AN – Hey! Thank you all so much for the lovely reviews you left for the last chapter. I really appreciate all of you taking the time to leave your comments and thoughts!

I also wanted to say thanks to Judy who didn't have an account so I couldn't respond personally – I'm so pleased you liked the last chapter and I hope you enjoy this one too and also to :) who also didn't have an account – I'm glad you enjoyed reading the story and I hope you enjoy this update!

I know the way that I left the last chapter was a little bit mean but trust me… there is a plan for this story. I also put a picture spoiler on my blog for this chapter – so maybe you all know what's coming if you checked that out?

Right, so I don't really think there's much left for me to say. I'll talk more at the bottom as I don't want to spoil anything up here before you've read the chapter!

Oh, and I started another story, it's called Never Say Never… but I'll give you another reminder at the bottom too so that you can go and check it out once you've read this chapter!

Big thanks to Rebecca who read through this for me, you're amazing hun!

Enjoy!

Chapter Twenty Five

"Peyton, there is no way that I'm going to move that interview to tomorrow night." Haley screeched down the phone to her manager or friend or whatever the hell she was, huffing in complete frustration that she would even suggest such a ridiculous idea. It was one of the only free nights that she'd had in her ridiculously busy schedule in a whole month, and given that she was currently in Boston, where she would be playing a concert tonight, and had an interview in the morning, given that the late afternoon and evening were free, she had fully intended on spending tomorrow night at home in New York with Nathan, which Peyton had known about, so why she was suggesting placing an interview bang smack in the middle of all that was just completely insane.

"Haley, it's a really important interview." Peyton tried to reason with Haley. "I know you wanted to go home that night but I really think you need to consider doing it." She wasn't trying to be a bitch, even though she was sure that Haley would see it that way anyway, but sometimes she had to put her manager hat on instead of her best friend hat. And this was one of those times. "I know how much you miss Nathan, Haley…"

"Peyton, you don't have even the slightest idea about how much I miss him and I'm sorry, I don't care if the Pope wants to meet me tomorrow night, nothing, and I mean nothing is going to stop me from going home." Haley interrupted her friend, or was she being her manager right now, either way it didn't matter. She answered her in an incredibly determined and stern voice, hoping that she was getting the message. She continued walking through the corridors of the venue she was going to be playing in that night, not really looking where she was going because she was too flustered at the thought of not being able to see Nathan tomorrow. She'd been looking forward to it so much and was going to make sure that she stood her ground on this one. She needed to see him desperately; once again it had been far too long since she had seen him.

"Haley…" Peyton sighed down the phone, knowing that she was fighting a losing battle, and she couldn't exactly blame Haley for wanting to see Nathan. And it would probably be in her best interest to stop arguing with her right now anyway, because she was sure that Nathan would hunt her down and kill her if he didn't see Haley tomorrow. He'd been on edge ever since he'd come back from Dallas, obviously missing his girlfriend far too much than was healthy.

Haley rounded the corner and came to the stairs which lead to the stage. She was on her way to complete a sound and light check and wasn't really concentrating on where she was going. "Peyton don't sigh at me like that. It's pretty much been a whole month since I have seen him and I miss him like crazy. I can't not see him tomorrow, I'm sorry; you're just going to have… Fuck!" Haley cried out in surprise as she slipped down the last three steps and landed on the stage right back smack on her ass, moaning as the pain seared its way through her body.

"Haley, are you okay?" Peyton asked worriedly, having heard her swear and then some bumping noise coming from down the phone, and she wondered what the hell she was doing.

"Oh shit!" Haley groaned. "I just fell down some stairs." She moaned as she rubbed on her lower back trying to soothe the pain that was shooting through her body.

"God Haley, are you okay, are you hurt?" Peyton screamed down the phone. "Have you broken something? Do you need an ambulance?" God, that was the last thing that she needed, her best friend hurting herself while she was stuck in New York, completely unable to help her.

"No, no, I'm fine." Haley said as some of the backstage people rushed over and helped her stand up again. She stood up and then rubbed on her lower back with her hand, which was pretty sore and then limped while she walked onto the centre of the stage, hissing a little as she stretched out her back and the pain continued to rush through her body.

"Haley, you don't sound fine, I think you should go to the hospital." Peyton said once she had heard Haley hiss down the phone at her.

