Thanks for all your reviews.. heres the chapter you've all been waiting for. This chapters mainly Naley+Quinn/David+Quinn/Clay.

I got some ideas from Quinn James, Hope you like it...

Chapter 29

Today's the day of the wedding. It's crazy, Haley's running around making sure everything is set. That's the job of the maid of honour after all. Haley doesn't even think the wedding should go ahead, but she has to be supportive. Even though David is no where as good for Quinn than Clay, but they have been together for two years. Haley's only knew him for a few weeks, she just hopes Quinn's making a good decision.

It's 2:00, the wedding starts in ten minutes, Quinn and her sisters are at the James' house still getting ready. Taylor and Vivian are Quinn's other bridesmaids. When Quinn was in Africa she didn't make many friends, she was with David most of the time. So her closest friends are her sisters, especially Haley.

''Did you guys see my date?'' Taylor asked as she applied mascara.

''You brought a date?'' Haley asked.

''Yeah, for the reception, he's at the church now, he's sat with Nathan, he just sent me a text. He's so hot! And a basketball coach.'' Taylor bragged.

Quinn and Haley stopped getting ready and looked at Taylor, obviously Taylor isn't going to take Whitey to the wedding, so it could only be.. ''Clay?''

''Yeah, you guys know him?'' Taylor stood up and looked at her sisters.

''I'm going to kill him, I asked him not to do one thing, one thing. And he does exactly that!'' Haley said as she paced back and forth.

Taylor ignored Haley, ''He's got a beachhouse, he's obviously loaded. I can't wait to get some of th-''

She was cut of by Quinn's hand smacking her cheek.

Everyone in the room gasped, including Quinn.

''You like him.'' Haley stated in shock. ''You like Clay, and you're getting married. I can't believe this.''

Quinn walked over to Haley and put her hands on Haley's shoulders. ''Haley-Bop, listen to me. I'm marrying David, I love him.'' she said, trying to assure herself more than Haley.

''But you don't, not enough.''

''I do. I do.'' Quinn said, again trying to assure herself.

''You're making a mistake Quinn.'' Haley whispered with tears in her eyes.

Quinn let go of Haley's shoulders, and walked to Taylor. ''I'm sorry, Tay. Just don't hurt Clay, he doesn't deserve it.'' she sighed and picked up her bouquet of tulips. ''It's time to get married.'' she plastered a fake smile on her face and headed out of the door.


Nathan is sat on the third row on Quinn's side. He's sat on the end next to Clay, who's next to Lucas and Brooke, Jake and Peyton are next to them. Quinn has never met the rivercourt boys or there girlfriends before, so unfortunately they're not invited to the wedding.

''I can't believe you came with Taylor, Haley's going to kill you.'' Brooke said to Clay.

''Yeah, she told you not to sleep with her, and that's exactly what you're going to do.'' Lucas chuckled.

''I'm not gonna sleep with her.'' Clay said with a sigh.

''What? She's Taylor?'' Jake said, earning a glare from Peyton. ''No, I don't mean like that. I mean she's Taylor she sleeps with everyone.''

''I'm only here with her so I could come to the wedding, I can't believe Quinn's going to do this. I just want to see it for myself.''

''Really?'' Nathan asked, Haley's going to love this he thought.

An old woman on the row in-front turned around, ''Will you kids be quiet? It's about to start.'' she scolded.

''Calm down,'' Nathan said sarcastically, ''it's not started yet.'' he said rudely, he wanted to know about Quinn and Clay. The old woman glared at Nathan for his rudeness.

Brooke and Lucas know exactly who this woman is, ''Hi, I'm Brooke. Are you related to the James'?'' she said sweetly. Nathan's eyes widened.

''Yes, I'm Quinn's Grandma.'' she said, smiling at the young girl.

''Which means you're Haley's.'' Lucas said, which made all of them laugh. Nathan felt so guilty, he'd just been rude to his girlfriends Grandma, all he wanted to do was make a good impression, now he's done the opposite.

''Yes, why do you ask?'' she asked.

