Sorry it took so long! I saw it's been a month! Holly crow! I've been so busy with other fanfics and school that i've totally pased on finishing this chapter! But here i am writing fo you guys on a school night till ten thirty. And placing it right away. I hope you all Love it. I know you do! So love this one and tell me about it!
Chapter 24. You still make my heart raise.
A week later a couple of things had changed. Although they both had said they should forget what happened neither of them could. It was as if they dug up buried feelings. The next afternoon as soon Peyton returned from the store, she went back to Lucas. He had starred at her a little uncomfortable, but then had seen it in her eyes, but now pulled her inside and towed her to his bedroom. Since that day Peyton went by Lucas every afternoon.
"Ah" Peyton flopped flat on her back down next to Lucas. She pulled the sheets up to her chin and dropped her arms at her sides. "Wow." Lucas sighed. "That's one way to put it." Peyton giggled. She rolled to her side, tucking the sheet around her. They locked eyes and smiled. Lucas slid his hand down Peyton's sheet covered leg. They both lay there for awhile very still starring at one another. After a few minutes, Lucas slid his hands under the sheets and pulled Peyton close. He kissed her lips gently. "What are you thinking?" he murmured in her hair. She wrapped her arms around his neck. "I think it's weird, and good. But most of all I think I'm in love with you all over again." Lucas rubbed his nose past hers. "Me too, I haven't felt this good, since Brooke left me." Peyton pressed her lips to his nose. "Me neither, that was about the last time I had sex." She another kiss to his lips, and untangled herself. "I should go though." She grabbed the sheet, and slipped out the bed. "Why Haley spends every day, till 6 'O clock, with Chris in the studio. She's not going to miss you. Just come back to bed for a little while longer." He patted the bed next to him. She wound the sheets tightly around herself, and sat on the edge of the bed. "I know.. But I have some other things to do." She smiled and bent over to kiss him. Lucas wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her back. "Ah!" Peyton giggled. "Cut it out Luke!"
"Ah, come on Peyton. Stay?" He stared at her with puppy eyes. "No, I'm going, let me go."
"Come on Haley! You can do better." Chris said. Haley sighed. "Are you going to be like that again?"'she slapped him playfully as she turned back to the piano. "No, but it's always been a good motivation for so I will if you don't try a little harder." She rolled her eyes. "now again." He ordered.
"I've been down.." She began, first three words then Chris set in on her song. Haley gave in a look but continued singing. ".. this road before. I walk out the door. Leave you on the floor" Haley gave Chris a thankful look, and then turned back to her guitar.
"Sometimes you run and hide
Your foolish pride's
What keeps me from
Giving you more" Chris stopped playing and leaned over and kissed Haley. Gently and light. He pulled away and Haley stared shocked at him. "Chris?" she mumbled. "Haley I know you're going through a though time, you and Jamie. I want to be there for you." He took her hands in his own. Haley looked away, she refused to look at him partially afraid of what she'd find when she did. "Can we just continue." She whispered. Chris merely nodded. Haley played a few bars and then began where they'd left off.
"So the best thing I can give to you. Is for me to go. Leave you alone. Cause you got growing up to do" Haley kept on playing she couldn't deal with it right now. She hadn't actually made music, recorded music in such a long time that she'd forgotten how it felt. So she'd been totally focused on composing again, then Chris caught her off guard.
"Someday I'll return when its time. For payment in kind. The church bells will chime. You'll stand before me surrounded by lights. Dressed in white. You throw flowers in the air this night" Haley kept her eyes on her guitar, and sang the chorus alone. "But the best thing I can give to you. Is for me to go. Leave you alone. You got growing up to do." Chris played with a little more force and then set in the bridge, and then sang then rest of the song together without any eye contact at all.
"Looks like the rain's pouring down on me. It's drowning me now. And all I want is to come back home. And this old corduroy coat is not keeping me dry. But I can't think of what else to try. That's why the best thing I can give to you. Is for me to go. Leave you alone. You got growing up to do. Yeah, the best thing I can give to you is for me to go. Leave you alone. You got growing up to do."
