I Know I'm a terrible person. I haven't updated in forever. Hope you all had an amazing Christmas. Well here is the next chapter of this story. Okay so this is the final chapter of the story. I'm going to try my hardest to get it done quickly, as I've started writing another 2 stories but I won't start putting them up until I've got a good few chapter written and I know my direction. Well until then enjoy the chapter.

This chapter is now fast forwarded 3 years in to the future. Brooke & Lucas are happy and in love again. Nathan and Haley are friends (Nathan still likes her but Haley doesn't want to out herself out there to get hurt). Peyton is now out of the picture.

"Haley get your skinny little butt out of bed now!!!" This was followed by bangs.

Haley groaned and lifted her head from the pillow and checked her clock it read 7.34 am. She let her head drop back down on to her pillow, inwardly deciding it was far too early to be getting up this early on a Saturday.

"HALEY!!! Come on get up...please." Again this was followed by more banging on the door.

Haley quickly threw the covers from her body and jumped out of bed and sped over to the door. She swiftly opened the door and then she came barging in.

" Haley, what took you so long ? I know you heard me all of those times. I mean didn't you realise it was pretty important if I was knocking at your door this early in the morning? I mean c'mon it's me."

Haley grunted and fell back on to her bed and grabbed the covers up over her body. She turned her back towards the annoying girl and hoped she would get tired and walk back out the door.

Suddenly Haley was overwhelmed with coldness as she then started grasping for her sheets but she couldn't grasp them. She then heard chuckling. She then sat up and watched the brunette giggle as she held her duvet sheets in her hands.

"Brooke you are so annoying."

"Yeah well you deserved it and I told you it was important."

"Brookie, what the hell is so important that you need to wake me up so early ?"

"There's like a massive sale on at the mall and I don't want to miss all of the goodies."

There was then silence.

Haley and Brooke just stared at each other.

"You seriously woke me up for a sale ? A Sale ."

" Yeah well I know how much you love them."

Haley quickly just rolled her eyes. "I don't love sales I just go with you so you are not alone. I usually only go at reasonable hours Brooke."

"Yeah well, now you're up you can go with me right ?"

"Ugh..fine, just wait here whilst I get ready."

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

Haley quickly got dressed and headed to the mall with Brooke. After a few hours of shopping Brooke declared that there was a party later that night and they were going. Haley quickly gave in and decided it would do them some good to go to a party as they hadn't really been to a party in a few weeks. Afterall it was graduation in 2 weeks. There was nothing like a good party.

LATER AT THE MALL

"So Haley, it's almost graduation and we're all gonna be going our seperate ways in like 2 weeks, what are you doing to do about Nathan? Make a move hoe, you know you want to." Brooke asked.

"Brooke, i'll say the same thing i've been saying for the past few years, me and Nate are made to be friends, he's just not my guy..."

"Haley, sometimes if you look for reasons to not be with someone then you'll always find a reason, sometime you've got to just let go and let yourself be with that person. You know Nate loves you Haley."

Haley quickly shrugged ... "yeah and I know he loves a lot of girls around campus Brooke, you know how he is."

"Okay Hales, but you'll regret it...look at all the mistakes that has happened with me and Broody and well us...we're perfectly happy...we're going to move in together in a few weeks and we're getting out happily ever after. I just want you to get yours Hales, you're my bestfriend, you deserve it."

Haley just shyed away, she had had this conversation with Brooke too many times over the past few weeks. Her trying to persuade her to get with Nathan, but she wasn't going to budge...they would be better as just friends. Right?

They both bought hot outfits for the party that night.

AT THE PARTY LATER THAT NIGHT

Both girls walked in the front door and were instantly met with the smell of alcohol. This was how every party was...alcohol - drunk students and a whole lot of kissing and more. As they continued to walk through the crowds, they walked in to the living area were they knew the drink would be. Each of them picked up a vodka and coke. As they sipped on their drink they looked around to see if they could see the guys.

"OOh there they are over there." Brooke pointed out to Haley. Brooke then turned around to see Haley wasn't even paying attention to her, she was looking in the opposite direction. Brooke followed her gaze to find a tall, handsome guy ... one which Haley was intensely gawking at. Brooke let out a small laugh, this was one of the first times she had seen Haley even a little interested in another guy since the whole Ryan & Nathan drama back in freshmen year. Haley had stuck to being single and never really dated since. She was happy enough she always said.