''We're Haley's best friends.'' Brooke said, pointing at herself and the rest of them.

''How lovely.'' she gushed. ''You must be Brooke, Haley told me so much about you.''

''Yeah, and this is Lucas.'' Brooke said, pointing to her boyfriend.

''I've heard alot about you to,'' she smiled ''and you are?'' she asked Peyton and Jake.

''I'm Peyton, and this is Jake. And that's Clay and Nathan.'' she leaned over and pointed to the boys.

''Nice to meet you,'' she said to Peyton and Jake. ''you to Clay.'' she smiled at him, ignoring Nathan.

''You two, Grandma James.'' Clay grinned, he then stuck his tongue out at Nathan.

''You're sweet, are you dating my Haley?'' she asked Clay.

''God no, Haley's like a sister to me.'' he chuckled. ''This is Haley's boyfriend.'' he said, pointing to Nathan.

''What a shame.'' she muttered and turned back around.

Nathan looked shocked, he was just about to apologise and she turned away. He looked back at his friends who all laughed at him.


Nathan smiled as the doors opened at the end of the alter. Haley first walked down the isle in a simple pink silky dress which stopped just above her knees, with thin strapped and a flower just above the waist, she's wearing small pink heals to. Her hair is in a tight bun, with a pink flower in it, the same colour as the dress. She looks absolutely stunning, she literally took his breath away. She was walking slightly to fast though, she looked angry to. Like she just wanted to get this over with.

Following her are Taylor and Vivian, as Taylor walked past Nathan she winked at Clay.

When Haley reached the end of isle she looked at Nathan, she glared at him when he gave her a what the hell was that? look. She practically stormed down the isle a second ago. She was just mad, she doesn't want to see her sister making the biggest mistake of her life.

David grinned as Quinn walked down the isle. She was wearing a dress similar to the bridesmaids, but hers is slightly longer. He remembered her saying she wanted it simple. Her hair was the same as theirs to, she just had her flower attached to the veil.

As Quinn was walking she saw Clay, all she saw was hurt in his eyes and it's killing her. It's physically hurting, all she wants to do is walk over and kiss him again. She quickly pushed those thoughts out of her head when she reached David. He took her hands in his and mouthed 'I love you.' She just smiled weakly at him.

Quinn looked back at where Clay was sat and saw he was gone, she looked at the doors and heard them closing.

She closed her eyes, and saw Clay's face, smiling at her. She smiled and opened her eyes, wishing it would be Clay stood right there. Of course she doesn't want to marry Clay, she just wants him to be here, with her.

''Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here in the sight of God to join together this Man and this Woman in holy Matrimony; which is an honourable estate, instituted of God in Paradise, and into which holy estate these two persons present come now to be joined.'' the vicar started.

Quinn closed her eyes and tried again, she squeezed her eyes so tight she thought she'd gone blind for a second. When she opened them she saw David's face again, smiling at her.

''Therefore if any man can shew any just cause, why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.'' he continued.

Haley and Nathan both held there breaths, hoping someone, anyone, would say something.

''I can't.'' Quinn whispered, a tear already rolling down her cheek.

''What?'' David asked, he thought she said she couldn't, which was crazy.

''I can't do this.'' she said louder this time, more tears falling. David stared at her shocked, ''I'm so sorry David, I just can't.''

A lot of people gasped, Brooke being one of them. Haley looked over at Nathan and smiled, he smiled back. They were the only two people smiling in the whole church, a few people saw them and glared.

''Quinn, what are you talking about?'' David asked, still frozen in shock.

Quinn looked at all the guests, who were all looking at her. She took David's hand and lead him into a room in the back. When they got there he walked to the middle of the small room, while she stayed near the door.

''What is this about Quinn? Everyone is on the other side of that door, waiting for us. Quinn this is nerves, you're scared. It's normal.'' he tried to reason.

That's when she snapped, ''Stop saying that! Yes, everyone is there, but that's not a reason to get married.'' she shouted. Her expression softened when she saw the hurt look on his face. ''A reason to get married is because you've found that person you want to spend the rest of your life with, and you want to tell the world... I was always sure of that with you.

