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Chapter Twenty One: Everything

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You're a falling star, You're the get away car.
You're the line in the sand when I go too far.
You're the swimming pool, on an August day.
And you're the perfect thing to say.

And you play it coy, but it's kinda cute.
Ah, When you smile at me you know exactly what you do.
Baby don't pretend, that you don't know it's true.
Cause you can see it when I look at you.

And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you, You make me sing.
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.

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"Aww-"

"No."

"What? What do you mean no? Look how cute!" Brooke squealed.

Haley scoffed, picking the bridal magazine off her friends lap and pointing to the dress. "Pink with frills? I don't think so." She objected, standing up from the couch.

Brooke let out a loud sigh, sitting back against the sofa, flicking through the magazine.

"Plus, I'm not sure 'cute' is what I'm going for." She said, pulling out a carton of ice cream from the fridge.

"Why not?" Brooke pouted. "Anyway as your maid of honour I think it's my duty to-"

"Wait, wait, wait." Haley said, stopping in her tracks, tub in one hand spoons in the other. "Maid of honour? I don't remember this." Plopping down beside Brooke on the couch.

She smiled sheepishly. "Well I am your best friend-"

"-One of-"

"-so I think that gives me dibs on maid of honour."

Haley rolled her eyes. "Well sorry to burst your bubble Davis, but you and Rachel are both my brides maids. I'm not having a maid of honour."

Brooke gasped. "Hales! C'mon! You're not having a big wedding and we only have three weeks to plan, at least let me have this."

"I'll think about it." She told her.

"That's all I ask." Brooke grinned happily. "Actually, talking about Rachel we should probably let her know you're engaged."

"That would be a good idea." Haley added. "But I don't know, I just feel kinda guilty."

"What, why?"

She shrugged. "I dunno, she's just starting to get over the baby and I don't want to like parade about with my news, being all happy and stuff. It just doesn't feel right."

"Hales, Rachel will be so happy for you, you know that." Brooke said, wrapping an arm around her friends shoulders as they sat the ice cream tub in-between them.

"Yeah." Haley sighed, digging her spoon into the cold substance. "Or I could just wait until the day and tell her then." She smiled hopefully but groaned as Brooke gave her an 'I don't think so' look. "Okay fine, why don't we go out to dinner later or something and we can tell her together?"

"Fine. Coward." Brooke muttered with a teasing smile.

"Shut up." Haley laughed, hitting her with a cushion just as the front door opened.

"Whoa." Nathan commented as he walked into his and Haley's apartment, they hadn't actually spoken about her moving in but she lived there anyway, plus it was like the had some line of communication where they didn't have to talk. "Did something explode?" He asked, taking in all the magazines, everywhere, a few empty tubs of ice cream and DVDs, sappy ones he was sure.

"Ha ha." Haley deadpanned, getting up from the couch and bouncing over to him, wrapping her arms around his neck she smacked a loud kiss onto his lips.

"I missed you today." Nathan grinned, placing his hands on her hips, pulling her closer to him as she stood on her tip toes. "Really missed you." He said huskily, rubbing his lower half against hers.

Brooke bit back a laugh as she watched her best friends eyes narrow at her soon to be husband.

"You are… insatiable." She giggled despite the glare she was sending him.

"Only when it comes to you." He said charmingly, about to kiss her lips but was met with the smooth skin of her cheek.

"No." She told him sternly, raised eyebrows and a small playful grin playing on her lips. "Later." She promised with a small wink, before getting out of his grasp and going back over to the couch beside Brooke.

"Can't you just keep it in your pants for five minutes?" The taller brunette asked. "This is my Haley Time." She told him, clasping her and the smaller girls hands together.

"Whatever." He smirked, loosening the tie from around his neck. "I'll get my Haley Time later." He winked at his fiancé before making his way to the bedroom, just imagining them both roiling their eyes and scoffing.

"Okay so." Brooke began once they heard the bedroom door close. "What about this one?" She asked, pointing to something Haley guessed was a meant to be a wedding dress.

"No." She said straight away.

"But Hales!" Brooke pouted. "Ruffles!"

"No!"

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"Nathan can you get that?!" Haley called out to him, and she rolled her eyes when he simply grumbled in response. "Remind me why I'm marrying you again?" She smirked as he rolled his eyes this time before grudgingly getting up from the couch, stealing one last glance at the basketball game on TV before walking to answer the door.

"You know, you cant keep using that when you want me to do something." He told her and she simply winked at him over her shoulder in response.

He was shocked to see who was outside of their apartment. "Luke."

