Ch.20

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As the sun shone brightly into the bedroom, Haley slowly started to wake up. When she opened her eyes and looked up, she saw Nathan staring back at her.

"A little creepy, don't you think? Watching me sleep?"

"If you would stop being so damn beautiful, maybe I wouldn't."

Haley blushed.

Even though it was only them in the apartment, Nathan leaned down to whisper in her ear. "You are so cute when you blush. It's a real turn on."

"Oh really?"

"Yeah." Nathan said as he leaned down to capture her lips in a searing kiss.

Just as things were starting to heat up between the two, the alarm on the clock went off.

Nathan groaned in frustration as Haley pulled away to turn it off.

"We better start getting ready." She said before leaning down to give Nathan one last kiss before she got up.

"Yeah, okay. What time are we meeting Rachel and Peyton?"

"Around noon. Why?"

"Well, I was just thinking."

"That's scary." Haley said jokingly.

"Ha-Ha." Nathan deadpanned, sticking his tongue out at her.

"I'm sorry, babe. What were you thinking?" Haley asked in amusement.

"It would totally save time and water if we showered together." He smirked and wiggled his eyebrows.

"You know what? I think you're right. Care to join me Mr. Scott?"

Haley laughed as Nathan quickly jumped off of the bed and dragged her into the bathroom, slamming the door behind them.

They came out half an hour later. Both had silly grins plastered on their faces.

"Well, I have to say, that was the best shower I've ever had. Smart idea, Nate."

"I agree. Care to make that a regular thing?"

Haley just laughed and continued to get ready.

NALEY

Despite all of the interruptions from Nathan while trying to get ready, they managed to make it to the café on time.

They looked around for a second before hearing Rachel. "Nate over here!"

Haley noticed that Rachel didn't say her name, and she couldn't help but feel a little angry at her. She saw Rachel check Nathan out yesterday and knew that she was up to no good by the look in her eye.

Today, Rachel was dressed in tight, low rise jeans and a tight sweatshirt with only her bra underneath it. Peyton was wearing regular jeans and a black tank with an orange off the shoulder shirt on top.

Haley was trying to be nice, but on the inside she couldn't help but think what a slut Rachel was.

As soon as they ordered, Nathan intertwined his and Haley's hands under the table and held them on his lap.

Rachel noticed this and decided that it was time to put her plan of getting Nathan into action.

"So, how did you two meet?" Rachel faked interest while leaning over so that Nathan could see down her shirt.

Nathan didn't even notice, he just turned to Haley and smiled. They proceeded to tell the story of how they met when they were three and instantly became best friends.

Rachel decided that her first plan of getting Nathan to notice her hadn't worked. However, she had many more plans. She was never one to give up so easily.

"You know, I hear that this high school first love, marriage shit never really works out. I mean come on, you are so young. You're bound to find someone you love more and then you're gonna have to go through the whole divorce mess."

"Rachel!" Peyton cut her off, glaring at her.

Nathan could tell that Haley was about to explode and tear Rachel's head off. He gave her hand a gentle squeeze.

"That may be true for some, but not us. I've known that Haley was the one for me since kindergarten."

"Aww that's sweet," Rachel said in a sarcastic voice. "But, you know what people say, 'Just because two people have history, doesn't mean they're supposed to be together'." She smiled flirtatiously at Nathan.

Haley just glared at her.

Then, she turned and started talking to Peyton more and realized what a great friend she was. They talked through lunch while Rachel continued to stare at Nathan and smile seductively at him.

Finally, they decided to leave.

"Okay, Peyton, so I'll see you tomorrow and we'll go shopping." Haley smiled.

"Can't wait! It'll be a lot of fun."

"Okay, see ya!"

"Bye!"

"She seems nice." Nathan commented when they got in the car.

"She is. I think she could be a great friend."

"That's good."

"I just hope Rachel doesn't come with us tomorrow."

"Yeah, she seemed interesting." Nathan commented.

"She's a bitch!" Haley exclaimed.

"Whoa! Strong words." Nathan laughed.

"Oh come on, Nate. She practically threw herself at you while telling us how our marriage won't last."

"Yeah, well, she's wrong. I'm gonna love you forever, Haley Scott." He smiled.

"Always and Forever?" She asked softly, looking down.

Nathan pulled her chin up so that she was looking him in the eye. "Always and Forever." He confirmed. "I promise you baby."

He leaned over and tenderly kissed her.

NALEY

The next day, Haley was freaking out. She was late, and not just a couple of days. She was over a week late and having a panic attack. At first she thought that maybe she was just being paranoyed and decided to just forget about it, but now it was really starting to freak her out. She was never over a day late.

She called Brooke, who set up an appointment for her at the doctor's office after calming her down. She didn't want to talk to Nathan about this unless she knew for sure that it was true. She was scared to tell him. What if he thought that she did it on purpose? They both had so much left to do in life! How was Nathan supposed to play basketball in college and help support her and a baby?

Brooke called her back after a few minutes and informed her that she had an appointment the next day at the doctors' office out by UNC because she didn't want to risk someone catching her at the regular doctor's office in Tree Hill. Haley was going to meet Brooke at her and Lucas' apartment, and then Brooke was going to drive her to the appointment and pick her up.

Haley made her promise not to tell Lucas, even though she knew that she could trust Brooke. She was an extremely loyal and helpful friend.

She took a deep breath and went off to try to enjoy her shopping trip with Peyton, pushing all of her worries to the back of her mind.

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