelly handed them each a fish.

"No…" Haley started to laugh as she surrendered the fish to the hungry dolphin. "You must be Suzie." She laughed a bit more remembering what Peyton concluded about them. "I always thought it looked cool. I've always wanted to ride one."

He smiled at her. "Today's the day." He dropped the fish into the open mouthed Suzie. "Maybe you'll even get a kiss out of Milo."

"He'll probably take all of us away from you." She looked over to Peyton and Jennie as they were having fun feeding the other two. "Why me?"

"Hmm?" Nathan focused on Haley. "What do you mean?'

"I know that I wasn't your top choice at the beginning." She scooted closer to him. "Why did you bring me this far?"

Haley:

"I felt wrong by asking Nathan why he wanted me but I have a right to know."

"I saw something in you that I knew I wanted to figure out about you. After I did I just wanted more."

"I don't understand."

"I could tell that you really weren't thrilled about being here. I wanted to show you that. You were really shy and even though you didn't feel like you belonged you still tried. Even when I was a real bastard. Yeah, you got angry, that only means you that you care."

Nathan:

"I feel like I'm telling Haley my true feelings for the first time. It's weird but the way she looks at me makes it less uncomfortable."

"I'm glad that I changed my mind about you. After you sent home Rachel and Brianna I knew that it wasn't about the looks."

"You hated them right? They didn't quite befriend you."

She looked down and shook her head, as she chuckled. "I never wanted them to. I wouldn't change this for anything Nathan."

Before Nathan could lean in and kiss Haley, Suzie squeaked. Nathan jumped at first and then smirked at Haley, who was laughing. He watched as she rewarded her with another fish.

Nathan:

"Who knew a dolphin could be such a good cock blocker? Dolphins, one Nathan, zero."

"I guess that means times up. I'll see you in the pool, Suzie." Haley got up and walked away. She took a seat next to Jennie. She began laughing when she mentioned the dolphin scaring Nathan.

Peyton sat next to Nathan next. "Didn't see you as the dolphin type." She joked. She took a fish from the bucket. "How can they eat these things? Could you?" She asked throwing the fish at Nathan. it fell in the pool and the dolphin quickly gobbled it up. "Now that's funny."

Nathan:

"I still feel like I'm at the just friends level with Peyton. I want to know why I even keep her here."

"You enjoying yourself here Peyton?"

"Yeah I've been having a great time with Haley. I mean getting to know you is cool too." She looked up at Nathan who was pretending to be appalled. "I was kidding Nate."

He smiled at her. "I know. I just can't believe how close I am to finding out who I want to be with. It went from twenty to three so fast. I can't even remember more than half of the girls who used to be here."

"Yeah but this is what you wanted. It's supposed to be over soon. You'll find her."

"I like talking to you Peyton."

"I'm here for you as long as I get to throw in my problems to."

Nathan:

"See? Friends."

"Well, yeah, I would hope that you would be able to. If I couldn't choose you, who do you think would be my best choice?"

"Probably Haley and I'm not just saying that because I got so close with her. I've seen how she is with you and I get to hear her talk about you. I think she's definitely falling in love with you and you're falling for her too."

Peyton:

"Nathan is the easiest guy that I could ever really talk to. I'm being honest. Who doesn't see the guy ending up with Haley?"

"What I want to know is I know that you must have someone in mind, why haven't you just said screw it and just tell her you want her?" She flailed her arms in the air.

"It doesn't work that way and this is something I have to take into full consideration."

Nathan:

"We should be talking about us and we seem to always have conversations about me and one of the others. Does Peyton really want this? Should I have let someone else stay instead of her?

Get Jennie over here so I can get in with these guys."

"Hey, Jenn. Which one's your favorite?" he said chuckling as Henry started to cry after Jennie left Haley to switch with Peyton.

"He'll get over it and I think Suzie here is my favorite dolphin." She scratched the dolphin's head. "I was sort of nervous to be around them but they aren't that dangerous."

"I never thought of them that way. How are you feeling about getting this far?"

