Chapter Twenty Six: Too Soon?

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"Miss. James?"

Blinking her eyes a couple times Haley stood in the doorway of her and Nathan's apartment, trying to believe that the sight before her wasn't real and she was still sleeping.

"Are you Miss. James?" The man asked again.

"If I say no will you go away?" She questioned, with a raised eyebrow.

"No." He answered, "I'm Bill, and a Miss. Davis ordered these." He gestured towards all the cake boxes. "To be delivered here…" He looked at his clipboard and told her the address.

Haley groaned out loud, too tired to care how rude she sounded. "Would that be a Brooke Davis?" She asked, already knowing the answer.

"Yes."

And she narrowed her eyes as she could have sworn he was smirking at her.

"Well I don't want them." Haley said.

"Sorry Miss but we've been given strict orders to deliver them here."

"Really?"

"Yes, we were told not to leave until you took them."

Haley groaned again, cursing her best friend under her breath.

"Okay." She sighed, holding the door open and letting them wheel them in. "Can I just ask you something?" Bill nodded, as his co-worker wheeled some of the cakes inside. "What're you doing delivering cakes at five thirty in the morning?"

"Well," Bill cleared his throat. "Miss Davis can be very persuasive."

"And scary." His co-worker chimed in, walking outside to get another cart of cakes.

Haley closed her eyes, wanting to cry with tiredness.

Why hadn't she made Nathan get the door?

Oh yeah, he was out, running or something.

She watched as they left her with about a million cakes in her apartment and she sighed.

Boys suck.

…

Mmm.

Haley moaned out loud as she swirled some chocolate sponge around on her tongue, it practically melted in her mouth.

She used her black marker to place a large tick on the white lid of the box.

"Whoa," Nathan's eyes widened as he Skills and Jake entered the apartment. "Did a bakery blow up in here?"

"No, but Brooke Davis did." Haley grumbled, walking over to the couch, reading the label on the cake box.

"I left here at five for a run." Nathan announced confused, "and I come back…"

"Yeah, yeah." She waved a dismissive hand, "come over here and taste this." She held up her fork to him, and rolled her eyes when he stood still.

"I will." Skills offered, walking over with a grin and happily letting her place the cake in his mouth and he let out a dreamy moan. "That is so good."

"I know." Haley grinned.

"What is all this?" Jake asked, looking around his friends' apartment. There were boxes-which he guessed had cakes in them- everywhere, on the counter, on the coffee table, on the kitchen worktops. Everywhere.

"This, is Brooke being her crazy self." Haley answered him, spooning another mouthful of a different cake into Skills' mouth. "Good?" She asked.

Skills made a face, "Not as good as the Strawberry Delight, but better then the Mint Miracle."

"Mint Miracle?" Jake raised his eyebrows. "Since when do you get mint cakes?"

"Since now I guess." Haley shrugged, with a small laugh.

"Hales…" Nathan croaked out. "What is this?" He repeated Jakes earlier question.

Haley sighed, turning to face him as Skills continued to stuff his face with different flavours of sponge and icing.

"This my dear fiancé, is our very own cake tasting… whatever." She flared her arms. "I got al these cakes delivered this morning courteously of my best friend,"

"I thought you didn't want a cake?" He asked, lifting up a lid with a big black tick on it.

"I didn't." Haley answered with a small sigh, "but Brooke's my maid of honour and scary when she's mad."

"You could take her." Skills said through a mouthful of cake.

"And I thought you weren't having a maid of honour?" Nathan said, running his finger along the brown icing before scooping it into his mouth.

"I wasn't." Haley said, "but after everything with Peyton…" she trailed off, looking awkwardly at Jake.

"No, it's okay. Just because Rachel's my girlfriend doesn't mean I agree with all of her decisions." He told them.

The awkward silence was broken by a loud moan.

"Chocolate Heaven?" Haley grinned in Skills' direction, receiving a nod from the boy.

Nathan and Jake chuckled.

"Our lives are weird man."

…

"So have you thought about your bachelorette party?" Brooke questioned, receiving silence as her answer.

"I think she's ignoring you." Rachel announced.

Brooke sent her a look and the redhead went back to what she was doing.

"Are you still mad at me?"

Haley rolled her eyes.

