Okay, I'm sooo sorry I didn't update sooner. I've been so busy with school stuff and FBLA, they are really loading me up. I'm trying though! I hope you are enjoying the story. Here's the next chapter, don't forget to review and let me know what you think!

Haley walks up to the door of Karen's Café and pauses to look through the door before going in. She sees Karen, Lucas, Brooke, and Nathan in there putting up decorations and decorating the tree. They are all smiling and laughing with each other. She's so happy that everything is working out with everyone. She shivers and pulls the door open.

"Hey everybody! Sorry I'm late." She says as she takes off her coat.

"Hey Haley, don't worry about it. We have plenty left to do." Karen says with a smile as Lucas makes his way over to hug his best friend. As she looks over his shoulder, she sees Brooke mouth "help me" to her with a desperate look on her face and she has to laugh. She glances over at Nathan who doesn't acknowledge her, but keeps putting ornaments on the tree.

"Nathan, can we talk in the back for a few minutes?" She says as she makes her way behind the counter to get some hot chocolate.

"I'm sorta busy here." He says without looking at her.

"Go on man, we've got things covered out here." Lucas tells him, sensing there is a problem.

Nathan doesn't say a word, but makes his way back towards his wife. They walk through the doorway together.

"Nathan…" Haley starts, but is promptly cut off by Nathan.

"Don't Nathan me, Haley. I don't wanna hear this right now. I can't believe you pulled this shit tonight. You really let us, me, down." Nathan says as he shrugs off the hand she reaches out.

"I just ran a little late Nathan. We got carried away with making sure the tracks were perfect. Nothing was going on." She tried to reason with him.

"You're wrong. There is plenty going on. You've changed, Haley. Before, you just loved music and just wanted to play and sing. Can't you see it? Now all you care about is being in the studio trying to make something out of it." Nathan said exasperatedly.

"I thought you wanted to support me?" She asked with a confused, but angry expression on her face.

"I am supporting you, but I don't want you to change; I want you to be that girl that I married. I want you to remember what's important, your family, your friends, me…you're hurting me, Haley, can't you see it?" He finishes quietly, hanging his head.

"I didn't know that was how you felt…" She trailed off as she looks at her feet.

"Well, it is." He said as he takes one last look at her and starts to walk back towards the front.

"Nathan, just wait a minute. I wanna get this out right now. I don't want to spend Christmas with this hanging over our heads." Haley says as she grabs his arm to turn him around.

"Look, you know what I want done. There isn't much I can say. You know how I feel and it's all up to you to make the changes. So what's it gonna be?" He asked as he looked into her eyes with a pathetic look on his face.

"Nathan…" She started, wringing her hands.

"You know what? Fine, whatever, do what you want." He said maliciously as he stormed out.

Haley just stood there helplessly as she watched him shrug off his brother's arm and walk through the café doors. She slowly walked out to find the group just staring at her.

"Hales, what happened?" Lucas asks with a sympathetic expression as he walks towards her.

"I messed up Luke. I probably just destroyed my marriage." She says with her head down as she walks past a confused Lucas and out the door.

As soon as the rush of cold air slams into her, she realizes the severity of what just happened.

"Oh my God, I have to find him." She mumbles to herself as she takes off running in the first direction that comes into her head.

Just as she suspected, she finds him down at the docks where they had their first tutoring sessions. She watches him stare out into the water for a few moments before she slowly and quietly makes her way towards him.

"Remember this place? Where we had our first tutoring sessions and where I took the time to get to know you and realize what I had been missing?" Nathan asks without glancing towards her, surprising her.

"Yeah, I remember we came here because I wanted to keep it a secret from Luke. God you guys have come such a long way, you have come such a long way. You aren't gonna push me into the water are you?" She says as she slowly sits down next to him, trying to make a joke to ease the tension.

"I don't know yet, it depends on what you've come to say. You know all the good that has come out in me, all the changes were because of you, what you brought out in me and made me want to be. Now it seems that we've switched places, that you aren't the person that I know you can be." Nathan says as he looks at her for the first time.

"Nathan, I'm sorry. I haven't said that sincerely yet, but I've never meant it so much in my life. When you left me standing back there in the café and I realized that I might have just lost you forever, it was the worst feeling in the world. I never wanna be without you, ever. If being with you for the rest of my life means giving up my music, then so be it. Nathan, I love you and I would do anything for you." Haley says as she looks into his eyes.

"God, I love you so much Hales. You don't know how hard it has been for me these past few weeks. I don't want you to give up your music, that's not right of me to ask that. I just don't think you need Chris because I don't trust him, and I want you to trust me on that. I want to be the one to help you succeed and support you. I wanna be the one that's there for you through everything, I wanna just be your husband. I would die if I lost you and you know I'd do anything for you." He says as they finally embrace each other and cling to each other for a long time.

"So, I'll go into the studio tomorrow afternoon, finish up recording the track we're on, and tell Chris that I'm done with him." Haley says with a confident smile.

"You don't know how much this means to me." Nathan says as he strokes her face.

"I know, Nathan, I'm glad. Now, let's go back to the cafe." She says as she stands up brushing off the backs of her jeans and then reaches for his hand.

"When do we get to go home?" Nathan says with a sly grin.

"Soon enough." Haley says as she skips away, dragging him behind her.