"You make it sound like I'm leaving." She joked. "I honestly thought it would be like Rachel. She wanted to always be around you and I just never talked until our date."

Nathan:

"Jennie is a little similar to Haley and I'm afraid if it comes down to them two that I will want both girls. It doesn't work that way. I'll have to break two more hearts, if they opened up to me."

"Yeah you flew on that court and you got the first jersey that night."

"I was surprised you usually give it to Haley every time. I wouldn't be surprised if she doesn't get it tonight first."

Jennie:

"I'm not selling Haley out. I was just saying what I have observed. It would be more interesting if another girl besides her would get the first one."

"I never kept count. It was just how I felt at that time. Haley just sticks out for me."

Nathan:

"Okay, Peyton and Jennie both mentioned some thing about me spending more time with Haley. I'm not going to say that they are wrong about their accusations. If I'm attracted to Haley then it's obvious that I would want to be around her more."

"Let's get in the water!" John shouted. He motioned the dolphins to come to the middle so that they could get in.

"Want to jump?" Jennie asked Nathan.

Nathan took Jennie's hand and he jumped first, causing Jennie to be pulled down behind him.

Once she resurfaced, she pushed Nathan. "I didn't even get to count."

"We never mentioned that. We didn't kiss on it either." He said in a sexy way that ended with him smirking. He swam to the middle to here the instructors. He stopped behind Haley and Peyton.

"So who has seen people on TV hold on to the dorsal of the dolphin and ride?" Kelly asked. She smiled when they all nodded. "Well you will get your chance to do that right now. First we need to know which dolphin you would be most comfortable with. How about you Haley?"

"I really like Milo." She smiled when he swam over to her. He nudged her with his snout in a playful manner.

"He seems to like you too."

Nathan put on a fake frown. "It's never going to happen man!" He called to him.

"Alright Haley, just take a hold of him right here." Kelly instructed.

"Yeah Hales!" Peyton cheered.

"If you're scared can you let go?" Haley asked Kelly.

The instructor shook her head. "Not unless you can swim away from the back tail fast enough. They can knock out anyone if they are hit hard enough.

Peyton whispered to Haley, "Think of it as a really hard bitch slap but instead you can get killed."

Haley pushed Peyton gently.

Haley:

"Thanks Peyton. I get to go first I guess."

"You'll be fine." John told her.

Haley gulped and placed her hand on the top fin. "Okay Milo, don't kill me."

"Ready Haley?" Kelly called. "Once I let go of him, he'll shoot off."

Nathan:

"Yeah that will make her feel more comfortable."

Kelly let go and Milo shot like a bullet from a gun to the opposite side of the pool. Haley was heard laughing. Milo stopped to turn to go back to join the others. Once back to the group he slowed down.

"Thank you Milo," Haley kissed his nose. Then she turned to Nathan and smiled. "You have to try that!" She pointed to the dolphin.

"All ladies first." Nathan waded over to her. "It sounded like you had fun with Mr. Milo."

"What if I did?" She smiled. "He'll make a great dolphin boyfriend." She nodded. "I'm going to go watch Peyton go." She turned to see that Peyton was grabbing a hold of Henry. "Alright Sawyer!" Haley gave her thumbs up.

Peyton:

"Alright, Henry no grab ass and keep your tongue in your own mouth."

Henry was released and he raced over to the edge. He stopped halfway and turned back.

"Sorry Peyton, he must be tired. Did you want to go with Milo? John, why don't you feed Henry over at the edge so he doesn't get in the way?" She turned back to Peyton. "Henry's the older one. So we'll have Milo and Suzie race. Nathan could you hold on to Suzie for me?"

"Yeah," Nathan swam over to her. "The next time I want to kiss Haley, you don't get to object," he whispered to the dolphin. He looked up when he felt Jennie's hand over his. "You think she'll win?"

"If there's food on the other side." Jennie giggled. "You ready Peyton?"

"Oh yeah, Milo's a speed racer." She pets his back.

"Okay Nathan, let her go!" Kelly shouted.

