I don't own One Tree Hill.
Sorry that it's been taking me awhile to update things! I've been pretty busy. I actually thought writing this chapter was pretty fun!
I just want to start by saying that I don't speak French at all but I just think James Lafferty speaking French would be super hot and google translate is all I've got and I'm not entirely sure how accurate it is.
Chapter 54
Nathan rushed down the stairs, and into the kitchen, looking at Haley and scowling slightly. "Can I talk to you?" He asked her quickly, resting his hand on her arm.
Haley looked over at him, shaking her head. "Not now. The kids need to be at school in fifteen minutes." She said, tugging her arm away from him.
"This will just take a second." He said, glancing over at Lydia, who was sitting at the bar, eating cereal.
"I don't have a second, honey. Write me a note if it's that important." She responded, beginning to pack Jamie's and Lydia's lunches.
He raised his eyebrows, letting out a deep sigh. "Haley." He grumbled, looking down at her. "Come on."
She looked over at him, leaning her head back and looking at the ceiling for a second. "Fine. But I don't have a lot of time." She grumbled, looking at Lydia. "Go put your shoes on once you're done, and leave your bowl. Dad will get it." She said, smiling at Lydia. "Jamie! We need to go soon!" She called out, shaking her head and following Nathan up the stairs.
Nathan let out a deep breath, looking at her. "I found this on my pillow when I got out of the shower." He said, holding out a receipt to her. "What is it?"
"You have eyes, read it. Is this all you wanted?" Haley asked him, raising his eyebrows.
"What does it mean, Haley?" He frowned at her.
She smiled at him, resting her hands on his shoulders. "That?" She questioned him, pulling him closer to her, pressing a kiss underneath his ear. "That's all the lingerie I bought yesterday that you'll never get to see me in if you don't give this up by tonight." She whispered, gently biting down on his earlobe. "Remember that. Ten days, Nathan Scott. I've been waiting ten days for you to forget about this stupid thing." She hummed, brushing her hands down his chest, hooking her fingers in his belt loops. "Just something to think about." She hummed, kissing his cheek softly, before turning and walking out of the room.
Nathan watched her leave, letting out a deep breath. He rubbed his neck softly, shaking his head and sitting down on the end of the bed. His wife was crazy. She'd held it together the past ten days, better than he was, or so she made out to be. They'd gone longer than this, that's for sure, but the difference was that they'd spent the last ten days trying to get the other to cave, which made things a lot more difficult. He groaned, falling back on the bed, grabbing a pillow and covering his face with it, sighing softly. "Dammit." He grumbled against the pillow, closing his eyes.
xxxx
"Okay, Haley... I've watched you clean the same spot like a hundred times... What's wrong?" Brooke laughed, shaking her head and crossing her arms.
"Nothing, I'm just keeping busy. There's no one here." Haley responded, letting out a deep breath.
Brooke leaned against the counter, looking at her and laughing quietly. "What's been going on with you, Hales? You've been in a bad mood for the past week or so."
"It's just been an off week." Haley sighed, rubbing her neck and looking over at her friend. "Don't worry about it. I'm hoping to be over this by tomorrow." She said softly, shaking her head. "I'm sorry. I've been biting your head off a little bit, haven't I?"
"Maybe a little." Brooke laughed, wrapping her arm around Haley's shoulders. "But it's okay. We all have our days. Or weeks." She hummed, smiling at her. She looked over when the door opened, waving at the two brothers that just walked in.
"Busy day?" Lucas laughed, looking around.
"Everyone is at work, except apparently you two... Who never seem to be working." Brooke pointed out, shaking her head.
Nathan chuckled, rolling his eyes. "That's funny. I was about to say the same to you, since you guys never seem to be working either." He pointed out, taking a seat at a table.
"I'm having some writer's block." Lucas said, shaking his head. "Usually I work." He said, taking a seat across from Nathan.
"What else is new?" Nathan said, smirking slightly.