"I don't need to go to hospital." Haley dismissed her suggestion. She'd just fallen down the stairs that was all; it wasn't like she had broken anything.

"Well I still want it checked out by a doctor Haley." Peyton demanded. "You're not going to perform tonight unless you've had it checked out by someone." She had to have it checked out anyway, for insurance purposes, which Peyton was glad about as she wanted to make sure that her friend was okay. "I'll call a Doctor and get him to come out to the venue so he can check you out."

"Fine, whatever." Haley said as she stood in the middle of the stage. She was sure there was nothing wrong with her but she understood the need for her to get it checked out. The pain was starting to subside now anyway, or at least it wasn't hurting as much as it had done when she first stood up, she'd probably just end up with a nasty bruise or something. "Anyway, I have to go because they want to do this sound test." She said as she pulled the microphone out of the stand with her free hand.

"Haley I don't think you should be doing any sound checks until the Doctor has said you can move." Peyton said down the phone as she turned to her address book, trying to find someone who could help her find a Doctor for Haley.

"Peyton stop being so dramatic, I'm fine. I understand the need for a Doctor so go ahead and get someone to come out here but I am perfectly capable of completing a sound check. And do not move that interview, I'm not doing it tomorrow night, I'm going home instead. I'll talk to you later." Haley said as she snapped her phone shut and got on with her day.

~*~

The Doctor had been and gone and had said something about inflamed something or other, Haley hadn't really been listening to him, instead she had been daydreaming about being with Nathan tomorrow night. He had handed her a bottle of medication and told her to take it easy, but didn't say anything about her not performing which she was pleased about because she really didn't want to have to cancel a show because of a bit of a bruised back.

She had since returned to her dressing room and had just taken one of the tablets when she heard her phone ringing from her bag and winced slightly as she bent down to pick her bag up off the floor. She eventually found her phone and smiled when she saw that Nathan was calling her. She answered the call and heard him shouting down the phone at her before she'd even had a chance to put the phone to her ear.

"Thank God Hales, why the hell haven't you been answering your phone? What the hell happened to you? Are you okay?" Nathan rushed out as soon as he heard the call connect. He was about to jump on a plane and head up to Boston if her phone had rung through to voicemail one more time. He fucking hated that thing; it was quite possibly the worst invention ever, especially in an emergency like this one. What good did it do, him leaving message after message, asking her to call him when she clearly didn't have her phone on her?

"Jesus, one question at a time Nathan!" Haley said as she rolled her eyes at his dramatics. "Who told you?" She asked, knowing that he had heard about the accident she'd had earlier on this afternoon, why else would he be screaming at her like that?

"Peyton called me. Why haven't you been answering your phone? I've been worried sick about you." Nathan almost shouted down the phone to her as he paced up and down the patio of their home. He'd been so damn worried about her, Peyton had insisted that she sounded fine but he didn't care what she said, he needed to talk to her and find out for himself if she really was okay.

"My phone was in my bag. And there's nothing to worry about, I'm fine honestly." Haley responded as she lowered herself down to the sofa slowly, hissing in pain a little as she did so.

Nathan heard her hissing and immediately grew panicked again. "You don't sound fine Hales, what the hell happened?" He asked, the concern for his girlfriend having evaded every single one of his thoughts since Peyton had called him an hour ago and hearing her moaning like she was doing really wasn't helping to ease any of his worries.

"I fell down a couple of stairs and bruised my back, or did something to my back, I can't remember what the Doctor said, but he did say that I can perform tonight so that must mean that everything's fine. It just hurts a little at the moment but the pain is slowly going away. So stop worrying!" Haley answered him as she sat back in the sofa, feeling a little more comfortable now that she wasn't moving around.

"Are you sure you should be performing tonight Hales?" Nathan asked, unable to just stop worrying about her. If she'd hurt herself he didn't want her to risk doing more injury to herself just because she didn't want to disappoint anybody. She could always put on another show for all her fans on a different date, he was sure that everyone would understand if she didn't feel up to putting on a show because she had hurt herself.

"Nathan, please stop. The Doctor has said its fine for me to perform and by the time this evening rolls around I am sure that I will be fine also. He's given me some stuff to take, which I have done. If he'd had any concerns about me performing he wouldn't have said it was okay to, would he?" Haley asked, rolling her eyes once again at how concerned he was for her. She knew it was sweet of him to be so worried but she'd already told him that everything was fine.

