Author's Note: Originally the bachelorette and bachelor party were going to be in the same chapter as the wedding but then I decided to separate the two because Naley's wedding is going to be amazing! So keep sending in those song suggestions!

Chapter 28: Young, Wild and Free

December 8th; Two days before the wedding

Today was the day. Today was the day that Haley was very reluctantly letting Brooke and Alex plan her bachelorette party. She was getting married in two days and she couldn't believe it was finally here. She protested the idea of a bachelorette party for months when Brooke first suggested it, but after everything that had been happening lately she decided maybe it wouldn't be so bad. It would be exactly what she needed and would allow her to let her mind run free and not think about things for a little while.

Of course, they weren't old enough to drink and Haley had never been one to drink much. So instead of hitting the bars like most bachelorette parties did, they were getting manicure and pedicures, massages, and heading down to the strip club. Haley was uneasy about the idea of a strip club but Brooke changed her mind once she told Haley that it was likely the boys were going to do the same. While Haley didn't like the idea of naked girls being all over her fiancée, she knew that Nathan would remain faithful and at the end of the night she got to go home with him every day so she was the real winner in the situation.

So here she was, sitting in her bathroom letting Brooke doll up her face. All the girls were coming along, even Peyton. It was going to be Haley, Brooke, Alex, Peyton and her sisters Quinn and Taylor. Karen was going to watch Keith so that Lucas and Brooke could have a nice night out. Of course, this was the first time Brooke was leaving the baby for a whole night so she was quite the mess at first but Keith was in good hands with his grandmother. Brooke was the maid of honor, and Quinn, Alex, and Peyton were the bridesmaids. Haley didn't ask Taylor because she wasn't sure if Taylor would even come to the wedding and was surprised when she made an appearance in town and shocked everyone, including her parents. Since her and her parents had a strained relationship, Lucas was going to be walking her down the aisle; which left Mouth as Nathan's best man and Skills, Jake, and Clay as the groomsmen. Brooke thrived at the idea of walking down the aisle with Mouth, saying it would be a nice little change and was excited for Lucas to have the honor of walking his best friend down the aisle. Peyton got to walk down with Jake, Quinn with Clay since Haley was secretly trying to set them up and then Alex with Skills, which would be quite the interesting pair. Haley and Nathan had bets on how long it took Skills to try and get with Alex and how mad Julian would get when he saw Skills hitting on his girlfriend. Nathan said he wouldn't make it past the ceremony and would try to as they walked down the aisle together and Haley said it would happen at the rehearsal dinner tomorrow night. She hated the idea that her and Nathan wouldn't be able to sleep next to each other tomorrow night or tonight for that matter, but Karen assured her that it was bad luck to see the bride before the wedding and that it would be worth it when she saw Nathan's expression as she walked down the aisle to him. Seeing as Karen was like a mother to Haley, she went with her word and hoped that it would be easier said than done.

"Are you excited tutor girl? We are going to have so much fun tonight. Alex and I went above and beyond for this!" Brooke squealed as she continued applying Haley's makeup.

"Brooke, I don't want a crazy party I told you that." Haley protested, getting antsy sitting in this chair.

"Haley! Stop that! You are getting married in two days at the age of 19, of course we are going to have a crazy party for you! Okay, it's not Brooke Davis high school party crazy but it's up there."

"Are you almost done with my makeup?"

"Yes! Now stop being a party pooper! We are going to have such a fun time! Besides, Lucas and Clay went all out for Nathan's party too, so relax please! Just remember, at the end of the day you get Nathan before you get too paranoid about what he does with the guys tonight."

"Okay, okay. But seriously, are you almost done with my makeup?" Brooke laughed and nodded at Haley. Nathan came by the bathroom with his duffel bag in hand, obviously on his way out to meet the boys. It was only 6pm; they were starting early.

"Brooke, just make sure my girl comes home in one piece alright? I would like her to live to see the day where she finally marries me." Nathan smirked and headed over to Haley and kissed her cheek, making her blush.