"Go do your own thing Hales, I'm gonna go get my handsome boyfriend. See you later. Remember and use protection biatch."

Haley just turned and glared at Brooke. She then begun to walk towards the boy. As she got closer and closer to him, she got more and more excited to be around him.

The boy then turned and looked at Haley and he was met with her eyes staring back at him. She smiled lightly and could see there was a sparkle in his brown eyes. He then stepped away from his friends and motioned for her to come with him to the drinking area. As they walked they began to speak.

"I'm Austin...and you are"

"I'm..."

"Beautiful!"

"Excuse me?" Haley asked.

"I said you are beautiful"

"Do those lines work with all of the girls?"

"Well I don't know is it working right now?" He smile at her.

"Well that depends how about you get a girl a drink? And I'm Haley." She then gave a small coy smile. She liked him.

Austin got both of them a drink and they begun talking about their lives.

MEANWHILE:

"Who's that guy Haley's with?"

"Easy Nate, just let her have a good time tonight, it's almost graduation let her have her fun." Brooke told him.

"Who is he?"

"I don't know Haley was just wildly staring at him and then I sort of just left her and she went over and spoke to him,s o she must be interested. I know it's hard for you to hear, but this may be her finally moving on from all that drama back in the day...she knows you like her Nate but she wants to go her own way...you need to understand, I was rooting for you guys I was and I am, I'm sorry Nate."

"Yeah me too Brooke, I'm gonna go get a drink, see you later."

Brooke looked on at Haley and the new guy with a dissatisfied smile and then watched Nathan walk away...she only wished they would get together. She then turned around to see her Broody. And a smile spread across her face.

"So you go to this college Haley?"

"Yeah, how about you Austin?"

"Nah, I go to Strathclyde it's not far from here, just crashing the party you know." He laughed at himself.

"Ohh yeah, what year are you in? I'm graduating in a few weeks. How about you?"

"Yeah same actually, graduating in a few weeks." They both smiled that they had that in common.

Haley and Austin then grabbed another drink. They then danced for a while.

LATER THAT NIGHT:

"Well Haley, if I didn't know any better I'd say you were quite drunk." Austin said to her.

"Yeah and I do know better and you my friend you are drunkkk." They both laughed at how drunk they both were, they then stared at each other and their heads came forward and their lips met and then cam the kiss. They held each other pasionately as they continued to kiss.

The kiss turned a few heads at the party as Haley James hadn't been seen kissing someone in a long time. One of the heads that turned were Brooke's. She stood in astonishment, that Haley was actually with a guy. A small look of sadness then crossed her face as she looked around the room. Her eyes then landed on the person she had been looking for: Nathan. She saw him turn and walk out of the party. He was staggering; quite obviously drunk. She shook her head, their small lives were always full of drama.

After the kiss earlier Haley had been seen makign out with Austin all night, she was enjoying herself but now it was time to go. She didn't want to end up doing something she regretted.

"Well Austin, I think it's time I go."

"No you should stay, or come back to my room."

"Now, now Austin, I'm going to go back to my room and you aren't coming with me, maybe we'll see each other again. Maybe at another on of these parties you crash huh?" She smirked at him and began to walk away and he just smiled and waved goodbye to her. He was a good guy.

It was now 3am and Haley was walking alond the corridor to her dorm room. She had still managed to have a room to herself all fo these years, that she was thankful for. She then whipped out her key and tried to unlock the door but the key wouldn't fit.

"Oh come on stupid god damn door - open sessame or something." she shouted at the door.

She then tried again but had no luck, she then decided she'd go get a friend to help her - hopefully he wasn't half naked and in bed with a girl. Most likely would be but she needed to get in to her room.

She walked along the corridor and stopped in front of a door. She knocked loudly on the door...she stood waiting for an answer but none ever came...she then knocked again and shouted "I know you're in there, please help I need to get in my room Natey Poo."

The door then flew open..."Never call me Natey Poo ever again Hales." She giggled.

They both then walked along to Haleys room and were quickly inside.

"So who was the guy tonight?"

"Justa guy I met at the party."

"You think it's wise to go and meet random guys at a party Hales, you know something could've happened."

"Solet me get this right...you can meet random girls at parties and the one time I meet a guy you go all macho and manly on me? Nathan I don't need that from you and you knwo it."

Nathan just stood and looked at her.

"Nate maybe you should go."

Nathan then began to fidget with his hands, he never meant for this to turn in to an argument he just wants her to know he loves her.