"Okay, fine. But if you still feel in pain I don't want you getting up on that stage, okay Hales?" Nathan demanded, wanting her to agree to his request. He wouldn't let her make her injury any worse for herself.

"Fine." Haley returned, before switching the subject because she really didn't want to be discussing what she was sure was just a bruised back with her boyfriend for any longer than they already had. "So what are you doing?" She asked.

"I'm just on the patio." Nathan returned as he leaned against the railing and looked down at their garden. "I think you're really going to like what John has done to the garden, it looks really nice."

"I hope I like it, I'm so excited to come home! Maybe we can go to the depot store and pick out some paint for the bedrooms before I have to catch the flight back." Haley suggested, her mind working in overtime as she thought about what colours she wanted to paint all the bedrooms in their house. She couldn't wait to spend some quality time in their house together once this tour was over, even though the house had been theirs for some time now, she'd not really had a chance to live in it properly yet, and she was so excited about it.

Nathan chuckled at her enthusiasm, she was only going to be home for one night yet she wanted to go to the depot store to pick out paint. God he had missed her so much. However he knew that once they were alone, he had something extremely important to tell her, and he had no idea how the hell he was going to be able to bring it up with her, nor did he know how the hell she was going to react to what he had to tell her. He suddenly felt this wave of emotion wash over him, feeling the need to proclaim how much he loved her, and he knew that it was because he was feeling guilty about not telling her his news sooner but it really wasn't something he had wanted to do over the phone. "Hales I love you so much. I want you to know that whatever happens between us that I will always love you." He said seriously, and with such sincerity he knew that she wouldn't be able to doubt his feelings towards her, or at least he hoped that she wouldn't.

Haley frowned at his sudden declaration of his feelings towards her, and a sense of unease flittered over her. Where the hell had that come from? Why did he feel the need to become so serious all of a sudden? Hadn't she just been talking about picking out paint? "Nathan, what's wrong?" She asked, her voice laced with concern and panic.

Shit. Now he'd worried her. "Nothing baby." Nathan returned casually. "I just wanted you to know that I love you and that I miss you so much, I can't wait to see you tomorrow." He continued, hoping that by now changing the subject that he would ease her fears somewhat, the last thing he wanted her to do was worry about him, especially when she had just hurt herself. "So are you coming straight to the game tomorrow or will I have a chance to see you before I need to leave?"

Haley continued to frown, she knew that something was wrong but given that he had just changed the subject, he obviously didn't want to talk to her about it right now. She'd try to remember to ask him about what was on his mind when she got home tomorrow. "I think I'll have to go straight to the game as my flight doesn't land until late afternoon so you'll already be at the stadium." She answered.

"Okay, well I'd better go because I need to head to training. I miss you baby." Nathan said as he walked inside the house and closed the patio doors behind him.

"I miss you too, have fun at training." Haley replied.

"Have a good show and I'll speak to you later on. Love you." Nathan said while twisting the key in the door, and then walked towards the front door, picking up his car keys that lay on the counter as he moved through the house.

"Love you too. Bye." Haley said as she hung up the phone and stared at it for a while, wondering what the hell was going on with him. Something was wrong; she just didn't have a clue about what it was.

~*~

The following day, Haley found herself back in the stadium, cheering along with all the other Knicks fans. Nathan was playing wonderfully, as usual, and she had to really resist the urge to just run onto the court and give him a kiss while he was playing, he looked so sexy in his uniform, and she had missed him like crazy over the past month. It seemed that seeing him after what felt like an eternity of being away from him only intensified the emotions she felt for him, she was literally ready to burst with excitement at being close to him again.

Nathan was concentrating on his game, at least he was trying to but he kept finding himself distracted by his gorgeous girlfriend that was seated on the front row. She was wearing an incredibly short dress which showed off her legs to perfection. He managed to shake his head of his fantasies though and concentrate on the game, somehow having her here seemed to help him up his game slightly, and he knew that he was playing well. He didn't know whether that was as a result of wanting to show off to her or what, but it didn't really matter. He was so excited at seeing her again that he had almost forgotten that he had to tell her something quite serious. The final buzzer was moments away from sounding and he had the ball in his hands. The Knicks had won the game anyway, there was no need for him to shoot the ball but he wanted to anyway, just to prove that he was the best. He waited until there were three seconds left on the clock and then took a shot at the basket, watching in satisfaction as the buzzer sounded and the ball swept neatly through the hoop.