"Hey little brother." The blonde smiled.

And another head of curly blonde hair smiled. "Nathan."

"Peyton." Nathan returned with a stiff nod to his brothers ex-girlfriend of two years.

"Hey McMuscles who's at the door?" Haley breathed out, an expression on her face similar to her soon to be husbands just a few moments ago.

"Lucas. Peyton." She gave them a tight lipped smile.

"Hales!" The blonde squealed, pulling the petite brunette into a hug much like she'd done with Brooke last night. "How are you? Wow you look good, you dyed your hair."

"You always were observant." Haley grinned slightly sarcastically but Peyton didn't seem to notice.

"Is Brooke here?" Lucas interrupted.

Haley turned to him, folding her arms across her chest. "Maybe."

"Tutor Girl!"

Lucas sent her a smirk and she narrowed her eyes but called back. "Wha-at?"

"Do you have any…" The voice got nearer but stopped suddenly as she walked up beside her best friend, her eyes instantly connecting with those two blue ones. "Lucas."

"Do we have any Lucas?" Haley couldn't help but tease. "Well…"

"Brooke I'm sorry." All eyes snapped to Peyton. "For just showing up out of the blue yesterday, it wasn't fair to you or Luke." She didn't notice the brunette wince at the use of her boyfriends nickname on the blondes lips. "And I just hope that I haven't come in-between you two in anyway."

Brooke nodded her head, to anyone else this apology would seem genuine, but she knew Peyton Sawyer and she was anything but genuine.

"You haven't and thank you." She smiled tight lipped.

You know what they say, keep your friends close but your enemies closer.

"Goodie." Peyton clapped her hands together excitedly, "group hug!" She then proceeded to pull both girls into her lanky body.

'What the hell?' Brooke mouthed to Haley behind her back.

'I have no idea." Haley mouthed back, bewilderment in her expression.

Lucas and Nathan shared an amused look. Both knowing what the two brunettes were doing.

"Okay so." Peyton pulled back. "I was thinking tomorrow me, yous and Rach-Oh my God!" She suddenly exclaimed, eyes going wide as she pulled Haley's left hand closer to her face, expecting the rock that was there. "Who to?" She asked, her eyes wide with excitement.

Haley let out a small laugh. "Nathan." She said as if it was obvious.

Peyton snorted. "Yeah right. Seriously though."

Haley narrowed her eyes then, growing defensive. "Seriously Nathan." She said a little harsher than intended, but felt a little tension leave her body as she felt said serious boy's large hand gently sit on her lower back.

The blondes smile faltered slightly for a second before an even brighter smile overtook her face. "Well congratulations."

Haley noticed this but let it slide, accepting the small hug that was offered. "Thanks Peyton."

"Congratulations Nate."

Just like Brooke Haley winced slightly at the use of his nickname on the blondes lips.

"Thanks Peyton." Nathan said, and accepted the hug offered, and both brunettes noticed it lasted a little longer than necessary.

Brooke clasped Haley's hand in hers, to stop her best friend and herself from pouncing on the curly haired girl.

"So plans for tomorrow?" Haley asked, breaking Peyton's gaze away from her fiancés face as he was talking to his brother and the two boys went inside and onto her.

"Oh… oh yeah." She cleared her throat. "Well now I think they've slightly changed." She grinned, nodding in the direction of Haley's engagement ring. "So what're yous doing tonight?"

"We're actually going out to dinner with Rachel." Haley told her, she'd called her redheaded best friend earlier, and was surprised when Rachel had agreed but also sounded slightly… happier than she had in a while as they made plans for tonight.

"Oooh" Peyton clapped her hands excitedly. "I haven't seen that girl in forever!"

And we'd like to keep it that way but we cant all win. Brooke plastered a sweet smile to her face, still thinking that she and Lucas had yet to talk. "Well tonight-"

"I'd love to."

"To what?" Haley asked in confusion.

"Come to dinner." Peyton explained in a 'duh' voice.

"Actually…" Brooke trailed off.

"This will be so much fun!" Peyton grinned, pulling them into a hug again.

'What do we do now?!' Brooke mouthed behind the blondes back.

Haley sighed inwardly. 'I have no idea'

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"So how do you and Peyton know each other?" Haley asked as she walked into her and Nathan's bedroom not at all embarrassed as she was dressed in only a lacy black thong and high heels.

Nathan inwardly chuckled at the jealousy in her voice but didn't called her on it seen as she had nothing to be jealous about. "She and Luke dated for a couple of years, we ran into each other from time to time." He said, his gaze moving from the TV to her as he sat on their bed, his manhood springing to life at the sight of her. "This brings back some memories." He smirked, that night where she dressed up for him in the nurses costume springing into mind.

