Their honeymoon week was over, and Nathan and Haley were sitting at the kitchen table eating breakfast. Everleigh was sitting in her highchair watching her parents. Everleigh was 7 months old, and she was the light of her parents eyes. Surprisingly to Nathan and Haley, they still had time alone, even now with Everleigh home. They were counting their precious moments together until he had to go back on the road. The new season was starting soon, and he had to get back to basketball. Haley decided that she would also go back to work, to give her something to do while Nathan was gone. Brooke stepped in and volunteered to become a permanent babysitter while Haley was at work. They spent their weekend doing things that couples do, they spent all their time together. She was going to miss him while he was gone.

Monday came too quick for Haley and Nathan. She was scheduled to start teaching again today, and Nathan was leaving for a week, for basketball training. Reluctantly she pulled herself out oof bed, and started her morning shower. When she got out of the shower, she slid on her robe, and walked out to their bed. She leaned over and kissed Nathan's cheek. He awoke, rubbed his hands along her arms, he whispered "Good morning" and he leant forward to kiss her.

"Good morning" she said kissing him back. She got up and tried pulled away, but he tightened his arms around her waist.

"Nathan, I have to get ready for work. I cant be late." she insisted.

"You can be a little late, I'm leaving today Hales, for a week. I want to spend some time with my wife" he whined.

She tried to pull away again, but he leaned up and fastened his lips to hers. She gave in immediately, and willingly went into his arms. Not wasting any time, Nathan slid her knee high skirt up around her hips and pulled down her panties. Seeing as how he was already fully aroused just thinking about what he was going to do to his wife of one week, he immediately plunged deep inside of her. Her eyes rolled back in her head, and a loud moan escaped her throat. Her nails dug into his shoulder as he plunged in and out of her, bringing them both closer to their climax. Knowing that he was near the precipice, he picked up his pace. After a couple more thrusts, he hit climax, and he spilled all of his seed into her. Haley followed swiftly behind him.

After laying there for a few minutes after their impassioned love making, she rolled out from underneath Nathan and adjusted her clothing. He just stared at her, while she did this. All he could think about was how amazing his girl was. She leaned in and kissed him, because by this point she was already 10 minutes late for work.

"I'm going to miss you so much. I wish you didn't have to go" she whined, leaning in to his embrace.

"I'll be home in a week." he reassured her.

"But I haven't went a day without kissing you since we got together, how am I going to handle a week" she asked.

"Hmmmm… phone sex" he said laughing.

She swatted his arm, and kissed him once more.

"I'll see you in a week. I love you. Call me tonight" she said before leaving.

Haley's class was sitting in their desks when she arrived.

"Good morning class. Sorry I'm late, I just had something at home I needed to take care of" she said.

She handed out their first assignments, and told them to get working on them. Haley was in the process of sending a very dirty text message to Nathan when a student spoke up.

"So, Ms Meyer how is your new baby?" a girl asked.

"I'm Mrs. Scott now, as of last week. And Everleigh is good, she's 7 months old." Haley told the girl.

"Your married now. Wow. Congratulations" enthused the girl.

"Wait, your married to Nathan Scott the basketball player?" a boy asked.

"Yes." Haley answered.

"Wow. Do you think you could get me an autograph or something? Is he playing this season?" the boy asked.

"I'll see what I can do, and yes he's playing this season. He's on his way to Charlotte as we speak. Now get to work, you have until the end of class to get this done." Haley admonished.

The rest of the class went by without much activity. Haley spent the class texting Nathan. It felt nice being able to talk to him. The bell rang, and her next class came in. She gave the class the assignment, and went back to texting Nathan. She spent all her morning classes doing just that. When lunch rolled around, she thought it would be a good time to call and talk to Nathan. Since he should be in Charlotte by now with the way he drove. Haley was sitting in her desk about to call her husband when she heard a knock at her door. She glanced up, and said come in.

Ryan walked through the door. He was thinking that this would be easier than he thought. Nathan left for a week, he was leaving a lonely Haley in his absence.

"Ryan? What are you doing here?" she asked.

"I just wanted to see you" he said.

"Why? Considering the way you left things last week at the wedding. What makes you think that I want to see you? I cant believe you came in here?" she ranted.

"Look, Haley. You know as well as I do, that you and I are meant to be together. You just need to admit it." he told her.

"You and I? You know what? When I cheated on you with Nathan, my life finally snapped back into place. I felt the passion that I had long since convinced myself that I didn't need. I convinced myself because I didn't get that passion from you." she yelled at him.

"You keep telling yourself that Haley, but you know that you cant live without me. You will find that out soon enough, and I will still be here, waiting." he yelled before walking out and slamming the door.

Haley slumped down into her chair, exhausted from the argument with Ryan. She couldn't believe how he had changed. After he came back from his hiatus, he was supportive, he even delivered Everleigh. But after the wedding, something had snapped in Ryan, and he turned into a monster. Haley was tempted to taking the rest of the day off, but she didn't since it was her first day back. She laid back in her chair and shut her eyes until her next class came in after lunch. The end of the day couldn't come fast enough for Haley. When she was finally done for the day, she went to pick up Everleigh from Brooke's and go home to phone her husband. This was going to be a long week for Haley.

When she finally got home, she put Everleigh in her high chair and tried to call Nathan. She was unhappy when she got his answering machine. She left him a message saying "Hey. It's me. Call me when you have time, I miss you. I'll try calling back later." She tried to make her voice sound as normal as possible, she didn't want him worrying about her when he was in Charlotte. Haley put a movie in, and pulled Everleigh out of the high chair. She sat down on the couch, and cuddled with her little girl while watching Beauty and the Beast. Even at 7 months old, Everleigh loved watching movies, they made her laugh.

Nathan was just leaving practice, when he got Haley's message. There was something off in her voice, he could tell. He immediately punched in the familiar number and it rang a couple times.

"Hello" she answered.

"Hey Hales, its me. Are you okay? You sounded a little off in your message." he asked worried.

"Oh yeah, I'm fine. I'm just a little tired. What with teaching a whole day and coming home and taking care of Everleigh. It's just been a long day." she said.

"Are you sure? You sound stressed. I can hear it in your voice" he asked still worried.

"Yeah. I promise. I'm fine. I just really miss you." she said.

"I miss you too. How's our girl?" he asked.

"Oh she's fine. I think she misses her daddy. She's really becoming a daddy's girl. She misses you almost as much as I do." she said honestly.

"Don't miss me. I'll be home in 6 days. But I better go, and let you get some sleep. I love you so much Hales." he said.

"I love you too. Goodnight Nathan. I love you." she said before hanging up.

After hanging up, she looked down at her sleeping daughter, and kissed her cheek. She then picked her up and carried her upstairs to bed. Praying that tomorrow would be a better day.