''In Africa we were in our own little world, it was perfect. But when we came back to America, we stepped into the real world. And we're not strong enough to face it.'' she walked towards him and took hold of his hands. ''David, I love you. It took coming home to realise it, but I'm not in love with you. You're my best friend, you're one of my only friends. I always thought it would be enough.. just you and me. But when we came back here, I saw Haley and Brooke. They're so in love, and there in love with people who want what they want. You don't want this, you don't want to live in Tree Hill. You don't like tickle wars, you don't like going to the beach late at night and watching the stars.'' she kissed his hands softly and looked back up at him.

''I will though, eventually, I promise.'' he pleaded, squeezing her hands.

''Like you promised my doubts would go away? They didn't David. They're getting worse and worse. I can't do this David, I'm sorry.'' she kissed his hands again. ''I want you to go home and be happy. I want you to meet someone who wants that big house that you fell in love with when you were 8.'' David looked at her confused, he's never told her about that. ''Your mom told me about it.

I want you to find someone who loves projected movies. I want you to find someone you'll love unconditionally, and you'll remind them of that everyday.''

''But I love you.'' he whispered, tears now in his eyes.

''I know you do honey.'' she smiled, ''but I'm not that girl, and I never will be. You'll meet her someday, I know it.''

''But you're her.'' he protested.

''No, I'm not. And I'm so so sorry, for that. For everything.'' she kissed his hands once again then let go of them, ''I have to go, I can't stay here. And I'll stay at a hotel or something tonight, so you can get your stuff?''

David just nodded his head, Quinn took her engagement ring off and placed it in his hands. She walked towards the door and opened it, ''I'm so sorry.'' and with that she walked out of the door.

She wasn't prepared for everyone staring at her, she ignore them all and walked over to Haley.

''Quinn, what happened?''

''I can't do it, I just can't. It's over.'' Quinn said quietly, so the rest of the church wouldn't hear.

Haley hugged her sister, ''I'm so proud of you Quinn.''

''Would you take me to Clay's house? I really need to talk to him. I think he hates me.''

''He doesn't hate you Quinn, Nathan knows where he lives.''

Quinn took her sisters hand and dragged her back down the isle, ignoring people calling her name. Haley quickly grabbed Nathan's hand and dragged him along with her.


''So where are we going?'' Nathan asked as he climbed into the drivers seat of his SUV.

''Clay's house.'' Quinn said, from the backseat. She took her veil off and threw it on the seat beside her.

''You're gonna go to his house, in your wedding dress? The wedding that he's tried to stop you from going through with?'' Nathan asked starting the engine.

''Thank you Mr. StateTheObvious. Just drive.'' Quinn snapped.

Nathan started the car and pulled out of the church carpark.

''So what are you going to say to him Quinn? Are you two going to start dating? Do you love him?'' Haley asked eagerly. Nathan looked at his girlfriend and smiled at her eagerness.

''Honestly? I don't have a clue what I'm going to say. I really don't think I'm ready for a relationship, I mean, I've been single for what? 5 minutes, I can't just jump into a relationship. And I don't love him, I've not known him for long.. jeesh Hales. But I can see myself with him, and I can see my self being happy.'' she said with a smile.

''Aaaw.'' Haley cooed. She looked out of the window, ''I can't wait to see his beach house.''

''It's awesome.'' Nathan commented.

They spent the rest of the journey in silence.

Quinn was thinking about what to say. She knows she needs Clay in her life, and she knows she wants to be with him. But she pushed him away, more than once. What if that was to much? What if he's given up on her?

Nathan was thinking about Haley, as usual. He loves everything about her, like just a few minutes ago she was angry at Quinn, then she was all giddy, asking her about Clay. She's so free spirited. He thought about what Quinn said, I can see myself with him, and I can see my self being happy. That's how he felt when he liked Haley, and he is. He's happier than ever, he never imagined he could be so. And it's all because of Haley.