Nathan was caught off guard when he first let go. Suzie sped off so quickly it almost knocked the wind out of Nathan. He laughed it off and swam back over to Haley.

"Go Milo!" Haley cheered.

"Yeah, Suzie." Nathan cheered back.

"Hey!" Haley nudged Nathan.

He smiled down at her. "I was only being a fair sport. I hope you didn't tire poor Milo out."

"I doubt it. This was so much fun." She kissed Nathan on the cheek. She rested her head in his chest. "You still have to go you know."

"I was this close wasn't I?" He showed her the distance with his finger.

"And it still wasn't close enough."

"And it's Milo by a bottle nose!" Kelly shouted. "Good work guys. Who wants fish?"

"Ha, now I don't have to go. Maybe some other time." He went over to hug both Peyton and Jennie.

*-*-*-*

"Did you have a blast or what?" Jennie asked Peyton and Haley as the girls entered their hotel room.

"I never thought it would be that much fun." Peyton aid as she continued to dry out her hair. "So who's ready to fight over the shower?"

"Too late!" Haley shouted as she closed the door.

"Fine, I call next. My hair isn't as long as yours." She told Jennie as she rested on the bed. "Can you believe in a few hours that one of us is going to have to leave? I'm glad we got to have one day of vacation together."

"It's a lot to take in. I'm just glad we all got to open up to Nathan today. Where do you think dinner will be?"

"I can't really guess what Nathan plans for us."

"It's going to be an emotional elimination."

Peyton:

"Jennie always mentions the depressing parts of anything in this competition. She's turning to a pessimist."

"Yeah and mostly for Nathan. We have to respect his choice though."

*-*-*-*

"Owe, little black dress, sexy." Peyton said as she stood next to Haley in the mirror. "It's almost time. Could I borrow you mascara?"

"Great topic change." Haley laughed when she handed it to Peyton. "I like green on you. What's Jennie's dress color?"

"I think its dark blue. I doubt that Nathan's thinking about what color our dresses are though."

There was a knock on the door. It stopped all of the chatter coming from the girls' mouths.

"Jennie, you almost ready? I think Lucas is here!" Haley called. She straightened out her dress and took one last look at herself.

Jennie walked out of the bathroom. Her dress was blue with a black belt around the torso. Her brown hair was in simple, yet elegant curls.

Peyton:

'Someone's trying too hard."

Haley:

"Talk about trying to get noticed."

Lucas knocked again. "We need to get going. I already came five minutes late!" he called through the door.

"Well you should have said so." Haley joked as she opened the door. "We're ready Lucas." Haley was the first to leave behind Lucas. She took deep breaths as they walked down the stairs. She didn't bother to look at Peyton or Jennie. They all had they're own thoughts in mind. She didn't think that they would worry about each other at this moment.

Lucas drove the car around the hotel before making a turn. After twenty minutes the car came to its final stop. "Nathan has the only table in their so just say you're with Scott." He told them as they got out. "Elimination will be on the inside of the restaurant."

Haley:

"Tonight dinner is at the Olde Town Oyster and Seafood bar. I'm not thinking about food as much as what is going to go down at the table."

They walked through the door and spotted Nathan sitting at the table with candles on each empty one as well. Nathan stood up and waited until the girls were sitting. "I really do hope that you all enjoyed yourselves today because I still don't know what the outcome of tonight will be. I already asked Peyton about whom I should pick and she said Haley. I want to know what you two think. Haley?"

"Well I think that you should pick Jennie because I think that you have a more romantic relationship with her." Haley looked over to Peyton as tears formed in her eyes and mouthed 'I'm sorry' to her.

Peyton:

"Haley is right. I don't think I even kissed Nathan once at this point. I have a hard time letting people into my life. I am slower than the other two."

Nathan nodded. "How about you Jennie?"

"I'm going to be truly honest with you. I want you to pick me and I don't want to picture you picking one of the girls. I know it's selfish but that's how I feel. I mean I can see you lasting with Haley. Everyone saw that. I came here to be with you and not make it look like I don't want you. I won't do that."

