Chapter 6
After Lucas and his mom leaves, Haley's mom walks up and talks to her.
"Haley can we talk."
"Sure. Come on in."
Haley's mom pulls up Haley's computer chair to the side of her bed. Haley sits up.
"So are you up here to lecture me or are you up here to talk?"
"I want to talk."
"Ok."
"Haley everyone knows how much you are changing and it scares us. Lucas definitely. He told us the way you acted tonight and I think it's harsh."
"No it's because he doesn't want me to be with Nathan cause he hates him."
"Oh yeah. Well Haley I don't want you to turn out a bad person that's all."
"I won't mom. Can't you see I'm not changing I'm just growing up. I always thought growing up would be so much fun, but it's not. It's so complicated. So many people expect so much out of me. I am sorry mom. I'm sorry I can't be perfect anymore highschool won't let me do it."
"I know and that's why I am ungrounding you and you can go out with Nathan tomorrow. Just please don't try anything like that again."
"I won't."
"Ok hunny now go to bed."
"Night." Haley says getting under her covers.
"Night." Her mom says shutting off the lights and closing her door.
The next morning Peyton wakes up to the phone ringing.
"Hello?" Peyton says trying her best to adjust her eyes to the bright sun shining in her windows.
"Hey Peyt guess what?" Haley says on the other line.
"What?"
"I'm ungrounded."
"That was fast."
"Yeah I know so when you get dressed and everything swing by and pick me up."
"Ok."
"Ok bye."
"Bye."
Peyton gets up and gets ready then she goes to pick up Haley.
As soon as Haley gets into the school she goes straight to Nathan who was at his locker as always waiting for her as he did every morning.
"Nathan I am off grounded." Haley says throwing her arms around him.
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah. So we can do something after school for valentines day."
"Actually I am going to pick you up tonight around 7."
"Oh ok."
They go to their classes, but it was so hard for Haley to concentrate just thinking about what Nathan had planned. After school she had Peyton to drop her off at Lucas's. When they got their Lucas was getting out of his car.
"Are you getting out to talk to him?" Haley asks starting to get out.
"No we're doing something tonight. You go ahead and talk to him."
"Ok bye." Haley shuts the door and runs over to Lucas. "Hey."
"Haley what do you want?"
"Can we talk?"
"About what?!"
"Don't yell at me Lucas."
"Come on." Lucas says grabbing his bookbag from his backseat and walking inside. He goes to the kitchen and they sit at the table.
"Lucas why can't I grow up? Why is that such a bad thing to you?"
"It's not. It's not you growing up it's you being with Nathan."
"Why can't I be with Nathan?"
"Cause you know I hate him."
"Oh I see. It's all about you now. It's me falling in love with him not you."
"Your not falling in love with him."
"Oh I'm not how do you know?"
"Cause you can't."
"Why can't I?"
"Cause you still love me."
"No I don't Lucas."
"Oh really you don't Haley?"
"Not in that way. I love you like a bestfriend."
"Wow now I feel special Haley."
"Lucas why are you doing this to me?"
"Doing what?"
"Everytime I come visit you now you seem to always want to argue about Nathan and I am sick of it."
"Remember when we were younger and....."
"No! Lucas I refuse to go back and bring back old memories with you." Haley says standing up.
"Why is that?"
"Cause I'm scared."
"Why?"
"Cause I never want to go back to them. I never want to go back to that person I was."
"And who was that person?"
"A person who was scared of everything."
"Don't be scared anymore Haley. Let's just talk."
She sits back down
"When we was younger and we would play on the swings at the park, we would play on the monkeybars, and the merry-go-round it just seemed so simple. You tried so hard to protect me from getting hurt, but I still seemed to find a way to fall down. Nomatter how many times I fell and scraped my legs and arms it never compared to the pain of a broken heart. The one thing that was beyond your control to protect and it was broken. In a blink of a eye it shattered and I can't seem to fix it."
"I wish I could."
"I know you do, but it's Nathan's job now."
Lucas just sits there silent.
"I need to go. Bye Luke."
"Bye."
Haley walks out the door, but then stops.
"By the way Lucas." Lucas looks up at her. "Nomatter how many times you broke my heart.......you will always be my bestfriend."
"I hope Nathan doesn't break your heart."
"Me to."
She leaves.
Haley walks back to her house and gets ready for Nathan to come over. He comes around 6:55 and knocks on her door and she answers.
"Hey Nathan."
"Hey babe are you ready to go?"
"Yeah."
Nathan walks her to the car and opens the door for her then gets in the driver's side and drives off.
"So where we going?" Haley asks excited.
"It's a surprise."
"Oh ok."
Haley sits in her seat so excited to see what he has planned for her.
"Put this on." Nathan says handing her a blindfold.
"What?"
"Just do it."
"Ok." Haley puts on the blindfold.
He pulls up and stops the car. He helps her out and walks her over to a place. He pulls off her blindfold and she finds her staring through the ocean.
"OMG Nathan it's beautiful."
"Yeah and look."
Haley looks over to find a table for two to eat as they view the site of the ocean.
"This is great thank you so much for taking me here." Haley says hugging him.
"Anything for you Haley. Now lets eat."
They both sit and talk as they eat their dinner. After they were done Nathan gets a blanket out of his car and puts it on the sand and they sit on it. She sits in between his legs as he wraps his arms around her.
"Haley I want know what Lucas did to make you give it up to him that night."
"Why do you want to know?"
"Cause I want to know what made you want him in that way, so that just maybe I can make you one me in that way to."
