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If anyone has ever scene Rachel Ray, I know that I can picture her saying all of this, its just you can kinda tell and when I read it I can imagine her voice speaking all of this, if that makes any sense?
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We were walking towards our boarding area on Sunday morning holding hands. I was carrying my purse and the diaper bag as Nathan carried Sophia and had his backpack on his back. "Nate?" I said weakly as he stopped to look at me.
"What's wrong Baby?"
"I am going to sound so childlike but I am afraid, I have never flown before." He pulled me into him wrapping his arm around my waist and kissing the crown of my head.
"It's going to be just fine."
"Now boarding flight 268 to New York, flight 268 is now boarding." The flight attendant announced. We showed them our tickets and walked onto the plane. Nathan put his backpack in the overhead compartment then took the window seat, putting Sophia on his lap. He then placed her diaper bag under the seat in front of him as I did the same with my purse. "Just try to relax and think of something else."
To relax I decided to clear my mind and think of happy thoughts,
"So Nate, umm...you know when I showed you the demo?"
"Yeah" We were in the park on Saturday afternoon. We had a picnic and now Nathan was playing with Sophia, he owuld roll her bright purple ball and she would crawl after it.
"Well, yesterday I recorded another song, one that I didn't even think was going to makke it on the album, but it did. Kinda a spur of the moment thing. Well since then they created another page to go in the album. and are fixing all the other ones. In one way its bad because now everyone needs to work really fast to get the ones read for the show tomorrow. But its also great because the song, its about you. About everything you have done for me and why I love you. I hope you love it as much as I do and well the photos, I had wanted to include them before but they didn't fit with any songs, but now they do. I love those photos so much and I hope you love it as much as me."
"Can I see it?" I nodded grabbing it out of my purse and handing him the paper. It was all I oculd get so last minute, so I owuld just put it in the cd case I already got. I am sure I will probably buy like ten cds any way so one that is different will be fine.
"And I was able to get a copy of the song and its on my ipod if you want to listen."
He was reading the lyrics, i could tell and their they sat:
La la
La la la la
La la
La la la la
I like your smile
I like your vibe
I like your style
But that's not why I love you
And I, I like the way
You're such a star
But that's not why I love you
Hey
Do you feel, do you feel me?
Do you feel what I feel, too?
Do you need, do you need me?
Do you need me?
You're so beautiful
But that's not why I love you
I'm not sure you know
That the reason I love you is you
Being you
Just you
Yeah the reason I love you is all that we've been through
And that's why I love you
La la
La la la la
La la
La la la la
I like the way you misbehave
When we get wasted
But that's not why I love you
And how you keep your cool
When I am complicated
But that's not why I love you
Hey
Do you feel, do you feel me?
Do you feel what I feel, too?
Do you need, do you need me?
Do you need me?
You're so beautiful
But that's not why I love you
And I'm not sure you know
That the reason I love you is you
Being you
Just you
Yeah the reason I love you is all that we've been through
And that's why I love you
Yeah – Oh.
Oh.
Even though we didn't make it through
I am always here for you
You
Hey
Do you feel, do you feel me?
Do you feel what I feel, too?
Do you need, do you need me?
Do you need me?
You're so beautiful
But that's not why I love you
I'm not sure you know
That the reason I love you is you
Being you
Just you
Yeah the reason I love you is all that we've been through
And that's why I love you
La la
La la la la (oh oh)
La la
La la la la (That's why I love you)
La la
La la la la (oh oh)
La la
La la la la (That's why I love you)
He was smiling, good sign. Then he saw the photos. I saw a tear forming in his eye, the first photo was of the three of us, Brooke had taken it. We were laying in the backyard on a blanket, Nathan had his arm around me as I cuddled into his chest as he had a protective hand on Sophia's back, who was sleeping on his chest. In the next we were still out back but her was holding Sophia so she was standing on his stomach as I was combing my hand through her hair.
And in the next two Sophia was sitting on Nathan's stomach as he was laying on the floor in my room. He had been playing with her and when he laid down she walked over to him and plopped herself down on his stomach. He had a huge grin on his face. In the last one Nahtan was holding Sophia up in front of his face, you could see both of their silhouettes as the both smiled.
He looked up at me, smiled, and hugged me tightly.
"We aren't going to start moving for like ten minutes, then we actually will not fly for another five. So just sit back and relax. When it's time, hold my hands and shut your eyes. We are going to be fine. People fly all the time."