"Come on Nate, now I have to reapply the foundation to her cheek! Go! I promise you I will return Haley in one piece. Have fun with the boys, tell Lucas I miss him!" Brooke called out, pushing Nathan out of the door as he mouthed "I love you to Haley" and waved before being shut out. "Now, it is officially time for no boys and some serious girl time!"

Nathan headed out the door and saw Clay in the driveway waiting for him. Clay decided he would be Nathan's chauffer since he probably shouldn't be driving at all tonight. They were starting the night off by hitting the bars, using their fakes, (except Mouth who didn't have one), then stopping by the casino for more drinks, and then heading to the strip club. Nathan was excited but also a little nervous about using his fake so much but Lucas and Clay assured him that they would be fine. Mouth was then going to meet them at the strip club. Nathan hadn't been out in a while so he knew it was going to be a great time.

"You ready for this man?" Clay asked, as Nathan got into the car and threw his bag in the back.

"Hell yeah! As long as I don't get arrested, we will be good." Nathan joked, while Clay laughed along with him. It was going to be a good night; he could feel it.

December 8th, 8:30 PM

The boys had been taking shots at the bar since 7 and Nathan could feel the alcohol beginning to make it's way through his system and it was only 8:30. They had just arrived at the casino and started off with shots of tequila, and were off to playing some games to earn some cash. His fake had given him no issues so far and he couldn't believe that he had made it into the casino with no problems.

"Man, this place is dope!" Skills said, as he took his shot and headed over to the slot machines. "I'm gonna win me some money!"

"That's what they all say Skills, and then they walk out with nothing." Luke replied, laughing at the way his friend was acting.

"Don't be a party pooper dog. Just cause yous got a kid now doesn't mean that you are always right." Skills replied, pulling down the machine and winning some cash instantly. "Well look at that! I just won $20!"

"Okay, maybe you'll prove me wrong. Move over!" Lucas said, as he went over to the machine next to Skills and tested his luck, winning nothing. "Of course."

Clay and Nathan were walking around, checking out all the other bars in the strip. The place was packed for a Thursday.

"How ya feeling Nate?" Clay asked, as they stepped into another bar that was just starting to pick up.

"Good."

"Good, so that means we get to have another drink!"

"I'm not going to say no to that."

December 8th, 9:05 P.M.

The girls had just finished their spa day and were headed off to the strip club. Of course, Brooke had gone all out and had her parents give her money to rent a limo and they were taking shots in the limo on their way there. Brooke insisted that they pre-game in order to feel the best for the strip club, and everyone agreed to free booze.

"Wow, Brooke this is awesome. Thank you so much." Haley said, as she took a shot of Fireball that Brooke had handed her.

"Hey don't just thank me, Alex here came in clutch with setting this up too. I like her, keep her around." Brooke giggled as Alex gave her a "shut up" look.

"Well thank you both so much. This is awesome, and definitely what I needed after the…" Alex stopped her before she could continue.

"Hey, stop that. We aren't thinking about that tonight okay? We are celebrating you and Nathan! All good things tonight okay? Besides, I know the bartender at the strip club and I can get him to serve us drinks for free."

"What?! That's awesome Alex!" Peyton exclaimed, taking a sip of her martini that she had.

"Let's just say, we go way back." Alex winked and all the girls laughed.

"I wonder what the guys are up to." Haley replied and Brooke shot her a disapproving look.

"Hey tutorgirl, this is guy free night! They're big boys, they can take care of themselves. Besides, I think it's time we take another round of shots!" Everyone cheered in approval as Brooke whipped out the handle and began pouring them for everyone. "To tutor girl and boy toy!" Brooke yelled, raising her shot glass in the air as everyone clinked them together and began downing the shots.

"Let's do this!" Haley cried, beginning to feel the alcohol getting to her head. She was so relaxed, she had forgotten what it was like to feel this way but she loved it.