"You really don't want to know. It's a long story."
"Please?"
"Ok. It was Christmas eve night me and Lucas was at my house all alone cause Peyton had left and Jake to. Lucas stayed of course because his mom was talking to my mom. We was sitting on the couch watching tv and I wanted to show him something, I forget what it is now. So I walked upstairs and I was searching everywhere for it. I heard a knock on my bedroom door and I find Lucas there. And I told him I couldn't find it and he told me he didn't care that we could just hang out up here so we did. We sat on my bed and he leaned over and kissed me. I shoved him off and I asked why he did it. He said he couldn't help it that he loved me. That was the very first person who told me they loved me and it made me feel so special. So I gave in and kissed him. Then he started to get on top of me and I got so scared. I didn't know what was happening. So I just went with it and went all the way with him. OMG it was so great. It was like heaven on earth I swear. The next morning Lucas was so angry, cause he knew I was waiting for marriage. Then I started to cry cause I broke my morals. So I ran back home as fast as I could, and laid there and cried. It didn't take me a minute to lay down till I realized Lucas was the one. He's the one that I have been saving myself for all that time."
"If he was the one, then what broke you two up?"
"Love."
"What do you mean love?"
"Trust me Nathan when you think your so in love don't be so sure. Sometimes love can be your worst enemy."
"Don't scare me like that Haley."
"Why would that scare you?"
"Cause I think I'm falling in love with you."
"No Nathan your really not."
"How do you know?"
"Trust me Nathan you will know when your really head over heels in love with someone."
"Oh."
"Just don't let it break us up like it did me and Lucas."
"Then tell me. Tell me how I know?"
"I don't know Nathan. I really don't, but Nathan I want to share everything with you that me and Lucas did. I want to make love to you Nathan. I want that to bring us close. I want that to make us love each other even more. I want that to make you stay with me forever and always." Haley says putting her arms around him.
"I don't Haley. I don't want that to make you stay with me. I want love to make us stay together. Remember sometimes love is all it takes. Isn't that what you told me."
"Yeah. Now lets just sit here and keep each other close and watch the stars till sunrise."
Lucas had decided to take Peyton to a art showing that was going on that day at the center then he would take her to dinner. So they went to the showing and stayed for about a hour and a half then went to dinner.
"Lucas that was amazing thanks for taking me there."
"Yeah no problem. Now order whatever you want it's on me."
"Awww...ok."
"Peyton how did I get so lucky? How did I get the chance to fall in love with you?"
"Your such a cornball Lucas."
"No I'm serious Peyton. I am really glad I am spending valentines with you tonight."
"Me too Luke."
"I got you something." Lucas says sliding out a bag from under the table.
"Lucas you didn't have to get me anything."
"Of course I did. Here open it."
He hands her the bag and she pulls all the tissue paper off from the top. She finds a teddy bear in it, flowers, lotion, and perfume. There was a long box that was individual wrapped. Peyton unwraps it and opens the box.
"OMG." Peyton says with tears starting to form. When she opened the box she found a 1 and a half karat diamond on a 24 karat white gold necklace. "Lucas this is to much." She says giving him back the box and necklace and walking away.
Lucas runs outside after her and finds her sitting on the curb with her arms on her shoulders trying to keep warm.
"Here take this." Lucas says taking his jacket off and putting it around her.
"Thanks."
"Yeah." Lucas sits down beside her. "What was wrong with you in there? Did you not like it?"
"No I loved it. It's just Lucas I never got anything that nice before. I guess I was shocked that someone like you would want to spend that much on me."
"Peyton you are worth so more than just a diamond necklace, but that's all I could afford."
"I just feel like your trying to hard to keep me. Lucas if your not leaving me again then I am going to stay with you forever this time. Ok."
"I know, but I am just scared. Everyone around me is changing and I hate it. I wish everyone would stay the same."
"I wish we could to, but it's not possible. Eventually everyone is going to leave us and go to college, get married, and move far far away."
"I know. Please Peyton accept this necklace and where it."
Peyton pulls her hair around her shoulder and let's him put it on her.
"Thanks Lucas I really do like it."
"I know you do babe. Now come on let's go home."
They get up and go home.
As soon as the sun started to rise Nathan and Haley decided to pack up and leave for home. Nathan gives her a good-bye kiss and she runs to her porch. As soon as she hits half way there she finds roses everywhere. Haley walks in side and runs in to her room to find a bouquet of flowers and a note beside them. She picks it up and reads it.
Haley,
Hey baby I hope you like all the flowers. I just want you to know how much I love you and how hard I have fallen in love with you. Baby you are everything to me and if you ever decide to leave me one day I think I would just die. I am so glad you gave me a second chance. Haley you have bettered my life in so many ways. I want to thank you for giving me the courage to stick up to my dad. I actually had the courage to tell my dad to back off me and Lucas and to let us play the game we want to. My life was so hectic till you came and calmed everything down. I want you to go into your bathroom and look in the mirror. I want you to look at how much beauty you have and there's your answer to the question you asked me the other day. 'Why do you love me so much?' I love you and I hope we are together forever!
Love Nathan
Haley walks into the bathroom and looks in the mirror. She goes to turn on the faucet and she finds a little box.
'OMG' She says to herself.
She opens it up to find a silver ring with diamond hearts all around it. Their was a card sitting up on the sink. She opens it up and reads it.
Haley,
I hope you like the card and the ring. Don't get scared it's just a promise ring. I want you to wear it and its my promise to never hurt you or cheat on you as long as we are together.
Love Nathan