"Seriously?"

"Yes, seriously Brooke." Haley said. "You got me up at five thirty on a Monday, I have to work today by the way-"

"-You sell ironing board covers-" Brooke cut in only to be cut off herself.

-and I already told you I didn't want a cake, actually, I already told you I didn't want a big wedding. All I want was a small ceremony, on the beach with our friends and family."

"Yes, I know this but you also agreed to let me plan this wedding." Brooke said.

"But it's my wedding."

"But I'm your maid of honour."

Rachel's ears perked up then. "When did this happen?"

"When you decided to take sides with Satan." Haley snapped, then moving her glaring eyes back to the taller brunette.

"We only have five more days to plan this and a lot to do." Brooke told her.

"All the better reason to have a small ceremony, like I want."

"It's all about you." Brooke rolled her eyes.

Haley let out an flabbergasted scoff. "Well it is MY wedding!"

"And I'M your maid of honour!"

"Didn't we just have this fight?"

Rachel made a zipping motion with her fingers across her mouth as her two friends sent her evil looks.

"I'M the bride!"

"Fine!" Brooke exclaimed, "have it your way, see if I care! Next time you want help don't come running to me!"

"I didn't." Haley said, frustrated. "I just wanted a small wedding!"

"Fine, then you have your stupid small, no cake, wedding." Brooke muttered, picking up her stuff.

"Where are you going?" Haley asked, pushing her just past the shoulder length hair back.

"Out."

"This is your apartment." Haley said, "plus I get to storm out this time, not you." She bit harshly, picking up her handbag and pieces of paper before doing just as she said and storming out of the apartment.

"Not a word." Brooke pointed a perfectly manicured finger at her redheaded friend.

Rachel held up her hands in mock surrender. "Wasn't planning it."

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"I cant believe her!" Haley exclaimed.

Nathan watched as she paced back and forth as he and Skills sat on the couch, each with a box in their hands, accompanied by a fork.

"This is my wedding, this is my day."

"Guess you're not included." Jake joked from his spot by the counter, his own cake box and fork in hand.

"Not the time Jaqkelski." Haley warned him. "I just can't believe her!"

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"I cannot believe her!" Brooke exclaimed, pacing back and forth on her Jimmy Choos. "First she asks me to plan the wedding then she complains about how I do it, and now she doesn't want my help."

"She did want a small ceremony, babe." Lucas announced.

"Take it back, take it back." Rachel muttered to him from her spot on the couch.

"And she didn't ask you to plan it."

"Oh God." Rachel muttered, placing her head in her hands.

"So maybe you should apologise?" He offered, in a small voice.

"Nice knowing ya Luke,"

…

"I just want a small wedding, and she wants to throw me… a freakin massive…"

"Wedding." Skills filled in for the girl in front of him, which right now, he could see was going a little crazy.

"And she gets mad at me! When I didn't even ask for her help!" Haley exclaimed.

"Babe, maybe you should calm down." Nathan suggested, "this cant be good for the baby-"

"It's not even a baby right now, Nathan." She told him, "it's like the size of a nugget."

"You're calling your baby Nugget?" Jake asked, through a mouthful of cake, only half listening.

"Thin ice Jaqkelski."

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"Are you taking her side?" Brooke's eyes narrowed at her boyfriend.

"N-no." Lucas stuttered. "I'm just saying maybe you should back off a little, Haley's gotta be stressed with all this wedding stuff and the baby on top-"

"The baby," Brooke closed her eyes, "dammit." She let out a groan, falling onto the couch in-between Rachel and Luke.

"Feel like apologising now?"

"Shut it Gattina."

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"Thanks for the help guys." Haley smiled, waving at Skills and Jake as they walked out of her and Nathan's apartment.

"Chocolate Heaven James!" Skills called to her as they got further down the hallway.

She chuckled, closing the door behind her. "I guess we have our wedding cake then." She joked, leaning against the door as Nathan walked towards her. "What'll we do with all this?" She gestured towards the mountains of boxes filled with half eaten cake all over their apartment.

"Hmm," Nathan twisted his lips, standing in front of her, bringing his hand out form behind his back he smirked. "I'm sure we can find something."

Haley gave him a panicked look. "Nathan, what're you doing with that." She tried to back away but was blocked in.