Haley thought about Quinn and Clay. She's a sucker for a love story, and Quinn and Clay seems like a perfect one. It's a shame you can't mix there names together, Qlay or Cuinn. They just sound the same as there normal names. She never really thought about how perfect Clay and Quinn could be together. She always thought Quinn and David were, but then Clay came along. And suddenly, David's far from perfection.

She also thought about her relationship with Nathan. Of course it's not perfect, they have stupid fights about stupid things, and they disagree often. But there's no doubt in her mind that she and Nathan aren't perfect for each other. Because she loves him, more than he could ever know. It's stupid how she only realised it yesterday.

Flashback-

She broke away from the kiss and just stared at him. She can't believe he punched that guy for her. She can't even believe someone would put something in her drink, it's disgusting and wrong. But she didn't believe Damien could do what he did though either, she was wrong.

''Are you sure you're okay? He didn't hurt you or anything, right?'' Nathan asked worried.

''I'm fine, I'm fine. He just said 'Hi' but I ignored him and started looking around for you. Then I look back and he's on the floor.'' she laughed picturing the guy on the floor, holding his nose.

''I'm sorry I wasn't there.'' he said sincerely, ''I should have been there.'' he stated, mad at him self.

She brought her hands up to his face and looked into his eyes. ''Listen to me, none of this is your fault. I'm fine, I'm great actually. You're always protecting me, and I love that. But if sometimes you're not there and something happens, it wont be your fault. Okay?''

He sighed and nodded his head, ''Okay.''

Haley just looked at him, that's when it happened. It was like she'd been punched in the stomach, the realisation hit her that hard.

She realised that she is in love with Nathan Scott, and always will be.

Flashback over-

Nathan pulled up at Clay's beach house and saw that his car was in the driveway, he turned of the engine and him and Haley turned to look at Quinn, who was debating whether to talk to Clay.

''You sure you wanna do this?'' Haley said.

''Yeah,'' Quinn smiled ''I think.'' she quickly added.

''Clay really likes you Quinn, and he's hurt. You've just got to make it right.'' Nathan said.

''I know.'' she unbuckled her seat belt and opened the car door.

''We'll wait here.'' Haley said.

Quinn climbed out of the car and slowly walked towards the door.

''You think she'll be okay?'' Haley asked her boyfriend.

Nathan took her hand in his and squeezed it. ''Yeah, she'll be fine.'' Haley looked at Nathan and smiled at him. ''I never got a chance to tell you.'' he said. ''You look amazing.''

Her cheeks started to get darker ''You don't look so bad yourself.'' she said, checking out his suit.

''What can I say?'' he joked. ''I clean up good.''

''Baby, you clean up great.'' he smirked as she leaned over and kissed him.


Quinn hesitantly knocked on the door, about twenty seconds later Clay answered it. ''Quinn, what are you doing here?''

''Can I come in?'' she asked nervously.

''Sure.'' he opened the door wider to let her in. His heart is beating rapidly, at the sight of her. He gets that whenever she's around, he's completely mesmerized by her.

She walked into the living room and stood in the middle of it. Clay walked behind her and stood near the doorway, he leaned against the frame. ''Quinn, what are you doing here?'' he repeated.

''I didn't do it.'' she said smiling, hoping that would cheer him up.

''I guessed.'' Clay said blankly. He was so mad at how she rejected him, he tried and tried and she pushed him away. It hurt, it really hurt. And now she's expecting him to be happy that she only just discovered what a big mistake she was going to make.

Quinn sighed. ''Everytime I close my eyes, I see your face. Crazy huh?'' she laughed nervously ''When the wedding began, I kept closing my eyes, because I wanted to see it more. And when I opened them, it hurt, because it wasn't your face I was looking at. Then I looked over to where you were sat and you weren't there, and my heart started aching, it wouldn't stop. It's only just stopped when you opened the door.'' she said and pointed to his front door.

''Is that all you wanted to say? Maybe I should get you a framed picture.'' he said sarcastically.

Quinn felt the tears starting to form in her eyes. She knew he'd be mean, she really hurt him. But she wasn't exactly prepared for it. Clay saw the tears and immediately felt bad, he's just protecting himself, but it hurts to hurt her.

