Chapter 8

Haley's POV

The sunshine peeped through the curtains of my room; it was such a nice morning. I changed into my sweats, drank some coffee and went out of for a run. I circled the neighborhood and finally stopped at the park.

There were kids in the park and some of them I knew. I played with them for awhile before noticing a crowd gather around the basketball court. A couple of kids were playing with two adults. I knew from the moment I saw the tall figures, that it was Nathan and Lucas.

The kids were laughing with them and I saw Lucas teach a little girl shoot. It was such a sweet sight and I tried very much not to notice Nathan. But my heart just melted when I saw Nathan pick up a boy and put that little boy on his shoulders. I always knew he'd be a great dad because he learned from his father's mistakes.

Oh! I really should stop doing this….I love Chris, but another part of me..another part of me still loved Nathan very much. I noticed Luke waving at me and I waved back. Nathan noticed Luke and turned over to wave at me too. I ignored him and started to jog back home.

I knew he followed me, it took him only a few seconds to catch up with me.

"That was rude" he said casually.

"I learned from the best" I retorted and looked at him pointedly.

I started to slow down, I was only three houses away from mine anyway.

"I was always nice to you"

"Not really, but you did change when we got together. Unfortunately, you became too nice"

He stopped walking while I continued. I eventually stopped and glanced at him. I was really expecting him to continue badgering me.

"I'm sorry Hales. What I did was….well…it was wrong and I don't have any excuses for that."

I was stunned. It was the first real apology he gave me. He said it with such heartfelt emotion it touched me and made my heart beat faster.

I saw him walk towards me and I could feel the tension and pain in him.

"Do you love him Hales?"

"Who?"

"Chris"

"Oh…Chris…yeah I love him" I kinda stumbled while saying those words. I wasn't sure anymore how I felt about Chris.

He nodded and walked away. His shoulders drooped a little like a man defeated and I had this instinct to follow him, but I never did. I just watched as he entered his house.

Walking up the driveway I saw a car parked behind mine.

"Hey Hales!"

"Chris!"