He celebrated with his team mates, throwing a wink over to Haley, and motioned that he was going to take a shower and then would be right out to meet her. He watched as she nodded her head in understanding and then winced as she took a hold of her back and sat back down in the seat. He furrowed his brow, finding himself slightly annoyed at her that she was still in pain and had obviously played her concert like that too last night. He'd have to talk to her about it and make sure that it wasn't hurting her too much.

Haley had been playing on her phone for the last half an hour as she waited for Nathan to return from his shower. She smiled as she answered a text from Peyton and set her alarm on her phone for the morning, before nearly jumping out of her seat when she felt Nathan lean down and whisper in her ear.

"Do you know how distracting your legs are?" Nathan whispered in her ear from behind her. He had walked along the row of seats directly behind her, wanting to surprise her, which judging by the fact that she had just jumped when he began to whisper to her, he had succeeded in doing. He wrapped his arms around her shoulders and leaned in to place a kiss on her neck, relishing in the smell and the softness of her skin. He didn't know why but he completely lost himself whenever he was around her, and being apart from her for so long was quite honestly one of the hardest things that he'd ever had to do in his whole life.

Haley giggled and completely melted into the back of her chair, needing to be closer to Nathan. She closed her eyes when she felt his lips land on her neck and moaned when she felt his tongue run around her pulse point. "You certainly didn't look like you were distracted up there." She teased as she lifted one of her hands and wrapped it around his neck. She turned her head towards him and guided his mouth to hers, feeling her lips connect with his. She moved her mouth over his, running her tongue along his bottom lip and sliding it inside his mouth as soon as he allowed her too. She heard him groan when her tongue touched his and she leaned her head to the side, needing to deepen the kiss.

God he had missed her so damn much. Every little thing about her he had missed. The way she smelt, the way she giggled, the way she felt in his hands; all of it. He pulled away from her mouth and smiled softly at her as he lifted his hand and caressed her cheek with his thumb.

Haley smiled back at him, losing herself in his bright blue eyes. She leaned into him again, placing a lingering kiss on his lips before pulling away from him again. "Hey you." She whispered.

"Hello beautiful." Nathan whispered back. "God I've missed you."

"I've missed you too." Haley responded as her eyes darted all over his face. She was so overwhelmed at seeing him again and after a whole month passing since she had seen him last, she needed to get him home right now. "Come on, I can't have you in those clothes for a second longer." She said as she raised her eyebrows at him suggestively.

"Is that so?" Nathan returned with a smirk. "And what, may I ask do you plan on doing to me once you have me naked?"

Haley smiled at him as she licked her lips, before pulling his head down closer to hers so that she could whisper in his ear. "I plan on fucking you, hard." She whispered seductively in his ear, pulling away and giggling in satisfaction when she heard Nathan moan. She twisted around in her chair and then groaned heavily when she stood up, completely forgetting the fact that her back was hurting her.

Nathan immediately reached out his hands and held onto her. "Haley, are you okay?" He asked, a concerned look etched on his face as he watched her hand rub over the bottom of her back. He furrowed his brow at her, not believing that he had forgotten about her back. He shook his head at himself, she was too damn distracting, that was the problem. "Come on you, the only one of us that is going to be taking their clothes off tonight is you." He said as he jumped over the chairs and began to lead them out to his car.

"Really?" Haley asked as she raised an eyebrow at him. "Well you're going to have to at least drop the trousers to do what I had in mind."

"Well then I don't think we are on the same page baby, because there is no way we are having sex tonight." Nathan returned as he opened up the door to the car park.

Haley stopped walking and dropped her mouth open in shock. "What?" She asked, confused about what he had just said. They hadn't seen each other in a month and he had just said that they weren't going to have sex tonight, was he crazy?

"Haley I am not going to have sex with you when you're in so much pain. I'm going to give you a massage instead." Nathan said, and watched with a grin on his face as she tried to argue back at him, only he cut her off before she could even begin. "No buts about it Hales. Now come on, let's go home." He said as he held open the door to his car for her to climb in.