''No. I want you in my life Clay, I can't loose you.'' she said, her voice was weak as she was trying not to cry.

''Quinn, I told you how I felt and you pushed me away.''

''I know, and I'm sorry, so sorry.'' she said, tears now spilling out of her eyes.

''What do you want from me Quinn?''

''About an hour ago I dumped my fiance. I can't give you a relationship yet Clay!'' she exclaimed.

''I know, I'm not expecting that.'' Clay said.

''Wait.'' she whispered.

''What?''

She cleared her throat. ''I'm asking you to wait, wait for me. Wait until my family and David leave, then we could try being together?'' she suggested. That idea is perfect for her, it's exactly what she needs.

''Okay.'' he smiled.

''Really? You'd wait? I mean we can still hang out and stuff, I just wouldn't want to put a label on it until every thing's settled and every thing's normal a-''

Quinn was cut off by Clays lips on hers. When he pulled away he smiled at her with that crooked grin, which made her melt. She grabbed the back of his neck and kissed him.


David is at the James' house, packing his things. He's thinking about what Quinn said. He thought about getting her back. But she had that look in her eye. That she wasn't going to back down, this obviously has been bothering her. He's just been to blind to see it. It hurts, it really does. But it's okay. Because she's right, she's always right. Things had been going bad for them, he just proposed to make it good again. He wasn't even that excited for the wedidng. Heck, he even flirted with Taylor yesterday.

He's going to do what she said, he's going to find that someone. That someone who wants the same things he does, someone who he'll love unconditionally. So he's going to go away, far away from Tree Hill. And hopefully find her.

''David, are you okay?'' Taylor asked as she walked into the room.

''Yeah,'' he shrugged. ''hey, where's your date? The coach guy?''

She sat on the edge of the bed, ''He bailed.''

David sighed and sat on the edge of the bed, ''Sorry Tay.''

''It's okay, he wasn't that hot.'' she joked. ''We should have some fun.'' she declared.

''Yeah, how are we supposed to do that?'' he chuckled.

She stood up and faced him. ''Come to California with me.''

''Yeah, okay.'' he said sarcastically and continued packing his things.

''I'm serious. We both need some fun. You're fun, I'm fun, California's fun. And I work in a bar, bars are fun.''

David laughed at how much she said 'fun'. ''Okay.'' he thought about it, he did need to forget about Quinn and have some fun.

''Really?'' she asked hopeful.

''Yeah,'' he grinned ''lets do it.''

''Yey! I'll go and book some tickets for tonight.'' she quickly hugged him and ran out of the room.

When she got out of the door she stopped, David also stopped packing. They both tried to shake of the feeling they got when they hugged, it was like tingles. Maybe they'll have some fun after all. And maybe, just maybe. David will find that person.


After half an hour of making out Haley heard her phone, she pulled away and grabbed her phone.

''It's from Quinn.'' Haley said, grinning.

''What does it say?'' Nathan asked eagerly, he really hopes Quinn and Clay work it out.

'''I'm staying at Clay's tonight, don't worry, no funny business. I'm staying in the guestroom, I just can't face everyone today. Love ya.' Isn't that great?''

''That's awesome, you wanna go home?'' Nathan asked, starting the car.

''Home, that sounds nice.'' she smiled.

After ten minutes of driving they pulled up at Haley's house, Nathan opened the car door for her and they walked hand in hand towards her front door.

''You think people will be mad?'' he asked.

''Maybe. We'll just have to talk them round, Matt, Justin, Viv and Tay are going tomorrow morning anyway. So Quinn wont have to see them.'' she shrugged.

Just as she was about to open the door Nathan pulled her back. ''Wait, I need to tell you something.'' he started.

''What is it?'' she giggled.

Just say it. He said to himself. ''I-

''Hello Son.''

They both turned to the voice and saw Dan Scott stood in Haleys driveway, smirking.


Sorry for the cliffhanger! It was going to be longer but this chapter was so hard to write! I just really wanted to post it.

Please let me know what you think, I was so nervous to post this chapter because alot of you were waiting for it.

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