"This?" He asked innocently, raising his left hand a little.

"Yes that." She said, "Nathan Scott you-" She closed her eyes as suddenly sponge and icing was smashed against her cheek. She felt his fingertip tracing it's way up her soft skin.

"Mmm, it tastes so much better on you." He grinned.

Haley opened her eyes, meeting the challenging look in his own blue orbs. "You are so dead Scott!" She exclaimed with a laugh as he took off towards the kitchen. "You better run!"

…

"Nathan." A voice whispered into the eerily quiet apartment. "McMuscles?" She tried.

"Do you surrender?" Someone whispered back.

"Yes." She waved her white tank top from behind the couch in replace of a flag.

"Wait, are you topless?"

"Yes."

"Then why am I over here?"

Haley let out a loud squeal as she was suddenly lifted up and dropped onto the couch, a bulkier body laying on top of her.

She giggled as he started to kiss her chocolate covered collar bone.

Her hands moved around his back, scratching lightly at the strong muscle.

"Mmm." He mumbled against her skin, "this tastes good." He said, licking up some white icing from the top of her breast.

"Feels good too." She said, biting her lip. God it had been so long… too long… Haley pushed him back, straddling his waist.

"What about the pact?" Nathan asked, feeling his body sizzle as her lips started to work their way down his chest.

"Screw the pact." She muttered, licking around his nipple, smirking as he groaned out.

"God I've missed you Hales," Nathan moaned, gripping her hips and moving her against his painfully hard length. "So much."

Haley answered him by capturing his mouth in a heated kiss, their hands roamed and cake was smudged onto both their bodies but neither cared.

Her hands were working on his belt when there was a knock at the door.

"Leave it." She muttered against his lips and he nodded in agreement.

"You're so wet baby," Nathan murmured into her ear, gaining a breathless moan in response as he rubbed her through her lacy panties.

"Nathan please," She pleaded, clawing at his back.

The knocking became more persistent.

Someone was about to die.

"Haley Bop!"

"Oh my God." Haley groaned out, hitting her head off the armrest on the couch.

"We know you're in there, we can hear you." Someone sing songed.

"Oh my God." She repeated, scrambling to get off the couch, fixing her skirt and then grabbing Nathan's white shirt, which was now more… brown and cream and green… "Coming!" She shouted. "Put some clothes on." She told Nathan.

"Oh we know that deary but cant you answer the do-"

Haley opened the door quickly, smiling sweetly at the two people on the other side. "What're yous doing here?" She asked, "You're early."

"Well we wanted to see you before your big day." Lydia grinned, "but it looks like you're a bit busy…" She trailed off, looking her daughter up and down. "With good reason." She said when a tall raven haired man came and stood beside her. "Wow, he's handsome… this is Nathan right?"

Haley's eyes widened.

Nathan cocked an eyebrow, who were these people?

"I'm just checking sweetie." Lydia smiled. "Jim lets leave these lovebirds to it. We'll go back to our hotel and we'll come by tomorrow. Oh honey," she gestured towards Nathan's chest area, "You've got a lot something…"

"Come on, Lydia." Jimmy chuckled at his wife, leaning forward and kissing his daughter on her cheek. "We'll see yous both tomorrow."

Nathan watched as the couple walked back down the hallway, with a confused expression. "Who was that?" He asked his wife to be.

"My parents." Haley laughed at the expression on his face. "Welcome to the family, babe." She grinned, shutting the door and walking towards their bedroom.

Nathan stood there shocked for a few seconds before he asked, "So no breaking the pact tonight then?"

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Okay so I really don't like this chapter and I know that's bad, because I only want to post the best for yous but it was light hearted, right? The weddings getting close so drama soon, maybe two chapters? Next chapter I'm thinking bachelor/bachelorette parties? Then wedding :D It's nearly five in the morning and I'm shattered. So please excuse any mistakes or sucky-ness. Next chapter I promise to try and make better.

And just on a side note, one of my other stories Yours To Hold, I was just wondering if yous could check it out? Anyone who isn't already reading? I know it's a lot to ask but there's only five chapters and just tell me what you think? I think it's okay so far, but that's just me lol. It's quite lengthy chapters and Naley, obviously. Please : ) I'll love you forever XD