Lucas shoved him softly, rolling his eyes. "At least I don't suck at basketball and blame it on my bad back."
"Hey! I have a bad back." Nathan responded, shaking his head. "Hales, tell him." He said, nodding at his wife.
Haley looked at Nathan, walking over to him and resting her hand on his shoulder. "He has a bad back." She said, shrugging slightly, before sitting down between the two of them.
"I have a heart condition, but I still kicked your ass." Lucas said, smirking slightly.
"My head just wasn't in it." Nathan sighed, shaking his head.
Brooke walked over, sitting down across from Haley. "Poor baby." She laughed, winking at Nathan.
"Why aren't you at work?" Haley asked Nathan, raising her eyebrows.
Nathan froze slightly when he felt her foot trailing up his leg, clearing his throat. "Oh, Clay and Quinn are looking for baby stuff. Plus it had been awhile since I dunked on Luke... Unfortunately, I lost every game we played." He informed her, letting out a deep breath.
Haley squeezed his arm softly, shrugging. "Everyone has off days." She informed him, biting her lip.
Nathan looked at her, nodding slowly. "Yep." He said softly, letting out a deep breath.
"So... What is it that you guys are here for?" Brooke asked, raising her eyebrows. "I hope you plan on buying something, because if you look around, we're kind of empty today. Hopefully it doesn't fill up because we sent our waitresses home."
"Yeah, yeah. We're here for food." Lucas said, shrugging slightly. "Not that hungry though, because Nathan didn't make me work hard at all today."
"Oh, hell... I don't care, Lucas." Nathan grumbled, rolling his eyes. "I just wasn't focused on basketball."
"I wish Peyton would've been there to watch. It's been awhile since I've beat you at every single game we played." Lucas said, smirking slightly. "Plus, she would've gotten a kick out of it when you threw a temper tantrum and tried to throw the ball as hard as you could at my head."
"Lucas." Nathan said, scowling at him and shaking his head. "I lost my cool. It happens." He grumbled, pushing Haley's foot off his leg.
Brooke cleared her throat, "Alright. What do you guys want?" She asked them, raising her eyebrows.
"I want whatever is fastest, because I have to go meet Peyton." Lucas said, nodding at her.
"Nate?" She hummed, looking over at him.
"I just want water." Nathan responded, sighing softly.
"Really? That's it?" Brooke questioned him.
"I'm sort of on a healthy kick." He said, shrugging. "This-" He gestured to his torso, before flexing his bicep. "Doesn't just happen, you know."
Haley looked at him, letting out a small sigh and standing up slowly. "I'll get started on that. You stay out here and talk." She hummed to Brooke, before walking into the back.
Brooke looked over at Nathan, "So? What's up with her?"
"Hm? She seems fine to me." Nathan responded, shrugging and looking down at the table.
Lucas looked over at him, "Now that you mention it, I went to lunch with her yesterday and she seemed awfully testy."
Nathan sighed softly, standing up. "I'll go talk to her." He said, rubbing his neck. He walked towards the back, pausing in front of the door and sucking in a deep breath. He glanced over his shoulder and Lucas and Brooke, before walking into the room.
As soon as Haley turned around to look at him, Nathan had her up on the countertop and was kissing her. She blinked in surprise, before wrapping her arms around his neck, gripping his shirt tightly.
Nathan resting his hands on her waist, brushing his thumbs over her sides and pulling her closer to him.
Haley pulled back after a minute and looked at him, "We shouldn't be doing this here." She said softly, pulling him into another kiss.
"Who cares?" Nathan hummed against her mouth, closing his eyes and wrapping his arms around her.
She smirked slightly, closing her eyes and letting herself relax into him, tugging on his shirt softly.
He began to kiss down her neck, pulling her shirt collar to the side. "I knew you couldn't resist me, baby. You practically ran out of there." He said softly, sucking on her newly exposed shoulder.
"Mhm." Haley hummed, tilting her head to the side and letting out a shaky breath.
