Nathan and Haley are on the last couple of boxes of Nathan's stuff when Dan
comes "home".
"What are all the boxes for?" Dan asked looking between Haley and Nathan.
"Pretending to be you. Look familiar?" Nathan said taking a box to his SUV.
"What do you mean?"
"I'm leavin', Dad. I'm tired of you and mom fighting. I'll live with some friends," he said glancing at Haley.
"Have a nice life then. Don't expect me and your mother to support you," Dan stated bluntly.
"Other than a roof and clothes you never have. Basketball always came first with you, and with mom it was her job. So there isn't much of a difference between then and now," Nathan pointed out. "See ya, Dad."
Nathan closed the trunk and walked toward the driver's side. Before he got in he looked have at the house. He thought about the good times, but then the recent events and the yelling flooded back to his mind.
"What the hell's his problem?" Haley asked turning down the radio.
"He's pissed because he's not getting his way. He wants to control me, and if I don't live there he can't. His loss more than mine."
"You still gonna do basketball?"
"Yeah, it's my life, but now I'm gonna have some fun."
"Yeah... fun," Haley squeezed his hand reassuringly.
"You know he's wrong though." She added a few minutes later.
"Who's wrong about what?"
"Dan. He has to still support you... unless you get emancipated. You're still in both of their custody. If him and Deb get a divorce, he's still will have to pay child support whether you're living with your mom or not."
"Really?"
"Yeah, it's like if you go to visit your grandparents, you're parents still have to give you consent for things, even though you're some place else."
"Never thought of that...guess it serves him right though. He might be able to run away from me and mom, but he'll never be free from us." Nathan said half laughing.
They finally arrived back to Haley's and started to unpack when Lucas was walking up the street.
"Oh great... this is gonna help a whole bunch between the two of us." Haley said nodding in Luke's direction the looking down at the box in her arms.
"Yeah, I'm sorry to be causing so much between you two." Nathan said surprising Haley.
"It's ok. He needs to get over it and be happy for me," she said kissing his cheek.
Nathan was getting another box out of the back of the car when Lucas walks up and sees the boxes.
"What's with the boxes?" Lucas said.
"I'm gonna let Hales explain that one."
"Well, where is she?"
"Inside somewhere."
Luke walked in the door to find Haley getting a glass of water.
"Hey buddy," Luke said walking in the kitchen.
"Hey yourself."
"What's with the boxes?"
"Nathan's moving in, don't be mad, it's only temporary."
"Oh ok."
"Is that all?"
"Yeah, I've done some thinking. I'm gonna get over who you're going out with. That doesn't change the fact that I don't like him, but I want you to be happy."
"Really?" Luke nodded, "Oh Luke! You have no idea how happy I am! I didn't want to be mad at you." She yipped throwing her arms around his neck.
"But just remember, if he hurts you, in anyway, his ass is mine!" Luke said with a smile settling a smiling Haley back on the floor.
"What are all the boxes for?" Dan asked looking between Haley and Nathan.
"Pretending to be you. Look familiar?" Nathan said taking a box to his SUV.
"What do you mean?"
"I'm leavin', Dad. I'm tired of you and mom fighting. I'll live with some friends," he said glancing at Haley.
"Have a nice life then. Don't expect me and your mother to support you," Dan stated bluntly.
"Other than a roof and clothes you never have. Basketball always came first with you, and with mom it was her job. So there isn't much of a difference between then and now," Nathan pointed out. "See ya, Dad."
Nathan closed the trunk and walked toward the driver's side. Before he got in he looked have at the house. He thought about the good times, but then the recent events and the yelling flooded back to his mind.
"What the hell's his problem?" Haley asked turning down the radio.
"He's pissed because he's not getting his way. He wants to control me, and if I don't live there he can't. His loss more than mine."
"You still gonna do basketball?"
"Yeah, it's my life, but now I'm gonna have some fun."
"Yeah... fun," Haley squeezed his hand reassuringly.
"You know he's wrong though." She added a few minutes later.
"Who's wrong about what?"
"Dan. He has to still support you... unless you get emancipated. You're still in both of their custody. If him and Deb get a divorce, he's still will have to pay child support whether you're living with your mom or not."
"Really?"
"Yeah, it's like if you go to visit your grandparents, you're parents still have to give you consent for things, even though you're some place else."
"Never thought of that...guess it serves him right though. He might be able to run away from me and mom, but he'll never be free from us." Nathan said half laughing.
They finally arrived back to Haley's and started to unpack when Lucas was walking up the street.
"Oh great... this is gonna help a whole bunch between the two of us." Haley said nodding in Luke's direction the looking down at the box in her arms.
"Yeah, I'm sorry to be causing so much between you two." Nathan said surprising Haley.
"It's ok. He needs to get over it and be happy for me," she said kissing his cheek.
Nathan was getting another box out of the back of the car when Lucas walks up and sees the boxes.
"What's with the boxes?" Lucas said.
"I'm gonna let Hales explain that one."
"Well, where is she?"
"Inside somewhere."
Luke walked in the door to find Haley getting a glass of water.
"Hey buddy," Luke said walking in the kitchen.
"Hey yourself."
"What's with the boxes?"
"Nathan's moving in, don't be mad, it's only temporary."
"Oh ok."
"Is that all?"
"Yeah, I've done some thinking. I'm gonna get over who you're going out with. That doesn't change the fact that I don't like him, but I want you to be happy."
"Really?" Luke nodded, "Oh Luke! You have no idea how happy I am! I didn't want to be mad at you." She yipped throwing her arms around his neck.
"But just remember, if he hurts you, in anyway, his ass is mine!" Luke said with a smile settling a smiling Haley back on the floor.