Sorry! It's almost been a month I know i'm so sorry! i totally forgot! i'll make sure chapter 21 will be up much sooner!
Chapter 20. Once upon a Time, The light disappeared from Tree Hill.
"Yah yah I'm coming!" Haley yelled as she sprinted down the stairs, to get to door. The doorbell rang again. "Coming" She said with a heavy sigh as she swung the door open. There was a deliveryman at the door with a legal sized envelope. Haley watched the yellow-brownish envelope in the man's hand warily. "Hi" She said slowly. The man chuckled. "I see rarely people who appreciate them." He said holding the envelope up.
Haley chuckled nervously. The man handed her the envelope and asked her to sign. "Thanks" he said as she had signed and Haley closed the door. She panicked a little as she nervously moved to the kitchen where Peyton was drinking coffee. "What's that?" Peyton asked her. Haley laid the envelope on the counter and stared at it. "I'm not sure.." She replied, leaning with both her hands on the counter.
"Why don't you open it?" Peyton asked, as Haley kept staring at the envelope as if it might jump at her, if she looked away. "Because.." Haley sighed. "I'm afraid to find something I don't want to find, and don't want to know" she rattled on with three words a second. "or even worse…" She seemed scared.
"Only one way to find out Hales.." Peyton said and picked up the envelope. She held it up for Haley. "Open it.." Haley looked at her and sighed. "Unless you think it's from Nathan, my experience says burn all envelope's coming from Scott men." Peyton chuckled. Haley smiled half-hearted at the joke.
"Okay" she took the envelope from Peyton's hand. Then Jamie came running into the kitchen "Daddy's back! Daddy's back!" He yelled, jumping up and down. Jamie ran to the front door and Haley locked eyes with Peyton for a split second then she putted the envelope in a drawer.
"Haah! There's the little man" They heard Nathan say. "Daddy! Where were yo¬" Jamie had stopped mid-sentence. Haley looked behind her. "Hey, you must be Jamie." She heard a female voice say.
Haley spun around in white heated anger. Her eyes focused on the early twenties girl, right behind Nathan. She felt such, rage and anger rushing through her as she watched them. Nathans hand on the small of her back, just on the edge of her waist. Her hand on his, fingers tangled as if they needed each other to lean on. Just like they were together, just like he'd always done with her.
Haley's eyes were pulled back to the drawer. She felt numb and empty, and then suddenly tears and anger, than same white heated anger flooded through her again. She too five, six big strides and pulled Jamie from her floor on her hip, and hissed and Nathan. She turned back to the kitchen and said: "Peyton take Jamie out the back, to Brooke or something.." like she had trouble controlling her temper.
"Okay" Peyton took Jamie from Haley and walked without a word out the door.
Again Haley spun around "How dare you to bring her here!" She shrieked, more hurt then angry now. "Isn't this bad enough for Jamie without her here! He has no idea where you've been! And now you're here, and you take her!" Haley's voice broke at the last word, not longer able to conceal her pain. He was leaving her, she could feel it. She had felt it as the envelope arrived.
"Haley, relax. I'm sorry, but I figured Jamie would like to see me" Nathan carefully approached Haley, like she was some dangerous animal that might leap at him if he made a sudden move.
She hissed at him. "Yes, He has been waiting for you to return, since you left where Lizz was born!" Haley tried to calm herself. She eyed Lea. She felt very self-conscious. She felt fat and little, and hysterical rather than thin, tall and the calmness itself. Lea seemed smug by Haley's scolding. Haley narrowed her eyes, and had to keep herself from shrieking profanities at Lea.
Haley took a deep breath. "Nathan" she began. " Can we talk,.. Alone?" Nathan sighed, and then took a deep breath and turned to Lea. "Lee, go wait in the car, would you?" Nathan murmured in her ear. Lea looked upset, like it was not what they'd planned. It made Haley more cautious.
"Nate, you promised." She whispered urgently. Haley flashed her an angry look. "Lee, just go, I'll do my best to keep my promise." He assured her. This angered Haley even more.
"Nathan, Now! She'll live if you don't kept your promises, she'll have to get used to it anyway." Haley snapped. Now Lea shot and angry look Haley's way "Don't you think this is hard on him!" She snapped back at Haley. "Lea! Enough!" Nathan said. Lea sighed annoyed and went to the car.
"Sorry about that." He said and stopped toward Haley. She sighed and said : "You're staying with her?" pain was easily audible. "Haley, I just came to get the last of my stuff and to spend some time with Jamie, explain it all to him…" He said. "When you're done explaining this to him, you can explain it to me, because I don't understand… Why? …. It was Always and Forever." Haley started to cry.
"You love her?" Her voice was huskily. Nathan seemed to thinking about how the formulate his answer. "I love her too yeah." He said eventually. "Too?" She asked hopefully.
Nathan sighed again. "Haley I haven't stopped loving you!" Nathan told her. Tears rolled over her cheek. "that doesn't make me feel any better Nathan" she sobbed. He sighed and walked to Haley. He wrapped his arms around Haley and let her cry. After a while Haley lifted her head from his chest. "I don't want you to leave." She sobbed. Nathan sighed again. He had no idea what to do..
