Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to OTH, or the song Picture by Sheryl Crow & Kid Rock.
Backround Information: Nathan/Haley never got married, they broke up junior year and then Brooke and Nathan got together in the summer before senior year. At the end of their senior year Nathan found out Brooke was pregnant with his child, he left her. Now 2 years later they find themselves in two different states of mind remembering each other when they find a picture from the past.
Livin' my life in a slow hell.
Different girl every night at the hotel.
I ain't seen the sun shine in 3 damn days.
Been fuelin' up on cocaine and whisky.
His hands held his face just as every ounce of guilt and remorse emptied him, he did this regularly, cocaine was his only remedy for this amount of pain. He looked over to the girl who lay in his bed that night, she was some waitress at a local bar that he'd picked up for the hell of it. He never was one for commitment, just some small talk then he was ready to go...except for one girl she was different, he actually went for more than just sex but that was in the past. A half drunken bottle of whisky was open and sitting on his night stand, he drank that before anything happened between him and...he picked up her waitress uniform and read her name tag, Kara. He was in a small town on the outskirts of North Carolina, it wasn't sunny and bright...more like dark and gloomy, rain beat down on his windows constantly, he'd only been there a good six months but it was still enough to drive him crazy. His whole life was making him crazy, it wasn't just the drugs that drove him crazy, it was the girls and the constant sex. He wasn't usually one who complained about sex, he'd been a real player in high school but it all stopped that one day when that cheery brunette stepped onto the basketball court wearing her Raven's cheerleading outfit smiling ear to ear like she always was.
Wish I had a good girl to miss me.
Lord I wonder if I'll ever change my ways.
I put your picture away.
Sat down and cried today.
All these girls he had now didn't even compare to her, everything about her was unbelievable. He kicked himself everyday for ever leaving her and his unborn child, he didn't even know if it was a boy or girl. It didn't matter to him, a boy or girl would be great but he was scared of what was to come. He thought about going back but then he'd find her, she would hate him, maybe she has found someone new, someone who wants to be there for her. He still had some boxes that he hadn't even opened since he left that small town called Tree Hill, where secrecy didn't exist. He'd been to four different towns in 2 years never staying longer than six months, he didn't want to get attached. He opened one of the boxes, it was all his old trophies and basketball jersey's. His parent's sent this particular box to him, right after it got where he was staying...he bailed. If she had gotten that address then she would've found him, he didn't want that, and all he ever wanted was to love her and not hurt her. He wasn't capable of doing that.
He looked through the team pictures and MVP award's, then he came across a picture of him and her together smiling like nothing was wrong and everything was perfect. Times were a lot easier then, that picture was taken after a Raven's game the championship game to be exact, she wore a smile on her face as well as a 'Ravens' temporary tattoo on her cheek, and her dimples were sitting there on her cheeks. That was the night she told him she was pregnant...that was the night that changed both of their lives forever. A single tear slid slowly down his cheek as he remembered that their last conversation was a fight that had hurt both of them deeply. They fought about the unborn baby, their relationship and what the hell they were gonna do.
I can't look at you while I'm lyin' next to her.
I put your picture away, sat down and cried today.
I can't look at you while I'm lyin' next to her.
His lonely tear was suddenly surrounded with more tears flowing out of his eyes as he looked from the naked blonde waitress on his bed to the beautiful girl in the picture, smiling, holding his hand. He put the picture in the bottom of the box, closed it and stuffed it in the closet. He'd obviously made more noise than he expected because the blonde stirred. He locked himself in the bathroom, got into the shower and let the hot water drown his many sorrows, his tears mixed with the water beating down on him, hoping the tears would just go away. After his shower he kicked out the blonde and packed up his stuff in his small car. He headed out of the old gloomy gray town, he headed to the place he knew too well, he drove for hours when he finally made it to his destination. The sign greeted him graciously. It seemed like yesterday he was reading the other side of that sign where it told him to leave but this was a whole different story, this time he was welcomed. 'Welcome to Tree Hill. Please enjoy your stay.'
It's not done yet but that's the first chapter. The second one will be in Brooke's POV. Hope you enjoyed the first chap! Please review:)