As the notes faded out, Haley looked up at Chris. "I'm sorry Chris..." She sputtered. "It's just with Jamie, and Nathan, and the divorce... I..uh." She turned her eyes down again. "I'm sorry." She stood up and did her guitar back in its case. "I got to go, I'm sorry." She mouthed and then hurried out the studio. When she sat in her car she dropped her head to the steering wheel, she mashed her head a couple of time to it and dropped again. I she sighed and decided to pick Jamie up from Brookes, and go ask Brooke for advise, although that might result into a lot of nothing since Brooke wasn't too keen on Chris. She started the engine and pulled out of her parking spot. She still missed Nathan, still wished Nathan would come home... "But would he ever?"
Nathan swung his bag over his shoulder. "Whatever, Lea." He spoke into the receiver of his phone. "i don't care.... I know that yes, I'm going to file the papers...... No.. Just leave it alone not your problem.... whatever Lea." He threw his bag in the car and threw the door shut, he walked around the car while hung up on Lea and speed dialed another number. "Hi, Carla... yes, John around?" He smiled and nodded. "Thanks and uh.. Carla have fun in Europe." He waited while he got in the car, and plugged his hands-free set in and started the car. "Hey John, yah, how's Sara?... great.. No..No" Nathan turned around the corner towards his recently new apartment. "No. Again better news. Haley sighed the papers. I picked them up three days ago.... yes can I bring them in tomorrow?" He parked the car in front of his building and picked up his phone and took off his head set. With his phone to his ear she grabbed his bag fro, the backseat. "Okay, see you tomorrow at 4. Great. Thanks."
He opened the door and collected his mail from the mailbox. Junk, junk, fan mail, bills, more bills, taxes, a letter. He closed the mailbox and while he stashed away the rest of the mail the stepped into the elevator and opened the letter. It was Haley's.
The elevator tinkled, and Nathan snapped out of his trance. He walked into the hallway. He collected his keys and opened the door to his apartment. He threw his bag in a corner of his living room and flopped onto the couch and began to read.
"Dear, Nathan
Things have changed a bit since you left. I still do not agree to this divorce but if this is what you want, and this is what truly makes you happy then I have no other option then to agree.
You love Lea and you've moved on. I've not been sitting still, I've been twitching and turning at night, thinking of anything, anything at all I can tell you to not leave me.
Lucas and Peyton started having an affair. They think no one knows, but we do they're are both awfully cheerful. I feel alone. I suppose I can better tell you if you haven't found out by now.
I didn't sign the papers. I just handed you back the unsigned papers. But if you really want a divorce then you'll have to come by some day to let me sign them. I enclosed some photos of Jamie. I want to ask you to reconsider this divorce. I'm prepared to do anything, to make us work again. To make us.. Us again. I love you. I miss you.
Love Haley
Ps. Always and Forever."
Nathan sighed and pulled a drawer open to get out the papers. They weren't there. "Looking for these Nate?" Lea entered from the bedroom. "What are you doing with the divorce papers?" He got up from the couch and closed the distance between then 4 yards away Lea stepped back. "Ah, I was thinking of filing them for you. But then I saw they weren't signed. So I wondered why you lied. Nathan sighed. "I didn't know, it was Haley's idea of a little fun." Lea stepped back. "So I thought I'd go bring them back to Haley so you wouldn't have to." She slipped them into the purse. Nathan grabbed her wrist. "Lea cut all the crap! He grabbed her purse and the strap snapped. "Nathan! That's Prada!" He held u her purse. 'it's fake" he took out the papers. "Haley has agreed to a divorce, but not for you. We're done Lea. I got enough of you and your drama!" he grabbed her wrist and stashed the purse back into her arms. "Bye Lea." Nathan pushed into the hallway and shut the door.
He looked at the letter and the papers. "I miss you too." He mumbled.
Haley flopped exhausted on Brookes couch. "I'm tired and confused." She stated. Brooke handed her and glass of wine and sat down next to her on the couch. "What happened, honey?" Brooke asked, she took a sip of her wine. "Chris kissed me." Haley sighed. "Wowa Haley! You and Nathan just split up, you haven't even sighed the divorce papers and you're already over Chris, AGAIN." She exclaimed. Haley rolled her eyes. "I wrote Nathan a letter, I'm going to sign. And I didn't kiss Chris he kissed me." Brooke shot her a "yeah right." Glare. "I'm not–" The doorbell rang. Brooke set down the glass and stood up to answer the door.
"Hey Peyton." Brooke cheered. Peyton walked in. "Sorry I'm late, got a hold up.." Haley chuckled. "It's okay P. How's Lucas?" Brooke burst into a fit of giggles. "What?" Peyton demand.