~*~

Nathan sat on top of Haley, his hands running up and down her sexy, naked back, being extremely careful so that none of this weight was actually placed on her and was all in fact resting on his legs, which were tucked up alongside her. He relished in the feel of her soft skin underneath his fingertips, but he found that his mind was a million miles away. His fingers ran back up her back gently, before moving along to her shoulders and he squeezed them softly, eliciting a moan to fall from Haley's lips before he began to work his fingers back down her spine.

Haley sighed softly as she laid her head to the side on the pillows of their bed. She felt so grateful that he had been playing a home game today, and wasn't playing away, and that she had managed to keep a free night on her increasingly busy schedule. She still couldn't believe that another month had passed without her seeing him; she didn't know how she was going to be able to last another. But at least after just one more month, the tour would be over and she wouldn't have to leave him for such a long period of time again.

The basketball season was now in full swing, and Nathan was playing brilliantly in each game he had played, not just tonight as she had witnessed herself, but it wasn't like she would have expected anything less from him. Her tour was being received really well by her fans, so it seemed that everything was going perfectly between them both at the moment, career wise. The only thing she disliked about their success was the fact that it kept them away from each other for so long. The next time she had a tour though, she would make sure that she planned it so that it fell exactly over the time that Nathan had off in the summer, so that he could travel with her, meaning that they wouldn't have to be apart from each other like they were now. "You know after the way you played tonight Nathan, I should be the one giving you a massage." She joked as she moaned again, feeling his fingers work around her shoulder blades.

Nathan smiled, her voice distracting his thoughts for a second and he leaned down as he placed a gentle kiss right at the top of her back. "I'm not the one on medication for a bad back though Hales, you are. Now where does it hurt?" He asked softly as he pulled himself back up and continued to work her skin with his fingers.

Haley closed her eyes, finding that she was completely relaxed. "Would you believe me if I said everywhere?" She asked, moaning quietly as his magical hands continued to work wonders on her back as she felt his fingers begin to trail down towards the bottom of her back.

Nathan chuckled quietly, shifting his position further down her legs as he massaged the skin at the bottom of her back, his expression quickly changing again as he realised once more that he was hiding something huge from her; something that was going to change their lives enormously. He had this knot in the pit of his stomach that tightened each time he thought about it. He'd already kept this from her for a month, believing that he needed to tell her in person, but now that she was here, he wasn't sure if he was going to have the guts to do so.

"Mmmm that feels so good." Haley moaned. She felt his fingers move slightly onto her ass and couldn't help the fact that she was getting turned on. Nathan was currently sat on top of her in just his boxers and she was completely naked underneath him and she could feel his arousal pressing into her leg. She just needed to convince him that her back wasn't hurting as much as it was because she desperately wanted him inside of her. She wanted that closeness and that connection with him tonight because she knew that they had no clear spots in either of their schedules to make a visit in the last month of her tour sensible and because of that, she knew that it was unlikely to happen. She had also dosed herself up on medication and the pain was more a dull ache now anyway so surely he would agree.

Nathan continued working his hands on her lower back but stopped when he watched Haley wither underneath him. He immediately started to move off her but as soon as he had lifted himself up off her body slightly, she flipped herself around and he now had the most perfect view of her body and once again all thoughts of needing to talk to her and of the fact that her back was hurting her were completely wiped from his mind. He knew that he needed to remove himself away from her tempting body, but she seemed to sense exactly what he was about to do because before he knew what was happening, her hand was trailing down his chest and had found his traitorous cock which was rock hard and standing to full attention. He groaned as he felt her wrap her hand around himself and tried desperately not to begin rocking into her palm.

Haley licked her lips as her eyes travelled down his deliciously muscled chest and then settled on his cock. She watched as she began to pump her hand up and down his length, completely fascinated with his cock. She moved her eyes back up his body and eventually settled her gaze on Nathan's face, and see could see that he was straining to keep control. She knew that she was being a little bit cruel, he was only worried about hurting her, which was why he didn't want them to have sex tonight, but she hadn't seen him in a month, and she wasn't likely to see him for another and so there was no way in hell that she wasn't going to at least try. She tightened her grip on his cock as she continued to move her hand along his shaft, running her thumb in a circle around the top of it before running her hand back down, hearing Nathan groan in appreciation.