December 8th, 9:30 PM

Nathan was drunk. He could feel it in his head, and his body. He couldn't walk straight and began relying on Clay for almost everything. He could tell his brother wasn't doing so well either, and was in the same state of mind as him as they entered the strip club and sat at the bar where the strippers were. Mouth had shown up and he was enjoying being the sober friend, and offered to be the DD since Clay was beginning to feel the effects of the alcohol too.

"This place is awesome." Lucas slurred as Nathan agreed, and pat Lucas on the back.

"You're the best brother man." Nathan slurred again, pulling Lucas into a hug. Mouth couldn't help but laugh.

"This should be documented that the Scott brothers are actually getting along." Mouth joked as Skills agreed.

"Look at all them strippers man!" Skills explained as the girls began to come out and station themselves. "YO WE GOT A BACHELOR OVER HERE!" Skills yelled and Nathan smacked him in the shoulder. "Aw come on man, have some fun. It's not like you gotta take her home or nothing. Just give her a couple bucks and enjoy the free lap dance."

The boys were having a great time, taking some more shots and throwing money at the strippers like there was no tomorrow. They were minding their own business until someone came up to them, completely intoxicated.

"You're Nathan Scott?" The drunken guy asked, looking over at Nathan and pointing.

"Yeah, and?" Nathan replied back, not really knowing what was going on as he knew he wasn't going to remember much in the morning. Damn Clay.

"Why are youz hurr? You have that beauty at home and you're out here wiff stripperz? You're not even good enough at basketball." The guy was making no sense but Nathan could feel his blood broiling.

"Who the fuck are you?" He asked, slamming his glass down and turning to face the stranger. He couldn't believe who he was staring at what he turned around; Haley's father. "The real question is why are YOU at a strip club when you're married and aren't even showing up to "that beauty" of your daughter's wedding, jackass."

"Don't criticize my parenting skills?"

"Just did. You're as bad as my dad and that's saying something." Nathan turned around not wanting to give Jimmy James another moment of his time. Haley hadn't talked much about her father, besides the fact that he was an emotional mess and had turned to drinking recently. Her parents were having problems, even though neither of them wanted to admit it, Haley still had seen them arguing when she lived at home with Brooke.

"You have no right." He mumbled and Lucas shot Nathan a look, knowing exactly where this was going.

"Nate, just ignore him. It's not worth it." Mouth advised.

"I disagree. Give this guy a piece of your mind." Clay replied, thinking that this guy was a jackass too and he wasn't even completely drunk yet.

"I suggest you walk away before I kill your ass." Nathan threatened, growling as he chugged the rest of his beer slamming it back down and motioning to the bartender for another. "You're the one skipping out on your daughter's wedding and you're the one who walked away from his family for alcohol." As soon as Nathan got the words out of his mouth, Jimmy punched him right in the face.

"Oh hell nah!" Skills yelled, and before he could react, Lucas jumped on the man, pounding him down. It turned into a brawl, and it didn't get broken up until way after Lucas had done some damage to his face. Secruity escorted everyone out, leaving Lucas with a bloody knuckle wrapped in some paper towels.

"Well fuck. There goes that." Clay mumbled, looking around for Nathan.

"Guys, were did Nate go?" Mouth asked, wishing he wasn't the only sober one right now if Nathan had disappeared.

"Shit." Lucas replied, searching around. "We gotta find him."

"Where could he have gone? How did we even lose him? He was being kicked out with us. Unless he ran off somewhere during the escort."

"But where could he have gone?" Mouth asked. "Unless he headed over to the bar across the street. But why would he do that?"

"Maybe because he needed to cool down?" Clay asked, confused as to what was even going on. "We have to get Lucas to the hospital though. His hand looks pretty bad."

"Are you okay to drive, in all seriousness." Mouth motioned to Clay who nodded.

"Yeah, I have been sneaking in water between drinks without anyone knowing and I know of the hospital right around the block from here. I'll take Lucas."

"I'll walk over to the bar to find Nate. Take Skills with you because he looks like he's about to be sick. Just come pick us up when you're done there, and if it's too late I'll call a cab. Give me your number." Mouth said to Clay, who quickly whipped out his phone. This night was getting stranger and stranger as it went on.