She rolled her eyes with a small laugh. "So she and Lucas were serious?" She asked.

Nathan sighed. "I guess."

"You guess?" Haley ground out, clasping her bra before walking over to him. "Nathan, they dated. For two years. And you guess that they were serious?"

He shrugged, his gaze firmly set on her chest. "I guess."

"Nathan!" She smacked his arm. "Eyes up here." She told him.

He sighed again. "Yeah they were."

She nodded.

"Why do you care so much anyway?"

"Well my best friend, who just happens to be Lucas' girlfriend, knew Peyton in high school. She, Rachel and I did." Haley explained. "Brooke was pretty seriously with this guy Jack, she was talking about how she thought she was in love with him and everything which was pretty big for her back then. But that all went out the window when she found him in bed with Peyton."

Nathan's eyes widened.

"Exactly." Haley sighed, running a hand through her short locks.

"So she's worried that it's gonna happen again?"

"Yeah, and it doesn't help that they dated either." She told him, sitting on her knees and resting her bottom on her heels. "So are you excited?" She questioned him a moment later.

"'Bout what?" He asked, his hungry gaze moving up and down her nearly naked body, except for the lacy, almost not there underwear and high heels.

"Becoming Mr. Haley James, duh." She giggled, looking up at him with twinkling brown eyes.

"Mr. Haley James huh?" He grinned, pulling her closer to him. "I thought it was Mrs. Nathan Scott?"

Haley shrugged innocently, never feeling more happy in her life, the joy this man gave her was astounding.

"So when're you leaving me?" He pouted slightly, running his hands along her bare thighs, stopping as they came to the elastic of the black stringy material pretending to be underwear.

Haley bit her lip as he snapped it, the friction against her skin sending a jolt straight to her centre. "Not for a couple of hours." She told him a little more breathless than she would've liked.

"Mmm, I wonder what we could do to pass the time?" He grinned up at her as she started to climb onto his lap, groaning out loud when she rubbed her hot core into his growing erection.

"I have no idea." She whispered hotly into his ear before they both fell into that nirvana of ecstasy.

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"I'm sorry for freaking out last night." Brooke said quietly as she and Lucas sat on the couch at their apartment. She was never one to apologise first, the only two people who gave her a run for her money were her two best friends, but she was in love with Lucas Scott, and was finding out that she'd do just about anything for her. What she didn't know was he was thinking the exact same thing in that moment about her.

"It's okay." Lucas smiled, "I understand why you did Brooke but I just wish you'd have let me explain before storming out like a wild bore."

She narrowed her eyes. "Wild bore?"

"Wrong word choice?" He asked sheepishly.

"Ya think?"

"Sorry." He sighed with a smile. "Yeah I loved Peyton." She felt tears sting at the back of her eyes and bile rise in her throat. "But I'm in love with you." He declared, with so much adoration and truth that she couldn't stop the flutter it brought to her heart. "You're my world Brooke Davis." He promised, cupping her cheek and kissing her softly.

You're my world too Lucas Scott.

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"Where is she?" Brooke demanded, searching the restaurant for that head of hair she knew so well.

"She'll be here." Rachel laughed a little, placing a comforting hand on her best friends own manicured one.

"Yeah I know." She sighed.

"Why're you so anxious for her to get here anyway?" The redhead wondered, taking a sip from her glass.

Brooke saw Peyton open her mouth and she subtly kicked her under the table. Sending her a glare then a tight lipped smile to her friend. "No reason."

Rachel looked unconvinced but let the subject drop.

"So how are you Rach?" Peyton asked, ignoring the throbbing in her shin as she spoke to her old friend.

Rachel smiled tentatively. "I'm okay, I've got Jake." She told her. "And my girls." She smiled at Brooke, the brunette winking at her in return. "It also helps that you're here Pey."

"I'll do anything I can." Peyton smiled.

Brooke held back the disgusted look she wanted to send them but simply smiled sweetly, knowing Rachel needed all the help she could get.

"Oh my God. I'm so sorry I'm late." Haley puffed out, breathing heavily as she took her seat beside Brooke at the round table, Peyton on her other side and Rachel across from her. "I lost track of time."

"And other things." Brooke smirked, and when Haley gave her a confused look the brunette used her thumb to remove the little lipstick that was left of her friends which was smudged to the skin just above her upper lip.