Haley:

"Can I change my answer? Pick me!"

Nathan:

"What am I going to do? I brought Lucas back because I knew that this was going to get tougher and tougher."

Nathan let out a sigh. "I know that this is uncomfortable for all of you. I'm not that comfortable either."

Haley rested her hand on his shoulder. She gave it a light squeeze. She still didn't say anything. She didn't need to.

"I'm really going to have to think about this one." Nathan said as he got up.

*-*-*

"You know the answer. I know you do. I don't get why you keep saying that you need time." Lucas said in the kitchen. "You know who you want."

Nathan looked over to him. "It's just hard to have to see her go and it's not just my heart Lucas."

"I've heard this speech thousands of times. Are you ready to head out there?"

"I have no choice. Thanks for coming back man."

"That was your choice." Lucas mumbled as he followed Nathan to the outside dining area. He stood next to Nathan. "There are three of you left and only one Nathan. You three did a lot to get to this point and it saddens Nathan that he has to send one of you from the Bahamas all the way back home. Let's start, Nate?"

Nathan stepped in front of Lucas. "Lucas is right you did an amount to get here but one of you didn't do enough. Before I get to that, let me take the pressure off of one of you. Jennie, you told me that you knew who I would pick first. You were right. Hales, you did it again. Come here,"

Haley walked straight to Nathan. "It's not nice you know." Haley was starting to well up

"What isn't?" Nathan asked sincerely.

She shook her head and took the jersey from Nathan. She hugged him tightly. She pulled away and kissed him. She let of his hold on her and walked back.

Haley: (Crying)

"I'm a finalist! Now I either have to go against Peyton or battle with Jennie. I don't want to say goodbye to Peyton."

Jennie:

"See every time."

Nathan let out a deep breath. "Peyton, when I first met you, you were sassy and sarcastic. You still are sarcastic and this time you're my friend. I can talk and joke with you like I've been doing it for years. It's comfortable and it's just. I haven't been able to move on from the friends level with you. I'm sorry but you won't be here to win my heart. I'm sorry Peyton. I chose Jennie. Could you come down here please?"

Peyton gave Haley, who was now fully crying, a tight hug. "It's okay Haley. You're still here." Peyton repeated a few times to calm her. She let go and smiled at Haley. Then she turned and smiled at Nathan as she approached him. "Admit it, I was too much for you."

"That was it all along. I'm really sorry Peyton. I still got a friend right?"

"I don't know. It depends." She smiled and gave Nathan a hug. "Make the right choice and be happy with it." She let go.

"You be happy too. Could you just wait here until it's over, just don't go back up."

She nodded. "Okay,"

Peyton:

"What is going on?"

Jennie:

"It's overwhelming. I'm going to be in the final two. It's either going to be me or her."

Jennie walked down and kissed Nathan as she happily accepted his final jersey.

"My final two girls, be ready to really consider everything that you have been through and how much you care about me. I don't feel like being screwed over and having to do another one of these things." he tried to joke. He gave Jennie and then Haley a final kiss. He walked to the door and turned back to them. "Haley, you can hug Peyton to death now."

Haley smiled and then quickly went back to Peyton's arms. "God, he thinks he's so funny. I'm going to miss you Peyton."

"Hey it's going to be fine. Stay strong okay?" Peyton told her. "He really likes you Haley. You got this." She looked up and watched and Jennie walked away too. "Go sleep that drug off." She joked.

Peyton:

"I'm not going to cry. Nathan was right. We're friends and I can see us as just that and I'm okay with that. He's a cool guy. Now Nathan pick Haley or I'll have Milo kick your ass."

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AN:

Another chapter and another girl gone. I wanted to bring Lucas back because I missed him. (I miss Cassandra too but I can't bring her back)

The next chapter will just be deleted scenes and highlights before the final elimination and then the reunion!

PLEASE REVIEW! oh and this will be the last time the poll will be open so vote! Even though you know who will be going home I think it fun to see how many people want Jennie to go home!