He made sure to leave a mark in a spot that he knew her shirt would cover, before kissing back up to her mouth. "You're perfect." He whispered to her, resting his hands on her legs, kissing her deeply.
Haley smiled slightly, tangling her fingers in his hair, pulling him closer to her, her other hand resting on his chest.
"You're so, so perfect. And so good." He informed her, kissing underneath her ear, much like she had done to him this morning, smirking slightly. "But I'm better." He whispered, biting her earlobe softly, pulling away from her. "Just something to think about." He said, lifting her off the counter and rushing out.
Haley raised her eyebrows, scowling slightly. "What the hell?" She grumbled, shaking her head. She leaned against the counter, letting out a deep breath. She focused her attention back on angrily making Lucas' sandwich.
She stormed out of the kitchen a little while later, dropping a to-go box in front of her long time friend. "There." She said, letting out a deep breath and forcing a tight smile onto her face.
Lucas looked up at her, raising his eyebrows. "Thanks, Haley." He said slowly.
"Yep." Haley responded, looking at the two of them, sitting down next to Brooke.
Brooke cleared her throat, tapping her fingers on the table. "So..." She trailed off.
"I have to go." Lucas said, standing up slowly. "Nathan was my ride, but as he was running out, I'm pretty sure he said something about you driving me home."
Haley looked over at Brooke, sighing softly. "Is that okay?" She asked her.
"Yeah, of course. I think we should close up shop early, then I can go home to my man." Brooke hummed, rubbing her hands together. "Kids are with my mom, so you know what that means."
Haley gave her a small smile, nodding. "Okay, well let's get going then." She said to Lucas. "I'll see you later, Brooke. Sorry I've been in a bad mood. My husband is just an idiot." She grumbled, letting out a deep sigh. "No he's not, forget I said that. Bye." She said to her, hugging her quickly. "Don't forget to lock up. If you decide to stay, let me know and I'll come back. Or you can go and I'll come back, whatever..."
"Haley, you're rambling. Let's close up for the day and go home." Brooke laughed, nodding at her. "I'll see you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow." Haley said softly, looking at Lucas. "Come on." She said, rubbing her neck and heading out of the cafe.
The walk out to the car was silent, and for awhile, the car ride was quiet too, before Lucas spoke up.
"So... What's wrong?" Lucas asked her, raising his eyebrows.
Haley glanced over at him, "Nothing." She said softly, adjusting her grip on the steering wheel.
"So Nathan didn't run out of the cafe in terror that you were going to kill him?" He laughed.
She shook her head, sighing softly. "I don't think you want to hear about it."
"Haley, it's me. You're my best friend." Lucas said, resting his hand on her shoulder. "Brooke wouldn't tell me."
She sighed softly, shaking her head. "Brooke doesn't know, so if she doesn't even know, there's a pretty good chance that you don't need to know." She grumbled.
"I'm hurt, Hales. I thought I was your go to guy." He said, shaking his head.
"You are. But it's more of a thing between Nathan and me." She said, keeping her gaze on the road. "But I really, really don't want to talk about it."
Lucas looked at her, "Well, I'm here for you. I'll always be here for you. And if you and Nathan are having problems, then don't hesitate to tell me." He said, smiling at her.
"I'm fine, Lucas. We're fine too, honestly." She said to him, sending him a small smile. "We're fine."
"Okay, good." He responded, nodding at her.
After a second, Haley glanced over at him. "What are you and Peyton doing today?"
"We were going to go to lunch, but now that I brought food from the cafe, we'll probably watch movies. You can join us, if you want." He hummed, smiling.
"Thank you, but I'm alright." Haley said softly, letting out a deep breath.
"Haley, I don't like it when you're upset." He said, frowning.
"Luke, I'm not upset. It's just been a long few days. I just need to relax a little bit." She said to him, shaking her head and pulling up in front of his house. "Tell Peyton I said hi."