"Okay so now that Tutor Slut is here." Rachel grinned widely at Haley's own proud smile at the use of her nickname. "What's the news?"

"Emm." Haley gulped, "I think we should order first. Don't yous?" She asked the brunette and blonde on either side of her. "I heard this place has the best prime rib."

"You don't even like prime rib." Brooke said.

Haley gave her a shut the hell up look from behind her menu.

"Okay guys seriously, what's the bi-OH MY GOD!" Rachel exclaimed and Haley almost groaned out loud. Why the hell was everyone finding out like this? And why the hell hadn't she hid her hand under the table?

Ignoring the looks from different diners in the restaurant Haley hesitantly lowered her menu, looking at her redheaded friend from over the top of it, trying to see her reaction.

"Rach?"

Rachel breathed out, tears brimming in her eyes.

"Honey I'm so sorry." She quickly apologised. "For springing this onto you, especially in front of people, I knew we should have done it alone." She sighed. "I'm-"

"I'm so happy for you." Rachel sobbed.

"You are?" Haley asked surprised.

"Of course I am!" She exclaimed, a bright smile on her face. "You're getting married!"

"Thank you Rach, you have no idea what that means to me." Haley smiled, tears forming in her own eyes as they both stood up, embracing in a tight hug.

"I love you, Bitch." Haley whispered into her ear.

Rachel choked on a laugh, emotion in her voice. "I love you too, Tutor Slut."

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"Nathan are you listening?"

All she got was a mumble in response.

"What did I just say?" Haley asked. Rolling her eyes as he mumbled again, the vibrations tingling in her stomach as his head rested on her belly as they lay on the bed, her back slightly pressed against the headboard. She was looking through the magazine she and Brooke had been gazing at earlier. "Nathan." She prodded when he still didn't answer.

"I dunno," he sighed, snuggling further into her. "Something about drugs or something." Nathan answered, his focus staying on the TV.

She rolled her eyes, "Dresses, Nathan." She corrected. "Hey." She smacked the back of his head.

"What?" He asked, finally turning to look at her.

Haley simply sighed, shaking her head. "Nothing, it doesn't matter." About to roll over onto her side but he clasped her hip with his large hand.

"I'm sorry." He apologised. "Really." He added with a small grin as she gave him a doubtful look. "It's just all the wedding stuff isn't really interesting to me, well, I mean the getting married part yes but the planning well that's more your thing." He corrected himself when she sent him a murderous glare.

"Uh huh." She hid her smile behind the magazine.

"Just think in three weeks you'll be Mrs. Nathan Scott."

Haley laughed. He was too cute. "So I as wondering, are we inviting your parents?"

His eyebrows rose. "My parents?"

"Don't sound so shocked." She hit his bicep.

"Well they didn't exactly leave on the best of terms." He explained.

"I know but it's our wedding, and even though I cant stand them they're still your parents, and they should be here to watch you get married."

"Even if they don't like the girl I'm marrying." He added teasingly.

"Even that." She laughed.

"You're amazing, do you know that?" Nathan asked, crawling further up her body.

"Mmm." She mumbled as he kissed her collarbone lightly, tickling her skin, sending tiny sparks throughout her body, making her mind fog up. "What?" She asked, slightly dazed.

Nathan chuckled, repeating his question. "Are your parents coming?"

"I don't know. I'll have to phone them." She hitched in her breath as he licked softly at her throat.

"Mmmkay." He murmured, nibbling at the flesh of her ear, her nails scraping at his naked back. "You have no idea what you do to me." He whispered huskily.

Haley laughed at that. "Ditto."

He blew a raspberry on her skin then, making her break out into fits of giggles.

"I love you." Nathan said, rubbing his nose against hers.

She breathed in, her laughing calming down and she sent him a breathtaking smile. "I love you too."

"I've never loved anything as much as I have you." He promised.

Haley swallowed with a smile, knowing it wasn't often Nathan spilled her heart our or expressed his feelings but she loved it when he did.

"Not even basketball?" She asked, a teasing smile on her face.

"Doesn't even come close." He declared, pressing their lips together. "You're my everything."

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I love you all for the awesome reviews :D Yous are my everything ;) Haha sorry couldn't resist. So I hope yous enjoyed that and did you see how quick? A lot quicker than last time, I don't know why but I found it very easy to write this chapter, hopefully that doesn't mean it sucks Haha. So no drama, yet but as I said it's coming, the wedding will be here soon ;) Plus I think yous guys are smart enough to notice the not so subtle hints I put in for another drama for Naley? Well not so much drama… never mind lol. Thanks for reading and please review :)