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This weekly early morning rendez-vous continued for months on end thereafter. Over the course of this period, the two grew closer and closer until they became the best of friends. And the funny thing was that no one other than themselves knew about this newly formed but strong friendship. Its not that they were hiding it from anyone per say, it was more like they wanted their friendship to stay true. If others were to know about their bond, then many problems could be created. People would protest, they would try to separate them. They would say that he, being from a poor background did not deserve to be around a girl like Haley. They would try to ruin their friendship.
That was the last thing they ever wanted.
Over the course of these few months, the two had become one. They couldn't imagine life without the other. And so in order to salvage their friendship, the two kept their special bond a secret from the outside world. During the week, they would act like they were strangers but come Sunday mornings, the two were bound to be together, rain or shine.
And then, the inevitable happened.
Some thing had to go wrong. That's just the way the world works. Life is like walking on a hill, first you go upward, then you reach the peak and from then onwards, everything goes downhill. Life loves to play tricks on people.
He was going to leave for college in two weeks.
She was happy for him. And yet she was sad as well. Once he left, she would go back to being all alone once again. She knew that it was awfully selfish of her, but she wished wholeheartedly that something would happen. Something, anything, anything that would force Nathan to stay back, in Tree Hill. As usual however, nothing went her way. Knowing this, Haley decided to spend every waking moment with him. She always thought that she wanted him to stay back so desperately because she was in dire need of a friend. What she didn't know was that she felt this way out of love. Not the friendly kind of love, but the kind of love that you feel for one and only one person in life. It was the kind of love that would one day result in marriage. She didn't realize it until it was time for him to leave. Nathan on the other hand, had known it all along. How he knew, no one knows but he just knew that she truly was the one for him.
On the day that Nathan was supposed to leave, Haley clung to him. She never wanted to let him go. She begged from him to stay but she knew that in the end he had to leave.
He was just as reluctant as she was. He couldn't imagine life without her.
He loved her too much.
He hated seeing her this way. He never wanted to see her sad. More importantly, he never wanted to see her cry, especially because of him. He wished he could stay with her but he knew that it wasn't possible. After years if hard work, he had finally been able to get a basketball scholarship at the University of California. He knew that it was the chance of a lifetime. Falling in love was something unplanned. He couldn't let such a thing get in the way of achieving his life long goals. Hence, after much debate and emotional struggle, he had finally able to bid farewell to Haley and move on to a new chapter in his young life.