"Okay" I whispered, something about his voice soothed me.
And he was right, everything was fine, the flight was perfect, no turbulence at all. We landed right on time. When we did land I texted everyone saying that we did and we were fine. Then we were off to the hotel.
"So today on our show we have a new artist who's break out album gets released Tuesday, she is an inspirational person and I would like for you to meet her. Come on out Haley" She said joyfully as I walked out and sat down next to her on the couch. "Everybody this is Haley James."
"Hi" I said shyly waving.
"When I first heard her story I instantly knew I wanted to have her on the show so Haley, will you please tell the audience about your life."
"Well I grew up in a little town called Tree Hill, in North Carolina with my twin brother Jake and our best friends Brooke Davis and Lucas Scott. Brooke ended up moving in with us in high school because her parents moved and she didn't want to. She practically lived at our house anyway. Freshman year I decided to go to a private school 40 minutes away, at the end of sophomore year I was at a party and I got drunk, I had never drank before but I was pressured. I slept with my boyfriend that night…and I got pregnant. He didn't want the baby but I kept it anyway keeping full custody. I kept going to school their then at one point did all my work at home. Senior year I transferred to Tree Hill High, going to school with Jake, Brooke, Lucas, and his girlfriend Peyton Sawyer. Brooke and Jake are dating too. No one except them knew about Sophia.
Then everything changed when Nathan Scott came into the picture, he is Lucas' cousin. After the first day of school he told me he liked me, and he had for a while. We had gone to grade school together. I simply told him that I wasn't a normal girl and I had a lot of baggage. Then we were over a friend's house and I fell asleep on his shoulder, when I woke up he drove me home and told me to take as much time as I needed because he would still wait for me. A few weeks later I decided that I wanted to date him. Then we had a romantic date and everything was great for a few weeks."
"Until?" Rachel questioned sensing it.
"He walked in on me with Sophia, he was surprised and walked out. Later that night we were having another movie night and Nathan came, Sophia's father ended up showing up wanting to see her but I had a restraining order against him so Jake made him leave. I then told Nathan my story. The next morning he told me he wanted to be with me throughout it all. He then told me that he thought I should tell everyone I was a teen mom because Sophia may think later on that I regretted having her and I never did and I never will. I ended up telling the world at a basketball game before I sang the National Anthem. Then they ended up playing Sophia's father in a basketball game where he pinned me against a wall, Nathan stopped him from hitting me. Later that night he…he kidnapped her." I said a tear rolling down my face, I quickly wiped it away.
"They found her later in the night as Da… I mean Sophia's father got into a car accident, neither were harmed. He is in jail now. We went to Homecoming together, ending up winning King and Queen. Then things got a little rocky, I broke up with Nathan because a girl was blackmailing me with the fact that the day Nathan and I got together another man kissed me. And then it turns out I had a long lost sister, and I almost killed myself. I sat at my piano and accidentally set it on fire. But it all started turning around when we went away for a weekend. I told Nathan what happened and we got back together.
Then I was approached by a recording company and they signed me. It was amazing, I wrote all the songs myself and then I sent in some photos that they arraigned to be the back cover and inside book."
Rachel held up the cd "This is amazing, and beautiful. So some lyrics to this one song are 'Ha, time for a little revenge…She took him faster than you can say sabotage...I never saw it coming, wouldn't have suspected it I underestimated just who I was dealing with She had to know the pain was beating on me like a drum She underestimated just who she was stealing from …She's not a saint, and she's not what you think She's an actress, She's better known for the things that she does On the mattress, …There is nothing I do better than revenge, ha'"
"That was about the girl that blackmailed me, music is my way to express myself."
"Oh you have some of your own photos in here."
"Yeah only the cover was a photo shoot. That's the way I wanted it."
"Okay so it says Haley James then there is the photo shoot, and then throughout it is collages of photos?"
"Yea, some of me and Nathan, some of me and my brother, Brooke, Lucas, then some of all of us, ones of just me and Sophia, and a few of just me. It is awesome and over and beyond my wildest dreams."
"This little girl of yours is very beautiful, can I meet her?" Rachel gushed.
"She is actually backstage with Nathan"
"Bring them out, bring them out!" She said excitedly clapping her hands together.
Nathan walked through the doors holding Sophie and they both were smiling. He sat down kissing my cheek and handed me Sophia "Hi Baby…do you want to hold her?" I questioned to Rachel.