"Yeah, I will. Nathan said Clay needed him to go into the office, so he might be there. But my bet is he's at home." Lucas said, smiling at her. "When you punch, make sure to keep your thumb out of your fist or you could break your thumb." He laughed, winking at her and making a fist. "Oh and make sure to turn your fist so your fist is more horizontal than vertical." He hummed, punching the air.
Haley laughed, punching his shoulder softly. "I think I know how to punch, and you of all people should know that. But I won't be punching my husband."
He nodded, smiling at her. "I'll see you later, Hales. Love you!" He called out, climbing out of her car and waving behind him and walking into the house.
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Haley pulled into the garage, rolling her eyes at Nathan's car in his usually spot, shaking her head and getting out quickly, walking inside. She found him in the living room, sitting on the couch with a controller in his hands and headphones in his ears.
She walked around the couch, standing in front of the TV and resting her hands on her hips.
Nathan looked up at her, pulling his headphones out quickly. "You aren't supposed to be home yet."
"We decided to close early." Haley informed him, clearing her throat.
"Oh." He responded, looking down and letting out a small sigh.
"You think you're funny, huh?" She asked him, rolling her eyes.
"No ma'am." He replied, leaning back against the couch.
"Don't call me ma'am." She said, turning off the TV and letting out a deep breath. "That was some stunt, Scott."
"Thank you." Nathan said, crossing his arms and smirking.
She took a seat next to him, resting her hand on his leg. "Nathan, sweetie..."
"I hate when you call me that." Nathan grumbled, shaking his head. "That means you're going to tell me about what I'm doing wrong."
"Okay, not true. Let's just have an adult conversation. Can we do that?" She asked him, letting out a deep sigh.
He looked down at her, nodding. "Of course. But I'm not giving up."
"It's just a picture, Nathan! Why do you need a picture when you have the real thing? Is it really worth it?" She grumbled.
"Why can't I have both?" He questioned her, shrugging slightly.
"Because... Dammit, Nathan. Just give me the stupid picture and then have sex with me!" Haley snapped to him, squeezing his leg.
"You were right, Haley. This will be over by tonight. Only because you can't resist the Scott charm, though." He said, standing up.
"This is ridiculous, you know that?" She asked him, standing up as well and poking his chest. "I'm pregnant, and it's your duty as a husband to do what I need you to do."
"That sounds like you caving." Nathan said, resting his hand on her shoulder. "Just say the words, Haley, and I'm all yours. Like you said, it's just a picture."
"Get over yourself, Nathan." Haley grumbled, pushing his hand off her shoulder. "You aren't high and mighty. You're suffering, and I know it."
"Please, babe. I go out of town all the time." He said, shrugging slightly.
"I'm without you as often as you are without me." She pointed out, scowling at him.
"You brought me on tour with you because you couldn't handle being without me." Nathan said, raising his eyebrows.
Haley looked up at him, letting out a deep breath. "You're right." She said simply, poking his chest. "I hate being away from you, Nathan. I don't understand why we're doing this when we're around each other." She said, resting her hands on his arms, taking a small step closer to him. "All I want is my big, strong, sexy husband." She said softly, kissing his jaw lightly.
He closed his eyes, sighing softly. "Yeah?" He asked her, resting his hand on her side.
"What do you say we have the kids spend the night somewhere else tonight?" She suggested, blinking up at him. "It'll just be you, and me. I'm sure we can figure out something to do." She whispered to him, kissing him briefly. "Maybe we can do whatever you want to do." She s
Nathan pulled her closer to him, resting his forehead on hers and smiling slightly. "Mm..." He hummed, sighing softly. He stepped back after a second, looking at her and raising his eyebrows. "You did that pretty fast. I could feel myself slipping."
"You're pissing me off." Haley grumbled, pushing him softly. "Just go change, I'm tired of you looking like you're about to go play basketball all the time." She said, shaking her head and sitting on the couch.
He looked down at her, kissing her forehead softly. "All you have to do is ask, Haley. I'm more than willing." He said, smirking down at her.