"Haley, I'm sorry. I never wanted to do this to you. I'm so sorry, that's why you can live here. I don't want the house. I want you and Jamie to have the best." He said. He knew it was only a band-aid on a bullet wound. "and yet you're leaving" Haley added to that. Nathan tightened the grip on Haley and sort of hugged her, placing a kiss on top of her head. "if I could have you both, I'd take it." He whispered. Haley looked up at him horrified. She broke his hold, and walked into the kitchen. "You should pack your stuff. Nathan" She said, wiping the tears from under her eyes.
When Nathan came down half an hour later. Haley said "I will fight you in this Nathan, we're not done yet, you can see Jamie, but only here, so I know he's not with her." Haley nodded towards the door. Nathan sighed, "Hales, it's not more than reasonable to let me spend time with my son." He said. Haley said: "Yes, you can, here where I can see you both, and know when she's here so I can throw her out." Haley sounded suddenly very polite. "Hales!" Nathan objected. "Nathan I do this for Jamie if it were for me you would have seen him ever again. So. Do. Not. Push. It."
Nathan seemed angry now. "Haley I've given you everything, I'm living in a hotel, so you can live here. All I want is some alone time with my son. Who I involve in that is none of your business." He snapped at her.
Haley was filled with white heated anger once again. "He. Is. My. Son. I. Decide. Whether. You. Bring. Him. In. Contact. With. That. Whore!" She shrieked. She pulled the front door open and pushed Nathan backwards out the door. "I never want to see your face again, go live with your whore for all I care!" She shouted and then threw the door shut. She slowly dropped to the ground and sat against the door crying. She burred her head n het hands and sat there sobbing.
An hour later Peyton and Jamie returned. Jamie jumped inside and searching for Haley, to tell her he held Lizz and that she was so cute. Peyton looked for Haley with him. Peyton walked into the kitchen and found Haley crying with a knife at her wrist against the counter. Peyton was shocked and pulled the knife out of Haley's shaking hand. "Honey what happened?" Peyton she asked Haley worried. She pulled Haley into a hug and kissed the top of her head. "He's gone?" She asked. Haley looked at her with big wet brown eyes and nodded. "You have Jamie honey, suicide is not an option, you can't do that to Jamie" Peyton shushed her. "or the Brooke and Lucas for that matter." Haley dropped her head on Peyton shoulder. "Pull yourself together Haley James, your son needs you."
Haley nodded again and wipe the tears from her eyes. "for Jamie "She said like she was establishing something. "For Jamie" Peyton established.
Lucas had just put Davis to bed for the night and returned to his living room, when the phone rang. He walked back to the kitchen an picked up the phone. "Hey, it's Peyton." The voice on the other side of the line told him. "It's Haley, Nathan came by today and brought Lea,.." Lucas heard Haley hiss in the background at the name. "
He came to see Jamie, it went horribly wrong and I found Haley sobbing on the kitchen floor with a knife to her wrist." Peyton told him. "What! Is she okay?" He urged. "Yes, she didn't hurt herself, but she pretty broken up about it. Nathan want a divorce she received the papers today."
There was another pause and then Peyton said "If you were looking for an opportunity to prove that you're still her best friend I think you found one. Lucas she need your help. She needs our help all the help she can get. Nathan went out of line here." Peyton seemed upset too. But there was no wonder there, if what she just told him was true. "I'm on my way" He said and hung up. Lucas grabbed his coat and ran out the door. When he was half way down the porch steps he realized that Davis was sleeping inside. He went back inside and woke Davis up.
"Come on Boy, you're going to spent the night at momma's" He said and pulled boy and his hip. Lucas wrapped a blanket around him and set him in the car. He raced straight to Brooke's.
"Hi" Lucas said when Brooke opened the door. "Hey Lucas what are you doing here?" she asked confused while she let him in. Julian was in the kitchen. He was opening a bottle of wine. "something wrong?" He asked alarmed. "Yes" Lucas said determent . He handed the sleeping boy to Julian. 'Here I'll put him to bed." Julian said. Lucas nodded. "What happened" Brooke asked worried, while she received an assuring kiss on her head from Julian, who passed her on his way up the stairs with Davis.
"Nathan came home today" He announced. "and.. He and Haley fought, not in the physical way but worse enough. He filed for divorce. Peyton found Haley with a knife to her wrist, crying on the kitchen floor." There was a gasp form Brooke a silence and spurt to the phone. "I'll watch the kids" Julian said on his way down. Brooke hung up and walked into Julian's embrace. "I'm headed over here right now, you coming?" Lucas asked Brooke.
Brooke locked eyes on Julian and then nodded. "Yes, I'm coming" she grabbed the coat, kissed Julian swiftly and then took off with Lucas.
"Hales?" Brooke shouted as she and Lucas entered the house that night. Peyton rushed down the stairs. "Shh" She hissed. "She's finally asleep, took her a few hours to calm down enough to even stop crying. After that she was so exhausted, I putted her to bed." She explained now in a calm low voice. She led them to the living room, letting them have the story.
The divorce papers from the tan envelope from this morning were on the coffee table. Was this really the end of Naley?
Yes that we all wonder including me! have no idea but i think i was on the right path with the next chapter... I totaly remebered where the next chapter is going. So read review (the green button.) en let me know what you think? some not too cheesy ideas to bring Naley back together.. i might decide they belong together... Other wise i'm searching for a ne love for Haley.. and i might just knock on ..... 's door. Ow that'd be fun..
Love and Light philine