"Absolutely!" I started to hand her over "Hi Sophia hi little girl! So Nathan, how do you feel now about Haley being a mother?"
"Well in the beginning I was scared but then I realized after she told me the whole story that I only feel in love with her more. Haley is an amazing person and I know that we are going to spend the rest of our lives together. And Sophie is amazing, she is so intelligent, she started talking when she was like nine months old." He squeezed my hand that he had been holding since he sat down
"Isn't that sweet, now what about walking?" She said.
"Surprisingly she took her first steps yesterday, I got it on video and Nathan got a picture of her mid walk. I didn't walk until really late, I had Jake to get everything for me so I kinda just sat there like bump in the rug, ff you put me down somewhere I didn't move." Rachel laughed.
"So what made you fall for Haley?" she directed towards Nathan.
"Well honestly, just about everything, she's…perfect. I know she has her flaws but when times get ruff you don't see them, she tries to fix everyone else's problems and not worry about her own. She is absolutely beautiful, so smart she will probably be valedictorian, and she is everything you would want in a friend and especially in a girlfriend, trustworthy, truthful, honest. She's got a beautiful soul, and she can even play basketball."
"So can you tell us a little more about this whole blackmail thing?"
"Well the afternoon before our first date this guy kissed me by surprise, I instantly pushed him off and told him I had a boyfriend, now let's just call him Tyler and lets call her Daneel, Daneel saw and got a photo of it. I was going to tell Nathan about it but then everything happened with Sophia and I didn't want for us to end. She walked in and told me that I needed to break up with him, and then tell him to go out with her. If I didn't Daneel would post the photo of Tyler and I all over school and then tell Nathan I pulled him into an empty room and kissed him. She also told me Nathan deserved better than me who was going to become a small time waitress that only has a high school degree. It was either I broke up with him and he never knew about Tyler or he found out in front of the entire school then broke up with me. I didn't want for Nathan to feel embarrassed and betrayed so I just broke it off for him. And when Nathan and I got back together he said something to me, do you remember what it was?" I Questioned.
"Let me think, so many things were said that day, I mean we got back together so was it 'you're going to go to college and be successful, any way if you were just a small town waitress only with a high school diploma, I would still love you for you.'?" I nodded and leaned in giving him a gentle quick peck on the lips.
"Aww, now if you have missed any of Haley's story she has wrote it all out in more detail and it will be in the next issue of my magazine. And we are going to take a break then Haley and Nathan will be helping us cook her family secret Macaroni and Cheese that you will go crazy over."
I taught Rachel how to cook the recipe that has been handed down for generations and then she spoke again.
"Now the song that you will be singing for us later Sparks Fly, I was privileged enough to listen to it before hand, is it about Nathan?"
"Yes it is" I said with a smile "It didn't take long for me to fall hard for him. He is an amazing man. When I am around him I can't breathe and when I'm not I want to be. I couldn't live without him."
"Me either, if I were Haley I wouldn't be able to…" He joked as the crowd laughed "No seriously I would never be able to live without Haley at my side through it all."
"Aren't they just adorable folks? Now we are going to take a short break and then Haley will sing for us." Rachel said handing Sophia back to me.
Once we were off the air Nathan kissed me, then whispering against my lips "I have wanted to do that all day."
"I love you" I said back kissing him again.
Then I handed him Sophia as they called me over "Haley we need you over here to get you set up."
I sang and then Rachel said "Now in honor of Haley being here we are gift you all a copy of her cd which doesn't hit stores until next Tuesday, she is touring this summer so please check out her tour dates and locations on our website. Haley would you mind singing 'Better Than Revenge, I am sure the audience would love to hear it." Everyone clapped.
"Sure"
When I finished she said. "Now thank you for being on our show today."
"My pleasure" I said before I heard "And we are clear."
"So how does it feel Rachel, now that the entire world has heard about what a horrible person you are?"
"What are you talking about?"
"What you didn't see me on TV yesterday singing Better Than Revenge? Oh wait of course you did because the school played the Rachel Ray show during homeroom."
"No one knows that it is about me."
"Except almost all of Tree Hill, and that you know what you did. So let me ask was it worth it? Was it worth the fact that Nathan didn't want to date you and he wanted to date me? Was it worth the humiliation and the embarrassment?"
She raised her hand to slap me but I grabbed her wrist "I wouldn't do that if I were you."
She then stormed off as I began to laugh.