"Stop talking to me. You're just making me angrier. Stop pretending like this isn't doing anything to you. I know you must be suffering, Nathan." Haley grumbled, shaking her head.
Nathan laughed, pulling his shirt over his head, dropping it in her lap. "I guess I found a second wind of strength."
"These are the days where you I wish that I could drink." She responded, throwing his shirt at him. "I don't want this."
"You say the sweetest things to me." He hummed, sitting next to her.
"Every word you say to me is making me even more mad, Nathan. So just go." She said, shaking her head and looking away from him. "I could kill you after what you did at the cafe."
"I'll use a line that Taylor would use. Hales, that was so twenty minutes ago." He said, laughing quietly.
"Oh, so now you're bringing up Taylor." She said, crossing her arms. "Go have sex with her if you like her so much."
Nathan blinked at her, raising his eyebrows. "Haley." He said, shaking his head.
"Sorry." She said, leaning her head back. "I don't know why I said that."
He looked at her, standing up slowly. "You're sexy as hell, Haley James."
"I don't want to hear it- well, actually I don't mind hearing it, but..." She trailed off, letting out a deep breath. "Nathan."
"I know, I know. But I also know that I really want you to recreate that picture with me." He said, smirking at her.
Haley rolled her eyes, letting out a small sigh. "Whatever. Just go change." She grumbled, turning the TV back on.
"You don't want to come?" He asked her, smirking slightly.
"No." She said simply, focusing her attention on the TV.
Nathan looked at her, nodding slowly. "Well, since you hate what I'm wearing, is there something specific you want me to wear?"
"I honestly don't care. You have the same shirts in like three different colors." She said, shrugging.
"Maybe you can show me some of the stuff you apparently bought yesterday." He suggested, winking at her.
"I told you what had to happen in order for me to do that." She said, crossing her arms.
"Maybe if you showed me some, I would be more willing." He said, shrugging slightly.
"It's bothering me how much you're acting like this isn't bothering you." Haley grumbled, picking up a pillow and hugging it to her.
"You've been acting all week." He pointed out.
"Ten days. Just go change, I've told you like a million times." She sighed, leaning back.
"Damn you're sexy when you're bossing me around." He said, smirking at her, hurrying away as she threw the pillow at him.
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Nathan followed Haley aimlessly through the grocery store, occasionally grabbing things off the shelves and putting them in the cart, then they would either be accepted or veto'd by her. He was zoned out on her, watching how she walked, and how she checked off her grocery list after grabbing the things she had written down. He noted how her eyes would wander over to basically anything that was unhealthy, and he could see how she talked herself out of it. He was so in love with her.
He snapped out of it when she stopped walking abruptly, running into her. He quickly rested her hands on her hips to steady her, looking down at her.
Haley looked over her shoulder at him, raising her eyebrows. "Everything alright?" She questioned him.
He nodded, looking down at her. "Uh, yeah. Sorry. I just got distracted." He said softly, resting his hands on the cart on either side of her. "You know, this isn't what I thought our night without children would be like."
"I didn't think you would volunteer to come." She grumbled, shaking her head. "This is a public place, Nathan. I feel like this is a little bit too much PDA."
"I'm not doing anything." He responded, kissing the back of her head. "I could show you PDA if you want."
"There are people around." She said softly, glancing around the empty aisle.
"Oh come on, we're old news. No one would take a picture or anything." He said softly, looking around, tilting his head down and kissing her shoulder lightly.
"I'm pretty sure people would take pictures of this. People do notice us sometimes, you know. I don't want to embarrass our kids." She said softly, ducking under his arm. "Now, if you're done running into me."
"It was an accident. I was too distracted by how beautiful you are." He said, smirking at her. "And it hurts me that you don't want my affection." He hummed, leaning against the cart.
"That's not what I said, Nathan." She responded, looking at him and sighing softly.
"It's just me being near you gets you going too much." He said, looking at her and grinning.
"Oh lord." Haley grumbled, shaking her head. "Can I have my cart back?"