December 8th, 10:45 PM

Haley was drunk, like really drunk. She was a lightweight and Brooke knew that and she cursed Brooke for letting her get this way. She felt sick to her stomach and it didn't help that she had two practically naked men dancing all over her. Alex had done the honors of getting them endless drinks and supplying Haley with a sash that said Bride-to-Be, which caused every male stripper in the building to approach her, hoping to give her a nice show and make some easy cash. Quinn was sober, promising that she would keep an eye on Haley while everyone else decided to get wasted. Taylor had been left behind in the limo because she was so drunk she had already passed out. Turns out she had been pre-gaming all day and was already pretty tipsy when she met up with everyone earlier that night.

"Guys, I reallllly don't feel good." Haley mumbled, closing and opening her eyes, which she could barely keep open.

"You're probably hungry Hales. Do you want me to get you something to eat?" Quinn asked, throwing stripper five dollars as he approached her, which sent him away. She looked up to see Alex up there, dancing with the stripper and rolled her eyes. At least someone was enjoying herself, maybe a little too much.

"Waiter, can we get some fries or something for the bachelorette?" Quinn asked after Haley didn't respond right away. They nodded in compliance and headed off to place the order in. Brooke handed Haley another drink, which Quinn rolled her eyes at.

"Brooke, she needs water." Peyton mumbled, feeling dizzy as hell and barely being able to lift her head up.

"Right. I'll go get that. She can drink that mini cocktail, I got one too!" Brooke squealed happily and Peyton pulled the drink away from her and chugged it herself. Brooke pouted and headed off to get some water.

The place was packed, and they were in a VIP section and Quinn could see the masses of bodies outside of the area. Clearly something about a Thursday night screamed strip club. Quinn was relieved when the fries came and handed them towards Haley.

The second Haley smelled the fries though, her stomach didn't agree and she threw up all over the strippers. Mortified, the strippers ran away and Quinn immediately grabbed the nearest thing to her to hold the puke, which happened to be Brooke's purse.

"Uh, Brooke? I think we should probably go…" Quinn called, holding back Haley's hair as she continued to throw up.

"Oh my god, is that my purse?!" Brooke screeched as she headed over. "Oh poor Haley, I can get another purse." She slurred, rubbing her back and nodding at Quinn in agreement to leave.

December 8th, 11:15 PM

Mouth FINALLY found Nathan in the bar across the street. The bar wasn't too busy, and Nathan sat by himself in the corner part of the bar, drinking what seemed to be whiskey.

"Hey man. I've been looking all over for you." Nathan shrugged in Mouth's response. "You must be pretty drunk." He mumbled to himself. He sat down in the seat next to Nathan and just ordered water when the bartender came over.

"What's going on Nate? You ran off."

"I don't know." He slurred in reply. This is going to be harder than I thought, Mouth thought as he took a sip of his water.

"You know you can talk to me Nate. What's going on?"

"Nerves I guess."

"About what? The wedding?" Nathan nodded. "Why? You and Haley are great together, you're like the definition of couple goals."

"Young. I love her. Scared though." Nathan was making no sense.

"It's normal to have nerves before the wedding, I think everyone experiences that but you love her and she loves you more than anything. It's going to be great. And so what if you're young? Love has no age and besides, people use to get married at 16, 17 for years in our history."

"I know. I love Haley."

"I know you do man, and she loves you."

"What if she doesn't want me anymore? Like my parents."

"Nate, that'll never happen. Haley is head over heels in love with you, she has been since we were kids."

"I know. I love her too."

"I know you do. You seem pretty drunk, we should probably get you home."

"Yeah. Drunk. Luke?" Mouth had to process everything before answering Nathan.

"Oh where's Luke? They are at the hospital because Luke hurt his hand pretty bad in that fight."

"What fight?" Mouth chuckled. Maybe it was a good thing that Nathan might not remember the fight, considering it was with his soon to be father-in-law.

"Don't worry about it. Let's get you home."

"Will Haley be there?"

"Not tonight, but you will see her tomorrow."