"Haley I care for you a lot, I'm just looking out for you."

"Nate, just get out."

He then turns to leave but swiftly turns around and walks up to Haley and grabes her and presses his lips to hers. Haley obliges and lets it happen for a second and then comes to her senses and pushes him away.

"Get OUT Nate, you know how I feel about this."

"Haley I know you like me too."

"Nate, get out...I don't want this I've told you before we're not meant to be together. And it's always been different rules for you and for me. For example tonight, I kiss one guy and you go crazy and yet how many girls have you slept with over the past few years?"

Nathan stood silent, he knew she was correct.

"Haley I care for you so much and yet you donm't want to be with me why?"

"Why? Because you broke me in freshman year, you led me on and you weren't single and I've have a rought time with guys and I just don't need any more drama coming between me, you, Lucas and Brooke okay? "

Nathan nodded turned to leave.

"Nate, I don't think we should be friends anymore. I'm sorry."

Nathan turned and looked at her with a look of disbelief, had she really just said this? ... "yeah me too Hales."

When Nathan left Haley just sat in her room, shocked at what had happened. She had lost one of her best friends tonight and she was graduating soon and Nathan had his chance to get drafted in a few days and she had ust broken off their friendship.

FEW DAYS LATER

(Nathan and Haley haven't spoken.)

It's the day of Nathan's final match and at the end of the game he'll find out if he is being drafted for the NBA. (I know this doesn't happen in real life but it's just a story.)

It was in the last quarter of the game and Nathan's team were leading 57 - 32...and there were only a few minutes left. Haley had been watching the game on tv. She knew they would win especially with Nathan on the team. She had not spoken to Nathan but felt really bad about everything. As she continued to think about everything that happened, she heard the buzzer for the end of the game, they had won. The screen then shot to a presenter "Find out in a few moments if any of the players today will be drafted for the NBA...and those who do will need to get on the bus immediately and go start training for the games comign soon."

At this Haley began to think about a life withpout Nathan, a life without Nathan then flashed through her head - she would be lonely forever. At this moment something set off in her heart. She then dived up out of her bed and ran to the front door. She then ran along the corridor and she kept running towards the gymnasium. She needed to reach him before it happened. She needed him to know.

She burst throught he doors and bustled through the crowd and ran to the front and then she saw him.

"NATHAN!!!!" she shouted him.

He looked around and was stunned to see her. He walked over to her - with no apparent emotion upon his face.

"I...I...I'm s..." she was cut off by the sound of the presenter again.

"And the first player to be drafted to the NBA is...."

"Nathan I'm sorry, I lo..."

Nathan looked around at the presenter. And then back to Haley.

"love..." Haley couldn't finish her sentence.

"Nathan Scott, you've been drafted to the Boston Bulldogs"

A smile then spread across Nathan's face, his dream had come true, he had been picked. He ran over to the presenter and this followed with crowd cheering and chanting his name. After about 20 minutes he thenre turned to Haley.

"I love you Nate. I love you I do."

Nathan just looked at her in astonishment.

"Nathan Scott it's time to get on the bus and head to Boston." the presenter announced.

"Nate, please don't go...I love you, I always have I just can't let you go. I can't face a life without you." Haley pleaded.

A small smile came to his lips, he then hugged Haley.

As they both pulled away from the hug, Haley and Nathan had smiles spread across their faces. One smile then faded.

"Haley I'm sorry I can't, I've got to go."

"What? You're going to leave? Nate how can you leave like this? I jkust told you that I...that I loved you. Nate please."

"I'm sorry Haley, this is my time to shine...you deserve better than me, you do. If you believe anything that I say, believe that. I'll always love you Haley."

With that Nathan slowly backed away from Haley and gave her one last look and turned around and walked towards the exit. She then lost sight of him through the crowds. She stood alone and now she was not better off than she was a few hours ago, she had lost Nathan now and she had nothing left. As she stood one lonesome tear escaped down her cheek.

For now and for ever she would always be alone.

The End. I know it's not the ending you thought it would be, but there will be a sequel but this time i'm going to try and type it all out before I start posting chapters, therefore you won't need to wait forever for the next chapter. Well I hope you enjoyed the story. I'm not the biggest fan of it myself. This chapter was really rushed as I wanted it finished as I have other ideas and stories which I'm writing at the moment. Thanks for all of you loyal readers, who read the story even though I was rubbish at uopdating. Bye Xx