"Let me push it for you." He said, looking over at her. "I want to have the power for once."
"I thought you liked it when I took control." She said, grabbing onto his bicep, resting her chin on his shoulder and looking up at him.
Nathan smirked slightly, looking down at her. "Are we still talking about pushing shopping carts?"
"Baby, I'll push your shopping cart." She responded, winking at him and holding back a laugh.
Nathan burst into laughter, looking down at her. "You're such a dork." He said, kissing her forehead. "And that doesn't even make sense."
"Just let me have my moment." She said, squeezing his arm. "And my cart back."
"Fine." He laughed, letting go over the cart and stepping back. "But only because I like to watch you walk."
Haley rolled her eyes, smiling slightly, grabbing onto the cart again, glancing over her shoulder at him.
He looked at her, grinning slightly. "You're pretty hot, I'm not going to lie."
She shook her head, laughing quietly. "Hitting on girls in the cereal aisle, huh?"
"Not enough people take advantage of how romantic this aisle can be." He pointed out. "It's the perfect place to talk to pretty girls."
"Oh, so you do this often?" She asked him, raising her eyebrows.
"Not really, I'm kind of bad with the ladies. But when I saw you, I thought 'Wow, this is the most beautiful girl in the world, I better talk to her.' So here I am." He said, smirking at her.
"Oh, I like you." Haley said, smiling at him.
Nathan matched her pace easily, resting his hand on her back. "Good. I'm glad that you're in a better mood now."
"That's because I'm making plans." She informed him, winking at him.
He blinked at her, raising his eyebrows. "Plans?"
"Mhm." Haley hummed, looking up the shelves.
"What plans?" He frowned at her, clearing his throat.
"Well..." She looked at him again, smiling at him. "When we get home, I'm going to rip that shirt off of you, and put this whip cream all over your chest." She whispered to him, holding up a bottle of whip cream she had put in the cart earlier, glancing over at the other person that had just walked into the aisle, before continuing onward.
Nathan stopped in his tracks, his eyes following her as she continued to walk slowly. He looked over at the other person in the aisle, planning out his next move carefully in his head. It would not go over well with Haley if he just pinned her up against the shelves right now, but that was all his sex deprived brain was telling him to do. He could take her to the bathrooms, it wouldn't have been the first time they'd done that. But then they'd have to leave the cart just sitting there, which she probably would not want to do. He blinked when he realized she was at the end of the aisle, looking back at him with a smug smirk on her face. He jogged to the her, shaking his head. "I thought it was unusual for you to buy that, since you said stopped yourself when it came to your other cravings." He said softly, letting out a deep breath.
Haley looked up at him, shrugging her shoulders slightly. "Mm, you know me too well. Where to next?"
"Home." He responded, letting out a deep breath. "Let's go."
"Really? You don't want to finish shopping?" She asked him, raising her eyebrows.
"Hell no. Come on, we don't need most of this stuff. I'll bring the car around front and see you out there?" He suggested, looking down at her.
She smirked at him, kissing his cheek softly. "Okay. I'll see you out there." She said, winking at him.
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Haley watched Nathan as he put away the groceries, a small smile on her face. "I love you." She blurted out, resting her hand on his back.
Nathan looked over his shoulder at her, raising his eyebrows. "I love you too." He said, smirking slightly.
"And even if we never have sex ever again, I'll still love you." She said, kissing his shoulder blade softly.
"Stop it." He grumbled, shaking his head. "Right now, we can do what we did before we were married. Make out until you decide it's time to stop."
"Didn't you marry me so we could have sex?" She questioned him, smirking slightly.
"Funny." He laughed, leaning against the counter, before turning around and looking at her, tucking her hair behind her ear. "Didn't you have a plan? I haven't put the whip cream away yet."
"You know when you told me that I wouldn't be able to resist the Scott charm?" She questioned him, kissing him softly. "Well you seem to forget that I'm a Scott too, and you can't resist my charm."
