He smiled as he waved to his family for the last time. His little sister sobbed as she ran towards him, crying his name. He picked her up and swung her around. She clutched to him.

"You be good for mama" he said quietly to her. She nodded, wiping her tears away from her face. He tried to put her down but she wouldn't let go. She cried louder as he put her in his mother's arms.

"No! No!" she screamed as he walked away. "Don't go!" she turned to her mother who was staring helplessly at her retreating son.

He didn't look back, he had already said his goodbyes, why make it harder for them?. He walked into the waiting car, wiping the tears away from his brown eyes. The man behind the wheel smiled kindly at him before starting the car.

His little sister broke away from his mother and chased after the car, screaming his name. He tried to ignore her but his heart filled with emotion when he glanced at the rearview mirror as she sank to her knees in a defeated way.

"You okay?" the man asked him.

He looked out the window and watched his hometown and everything he knew disappear in a wave of light. He took a deep breathe, wishing he didn't have to say goodbye.

"Not really, Keith" he replied, as the wave of sadness engulfed him. "Not really".

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Haley grinned as she peered through the peephole. She swung open the door to find a really good looking pizza boy staring at her.

"I'm sorry, you must have the wrong house" she said, trying not to smile. "I didn't orded a pizza".

She pretended to close the door but he called out "it's complementary".

She seemed to reconsider. "Well, in that case, I'll take it", she grabbed the box out of his hands and closed the door. She placed the box on the table next to the door and waited a few seconds before opening the door again. "Are you complementary too?" she asked.

Nathan grinned. "No, ma'am. I'm priceless".

Haley laughed. "In that case, I'm keeping you" she grabbed him and pulled him in the door.

"Where did you get the outfit?" she asked, grabbing the box and walking to the kitchen, with him trailing her.

"A friend I know works in a pizzeria. Pretty good disguise, huh?" he said, cocking his eyebrow.

She laughed, grabbing a bottle of soda from the fridge and two glasses from the bottom shelf. Nathan reached over her and grabbed two plated from the above shelf.

"Yup, I nearly didn't recognize you. I mean I have known you only" she pretended to think. "All my life".

He laughed as he grabbed the box, soda and glasses from her and walked to the living room. She grinned as she realized that his old urge was kicking in. He never wanted her to carry anything or do any sort of work, he always felt a need to do everything for her.

"So, what are we watching?" she asked as she walked into the living room. Nathan had set everything on the tble and was inserting something into the DVD player.

Nathan grinned. "Remember when you told me the other day, when we had a picnic in the park that you missed out a lot of American culture while you were in South Americs?". Haley nodded, feeling slightly apprehensive. "Well" he continued. "Let me introduce you to...Spiderman!".

HAley groaned. "Naty, I know who Spiderman is. You used to force me to come with you every Saturday to the comic book store to buy Spiderman comics".

Nathan laughed. "I nearly forgot about that" he said, as he joined Haley on the couch.

"Trust me. I will never forgot the pain I went through every Saturday morning when I was forced to walk through the cold at least ten blocks" she leaned her head dramatically on his shoulder.

"What cold?" Nathan asked, grinning. "My Spiderman phase was during the summer".

"Well, maybe it was the inner cold I went through when I realized that my best friend, future boyfriend would rather read comic books than spent time with me" she teased. He laughed and wrapped his arm around her as they leaned back on the couch.

"I'd rather spent time with you than meet Spiderman" he whispered into her ear.

Haley smiled to herself and leaned her head against his shoulder. Three weeks had passed since their first date, three wonderful weeks. Haley didn't know that she could love him anymore, but it seemed that her love for him only grew.

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"What the hell?" Haley demanded when the credits went up. "How can he ditch her? I thought he loved her".

Nathan laughed at her reaction. "You know, we can watch Spiderman 2".

Haley spun around to face Nathan with a bright smile. "Can we?".

"Yeah, but I haven't rented it" Nathan said, cautiously.

Haley shrugged. "It's okay. I'd rather just be here with you." She snuggled closer to him.They were lying on the couch together, Haley's head on his chest, his arms around her. She breathed in the scent of him, just thankful for him.

Suddenly a picture on the mantelpiece caught her eye. She stood up, letting go of Nathan's hold on her. She walked slowly to the mantelpiece and took the picture frame and stared at it.

"What's wrong?" Nathan asked.

Haley shook her head, wiping a tear that had escaped her eye. She walked over to the couch, and showed him the picture. Nathan's look of confusion turned to understanding than again to sympathy.

"Haley" he started. Haley shook her head.

"I'm fine, Naty. Just" her eyes fell on the picture of her parents on their wedding day. "My mother always said that she couldn't wait to pick out my wedding dress".

Nathan pulled her in his arms. She clutched to him, the only one she loved that never left her. Her initial sadness abandoned her and she looked up at his face.

"Never let me go again" she whispered to him.

"Are you planning on going somewhere?" he asked, his voice equally soft.

She shook her head, slowly. "But you never know". She looked again at the picture. "I miss them alot" she said, sadly. She looked at Nathan, wiping the tears away and gave him a small smile. "You're the only one who makes the pain go away".

They held each other closely. But the words I love you were left unspoken.

A clock loomed high above them. It was ticking too fast and soon time would run short of the two lovers. Holding on to each other would eventually only lead to letting go. Their love would be forever but the time together would barely last a lifetime.

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"Are you expecting anyone?" Nathan asked, when he heard the doorbell ring. He grabbed the frying pan off the stove saving his and Haley's dinner from burning.

Haley shook her head and took off her apron. She made her way to the front door. Nathan caught up with her and wrapped his arm protectively around her. She smiled at him before she opened the front door.

Her smile gave way to a look of shock as she stared at the visitor. Then she let out a squel and ran towards the visitor, Nathan's arm slipping off her waist.

"Nagume!".