God he really needed to be able to control himself better around her. The way she was carrying on, he'd ram himself into her without a second thought about her back. "Hales." He warned as he clenched his eyes shut unable to stop his hips from thrusting his cock into her palm.

"Nathan?" Haley asked as she licked her lips once more, waiting for him to open his eyes and look down at her. Once she was sure that she had his concentration, and his eyes connected with hers she spoke again. "Kiss me." She whispered.

Nathan groaned in defeat. How the hell could he say no to such a temptress? He lowered his body back down to hers and rested as much of his weight as he could on his forearms which he rested alongside her arms. He lowered his mouth to hers and kissed her lightly on the lips twice, before instantly finding himself caught up with wanting more. He pressed his lips to her with more force, moving his mouth over hers, feeling her own respond as he slid his tongue into her mouth, searching for hers, and he heard Haley moan into his mouth and wrap her arms around his neck once he started tangling his tongue with hers.

Haley wrapped her arms around his neck and tried to get his body closer to her but he was resisting her efforts. She desperately wanted to feel his weight on top of her. She pulled away from his mouth and left a trail of kisses along his jaw until she found his ear. She bit down on his earlobe and tugged on it before she released it. "Nathan I want you." She said whispered seductively in his ear, before lowering her mouth to his neck and then proceeded to nip and bite her way along it.

"God Haley, you can't say things like that to me." Nathan moaned as he felt her teeth work their way along his skin. His fists were clenching into the covers of their bed as he tried to summon all the control he had inside of him. His cock was literally throbbing, aching to be inside of her but he didn't want to hurt her, he'd seen how much pain she had been in earlier and he was not going to cause her any more pain.

"Why not?" Haley mumbled into his skin as she started to run her fingernails up and down his back, her mouth still latched onto his neck.

"Because of your back Hales." Nathan groaned, cursing the fact that her fingers felt so good on his skin.

"My back is fine Nathan; I just want you inside of me." Haley murmured against the side of his neck as she found his pulse point and ran her tongue around it in a circle before closing her mouth over it, loving the way the roughness of his skin felt against her lips.

And with those words, Nathan knew that he had lost every single shred of his resolve. He pulled away from her and hovered above her face. He looked deeply into her beautiful brown eyes and smiled down at her as his eyes wandered over her face before he grew serious again. "If it hurts you Hales, you have to tell me okay, I don't want to be the cause of any of your pain." He demanded.

"I promise if it hurts I'll tell you." Haley returned before lifting her face up from the pillows and placing a kiss on his lips as her hand trailed down his back, slipped over his hip and found his cock once again, guiding him towards her. She let go of him once she had placed him at her entrance and felt him push into her. "God you feel so good." Haley moaned as she brought her hands up to the top of his back and fisted her hands in his hair, pulling his mouth down onto hers as she kissed him hungrily.

Nathan pulled out of her before repeating the action, groaning into her mouth as he felt her tongue connect with his. He continued to move in and out of her at a slow, lazy pace as he pulled his mouth away from her and sped up his actions ever so slightly, all the while watching her face for any signs of discomfort.

"I'm not going to break Nathan." Haley said as she raked her nails down his scalp to his neck, encouraging him to go faster. This slow pace was just too slow for her to handle. She moaned when she felt him up the pace slightly, but it still wasn't enough. "More." She whispered and then groaned loudly when he upped the pace again, but it still wasn't enough for her. "Jesus Christ Nathan, please, just fuck me!" She cried out in exasperation.

Nathan couldn't help but chuckle at her. He lowered his mouth to her ear and latched onto her earlobe with his teeth. "Someone's a little impatient tonight." He teased her as he let go of her ear.

"Well someone hasn't seen her sexy boyfriend in a damn month, and instead of screwing her like she wants him to, he's treating her like it's her first time or something." Haley teased back, rolling her eyes at Nathan. "My back is fine, it doesn't hurt." She reassured him.