"You know, I can understand you didn't want to tell me, but you could have just told Haley, you know." Brooke grinned. Peyton walked to the kitchen and got herself a glass. She grabbed the bottle and poured herself a glass. "Fine." She sighed. "He's good huh?" Brooke grinned. Peyton tried to keep and face straight, but she burst out in a fit of laughter. "Fine yes, Luke and I are together. Happy now?" She smiled. Haley's face turned very pale. "I'm happy for you." She said.
Peyton's face went smooth and sympathetic . "Hales, he's going to change his mind living with a heck, like that. I'll start missing you, when the adventure is over." Brooke shook her head slowly.
"He'll be too late. Haley's already totally hot for Chris." She giggled. Haley rolled her eyes. "Hales please no!" Peyton winced. "Yes, She is." – "No I'm not Brooke, he kissed me that's all!" Peyton practically jumped up. "You guys kissed! Haley!" She sighed. "He kissed me, I asked him not to do that again."
Julian descended the stairs, and kissed Brooke on his way to the kitchen. "Kids sleeping?" She asked. Julian walked into the kitchen, and got out a glass. "Yes, sleeping like a baby." And he flopped into the chair beside the fireplace. "thanks." Haley said. Jamie was staying the night at Brookes so Haley could talk to Chris tonight.
Haley took the last sip of her wine, half an hour later and sighed. "I guess, I'll go talk to Chris." Brooke eyed Peyton and said: "and tell him what?" She seemed to think it was obvious there was nothing to tell. "Good question" Haley , who was on her way to the door, flopped back on the couch. "help me with that?'" Peyton chuckled. "Hey! We can't all fall back in love with our old lovers."
Brooke giggled. "Wasn't Chris an old lover."
"No! I explained that to you! Oh god, Chris and I aren't what we used to be. We both changed. We were never lovers Brooke, regardless" Haley rose from the couch again and swung the strap of her bag over the shoulder. "thanks anyway." She turned and walked to the door. "I'll pick Jamie up in the morning."
She pulled the door closed and walked to her car. As she opened the driver's door, she heard a sound behind her and jumped. When she looked behind her, she saw Lea, Nathan's girlfriend stand behind her. "What the hell are you doing here?!" She said. Angry at once. She'd never like the girl, given the circumstances that was reasonable, but the girl's person made it worse.
"Giving you a last notice to sign the damn papers" She smiled dishonest. "Well consider warning taken." Haley said with fashionable smile. "It's not like you two were planning on getting married." Lea laughed gleefully. "You'd like me to be hurt by that wouldn't you?" Haley sighed. "I already wrote Nathan to apologize for the papers thing, and If marriage is really what to two of you want then I'll be happy for you, I have someone waiting for me." She stepped in her car and placed her key in the ignition. She started the car and pulled out of the parking spot.
As she pulled up for Chris' apartment she had her mind made up. Lea had made her see she didn't need Nathan, there was no reason for her not to try. She walked up the steps to his apartment, took a deep breath and knocked on his door twice, quickly.
after a minute, and sleepy Chris appeared on the other side of the door. "hey, Hales? What're you doing here?" She hesitated, debated shortly on whether to bolt, but then asked if she could come in. "Sure, uuh, what's on your mind Hales." She laughed nervously. "You, and what happened this afternoon." She said as she entered his place.
"Oh, what about it?"He seemed nervously. She sat down in his couch. "first off I want to apologize for, the way a reacted. I freaked." She flashed him a half-hearted smile. "You've always been a freak Hales." He grinned. She rolled her eyes. "Okay, I'm listening." He said and held his hand up.
"I may have overreacted. A little." She flashed him another nervous smile. "and ... I think, it be okay." She took a little time to breathe. "if you wanted to go out sometime." She said and flashed another nervous smile. "Sure" He shrugged. She raised a eyebrow. He chuckled and took her face between his hands, and kissed her. After some time he pulled away and she sighed. "You still make my heart raise." He said and kissed her forehead.
Tada! Yes i know not enough Brulian! i'm working on it! Just if you have good idea on what to do with brulian tel me. i mean I could let julian, work on a script with a hot actress and let brooke doubt him again but that would be stealing storylines and trouble fo Brulian.. so any idea's?
Ps i wonder how many readers i hav on this story..
Love Philine