"I could never forget that you're a Scott, baby." He hummed, shrugging slightly.
Haley brushed her hand over his chest, undoing one of the buttons on his shirt, kissing his newly exposed skin lightly. She looked up at him, raising her eyebrows. She could almost see a light switch on in his head, which confused her, until he started o speak.
"Vous êtes si belle." Nathan whispered, smirking slightly.
She froze, her hands that were working on the buttons on his shirt stilling. "Don't." She said quickly. "Don't you dare start speaking French to me. You rarely do it, so don't start now."
"Pourquoi?" He questioned her, raising his eyebrows.
She could feel her knees getting weak, leaning against him, gripping his shirt tightly. "Nathan."
"S'il vous plaît." He said, leaning his head down and kissing her neck softly, pulling her closer to him.
Haley let out a deep breath, tilting her head back and closing her eyes. "You can't do this to me, with my hormones and everything..."
"Mm... Je t'aime." He responded to her, sucking on her skin lightly.
Haley shoved him back into the counter, stepping away from him, looking at his rejected face, before pulling him into a deep kiss.
He rested his hands on her waist, pushing up her shirt slightly, letting his fingertips graze over her skin lightly.
"You know what, forget the damn picture." Haley said, stepping away again and pulling her shirt over her head. She grabbed the opening of his shirt, pulling it open quickly. "I want you. Wipe that smart ass smirk on your face because you knew that would happen. But be prepared, I just spent ten days without you to lose." She grumbled, grabbing her shirt collar and pulling him down to her, so their faces were near level. "Get the whip cream out of the bag, and meet me in the bathroom." She said, kissing him once more.
Nathan nodded at her, "Okay, baby." He said, taking a second to let his eyes graze over her, smirking slightly. "And we'll be remaking the picture?"
"Eventually." She responded, rolling her eyes. "Ten days to lose, Nathan." She grumbled, gripping his arm tightly. "I'll be upstairs." She said quietly, waiting a second to make sure her legs would function properly, before heading to the stairs. "Just start stripping on your way!" She called out to him, disappearing up the stairs.
Nathan let out a deep breath once she was gone, leaning against the counter and closing his eyes. "Finally." He grumbled to himself, digging through the bags until he found the whip cream, basically running up the stairs, letting his shirt drop off his shoulders on the way.
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Haley grazed her fingernails down his sweat glazed, slightly sticky chest, looking at the clock. It was nearing three in the morning, and she was pretty sure they'd worked each other to the bone, both of them still breathing heavily.
Nathan whistled quietly, looking at her and grinning. "Damn." He said softly, kissing her forehead.
"You said that already." She responded, clearing her throat.
"Better talk while you still can, Hales. Your voice will be gone tomorrow." He said, smirking at her.
"Mm..." She trailed off, kissing his cheek softly.
He reached over, grabbing the whip cream off his nightstand and spraying some into her mouth. "You're so hot."
Haley smiled at him, winking. "You're not so bad yourself."
"Thank you." He hummed, looking down at her.
She ran her fingers through his hair, before letting her hand rest on his cheek. "I lost." She said, sighing softly.
"You went out with a bang." He informed her, smirking slightly.
She laughed, shaking her head and kissing him briefly. "Not a good joke." She said, pulling him closer to her, kissing him softly.
Nathan brushed his finger tips over her shoulder, closing his eyes and smiling against her mouth.
She pulled back after a second, taking a second to glance over his chest once again, before meeting his gaze.
"You still want this." He said, gesturing at himself. "After hours and hours, you still want more." He laughed, winking at her.
"Come on." She said, tracing the muscles in his abdomen. "We could shower, and then go downstairs and find something to eat. Or a protein shake, whatever. But I'm eating."
"I only said that so I could flex my muscles." He said, smirking slightly. "You know what really sounds good? Mac and cheese." He said, nodding at her.
"I love you so much." Haley laughed, kissing him deeply. "Come on Scott, let's get you in the shower."