Nathan looked into her eyes, wanting to know whether she was telling the truth but she just smiled up at him, so he increased the pace that he was moving in and out of her again, which seemed to be what she wanted because she then moaned out his name. He leaned down and placed a lingering kiss on the side of her neck as he continued to thrust into her, upping the pace a little more which was more than appreciated by Haley, given the sounds that were dripping from her lips. He felt her clench her muscles around his length and groaned into her skin. He could tell that she was close now, and so was he, so he lowered his hand in between where their bodies were and found her clit, rubbing it with his thumb.

"God Nathan!" Haley cried out as she felt her orgasm begin, the waves of pleasure coursing through her body, making her shudder underneath him as she called out his name repeatedly, feeling Nathan's orgasm follow quickly as he panted into her neck, her own name falling from his lips as she felt him spill into her body.

Nathan lifted himself up off her body and placed a kiss on her lips before rolling off her. He watched as Haley curled up and shifted herself over to him, wincing a little as she did so. "Is your back okay baby?" He asked softly as he felt her snuggle against his shoulder.

"It's fine." Haley returned as she closed her eyes and revelled in the feel of being wrapped up in him again. "I love you." She whispered.

"I love you too." Nathan returned. He ran his fingers through her hair, knowing that he needed to summon the courage to talk to her, but he really was struggling to find the words that he needed to even begin, let alone actually tell her what was going on. He didn't know how long he lay there thinking but he had finally found whatever the hell he had been looking for. "Hales?" He whispered, only to hear nothing from her in return. He lifted his head up off the pillow and saw that she was fast asleep. He sighed as he lay his head back down on the pillow, turning his head towards her, placing a kiss on the top of her head and breathing in her scent. Tomorrow. He'd have to tell her tomorrow.

~*~

Haley had already showered and dressed and was sat on the edge of their bed, watching Nathan as he slept soundly. It was ridiculously early in the morning but she had to get back to Boston as she had a press conference later this morning and then a show to perform tonight. She leaned down over Nathan and placed a kiss on his lips and watched as he stirred a little in his sleep, before settling down again. She didn't want to wake him, not when he had to be so tired after the game he had played last night. She placed another kiss on his cheek and then walked out of the bedroom, heading downstairs to the car that was waiting for her.

~*~

Two weeks later, Nathan found himself in a car on the opposite side of the country. He cranked up the air conditioning with the dials that sat in front of him and then he closed his eyes as the hot sun beat down through the window. He couldn't believe that he was here, but moreover, he couldn't believe that he was here without Haley knowing about it.

He'd been absolutely furious when Jake had shown him the letter, it had come out of nowhere, and had completely shocked him, so much so that he was about to punch him for it. All he could think about was how much Haley was going to hate it, how much she was going to resent him for ruining the life they had built together in New York, they'd only just moved into the house for God's sake.

But he felt like the biggest shit on the planet for not having the nerve to tell her about it. He tried to reason with himself, telling himself that he was just going to check it out, that it was pointless worrying her about something that might not happen, but he knew that his excuses weren't washing with him; they were doing nothing to quell the guilt that he felt when he thought about what he was doing.

He'd gone to sleep two weeks ago with the intent of telling her in the morning, but when he had woken up, she had already gone. He knew that what he had to tell her needed a face to face conversation and he had missed the only opportunity he was going to get before he headed out there. He had called her immediately when he realised that she had gone but he knew that he couldn't tell her over the phone, he had to do this in person, he had to be able to see her reaction to his news for himself. He knew it was selfish and greedy of him to do so but he'd have to live with that. And he hoped that when he did tell her, that she would understand.

He felt the car roll to a stop and he opened his eyes. The driver opened the door and he stepped out, finding a man standing in a suit waiting to greet him.

"Welcome to LA Nathan Scott, I can't tell you how happy we are to have you here. Why don't we head inside and show you around the stadium before we have our meeting?"

AN – Okay… so some of you guys guessed what was in the letter! Please let me know what you thought of the chapter by dropping me a review. But what if I told you that the letter and the fact that Nathan has gone to LA isn't where the drama ends… it's definitely a part of it but there is still a bit left to happen. And Nathan still hasn't told Haley… How is she going to find out?

A sneak peek will be available to those of you that want it, just let me know in your review if you want to read it and I'll get it out to you as soon as it's written.

And don't forget to check out my new story, Never Say Never, just click on my pen name at the top of this screen which will take you to my profile and then you can find a link to the story there! I have two chapters up at the moment and the third one should be up soon!