"Oh, okay." Nathan nodded as he stood up, Mouth grabbing him so that he could lean on him and they headed out of the bar.

December 9th, 10:04 AM. The day before the Wedding

Haley woke up with such a pounding headache, she couldn't even keep her eyes straight. She was even more confused why she was sleeping on the bathroom floor of Quinn's apartment and Quinn was sleeping in the tub.

"Quinnie?" Haley whispered, feeling like she was going to throw up.

"Hales, you're awake."

"Yeah, why are you in the bathtub?"

"Uh, well you got pretty drunk last night and got sick on the strippers so I brought you back here. You kept throwing up and I didn't want to leave your side, I didn't want you to like choke on your throw up or something."

"Oh god, Quinnie. I threw up on the strippers?! What the hell happened last night?" Quinn laughed as Haley put her head on the toilet seat. "Oh man, I feel like dirt."

"I bet you do. I didn't know you were such a pro at taking shots Haley. Nathan's right, you are a bad ass."

"Where is Nathan? What happened last night? God, my head hurts."

"He's at Mouth's. Clay called to tell us that he had a rough night too. Well you took a lot of shots, puked on some strippers, and decided to stick your head out of the sunroof of the limo and scream "I'm getting married bitches" throughout town on your drive home. You also drunkenly called your mother, Nathan, and Karen."

"Oh. God. Mom must have been so mad."

"Not really, she thought it was hysterical. Her little baby Haley isn't such a goodie good anymore." Quinn chuckled as Haley groaned. "Let me get you some aspirin and toast. You probably need something to soak up all that alcohol."

"Thank you. Remind me to NEVER drink again please." Quinn laughed.

"Sure, but no promises that you'll listen." She got out of the bathtub, her entire body aching and went into the kitchen to make some toast for her sister.

December 9th, 12:15 PM

Nathan opened his eyes, and immediately shut them again. His head pounded and the room was so bright. He was also super uncomfortable on this couch that he was laying on and panicked when he didn't recognize his surroundings.

"What the hell did I do last night?" He mumbled, closing his eyes and rubbing his temples. He looked over and saw Lucas on the ground, with some sort of bandage around his knuckle. "Oh thank God. If Luke is here I definitely didn't do anything stupid and go home with someone."

"Morning sunshine." Millie's voice rang and Nathan sat up immediately.

"Uh, Millie?"

"Don't worry, you didn't sleep with me. Marvin brought you guys here to stay the night and I happened to be sleeping over the same night as well. You were pretty wasted."

"I don't even remember what happened last night. Ask me how Lucas got the bandage on his hand, and I couldn't tell you."

"I take it you haven't seen your face either." She giggled, Nathan's eyes growing big.

"What do you mean? What's wrong with my face?" Millie handed him a handheld mirror and Nathan groaned when he saw the black eye on his face. "Well shit. Haley's going to kill me. How am I suppose to cover that up for the wedding?"

"Brooke's good with makeup, I'm sure she can help you out." Lucas stirred and sat up.

"God, why does my hand hurt so bad?" He looked over at Nathan, "Oh my god little brother what happened to your face?"

"Gee thanks man, I wish I could tell you but I don't remember."

"You got in a bar fight with Jimmy James at the strip club." Mouth replied, walking into the room. Nathan looked horrified.

"You mean, my father in law? Fuck."

"Yeah, and then Lucas decided to finish the fight off for you after Jimmy knocked you right in the face and you hit the bar."

"So that explains why my hand is in a bandage. Brooke's going to love this." Lucas sighed, lying back down.

"Haley is going to shoot me."

"Nah, she never really liked her dad very much. She might find it humorous. I know I do. I can't believe I knocked out Mr. James." Luke laughed.

"This isn't funny man!"

"Oh come on little brother, it's HILARIOUS!" Nathan rolled his eyes.

"It is pretty funny." Millie replied, putting toast on a plate for the boys to have. "Eat this."

"Right after I throw up." Nathan said, immediately standing up and running to the bathroom.

What. A. Night.