..Hello once again…thanks for all the reviews so far….I really love to see that people like the story…soOoO…here is chapter 3…ENJOY!
Haley later said goodbye to Lucas and was back on the road. She planned on staying with her parents until Taylor called and said they were on vacation. Haley didn't know where she was going to stay, she figured that she would just figure it out later when the time came. She drove past the high school and pulled into the empty parking lot. She sat in her car and looked towards the courtyard of the high school. The flashback of all the memories came to her. She could see the time when Nathan came to her and confronted her about Chris, and what did she do she lied to him. Haley closed her eyes and remembered the first time she started falling for Nathan. It was the time when Brooke hooked the two up for a follow the signs date. She smiled to her self when she remembered the dinner and lingerie shopping they both did. Then she remembered all the times she put him on the spot, like when she found the porn sites on his computer and the half-naked pictures of Peyton. Haley lost her thought and opened her eyes when the annoying cell phone ring rang. She reached into her purse and pulled out her small flip phone.
"Hello?" Haley asked.
"Haley, Haley, Haley, have you seen the cover of In Touch?" Haley rolled her eyes it was Chris. She told Nathan that her and Chris were nothing, but in a way Chris was the second best thing that happened to her, Nathan was the first of course.
"Oh you mean the one where Nathan accused me of being with you, again?"
"Oh, he's seen it too. You've talked to him already?" Chris asked with much concern.
"Of course, I saw him first."
"And? How did it go?"
"The same way it always goes, except instead of hanging up on me he practically through me out."
"Haley I keep telling you, just leave him be. He doesn't support you and he obviously doesn't want to see you, so why put yourself through so much. You have your music, just come back to New York, that's where you belong."
"Chris, I told you, I can't just stay in New York, I want to stay here. I knew that coming home would be hard for me but if it's anything to get Nathan back."
"Haley, why can't you just except the fact that Nathan and you just aren't meant to be,"
"Because I love him and long ago he loved me too and I can't just leave him behind he means to much to me."
"Well sooner or later you're going to end up with a broken heart. You'll come back to New York and use my shoulder to cry on."
"Ah…don't get to ahead of yourself." Haley said with some humor.
"Well I have to go." Chris said.
"Ok, well have fun at home without me." Haley said with a smile.
"I'm already having a blast." Chris said.
"Ok, well, bye." Haley said.
"OK, bye." Chris said.
When they both talked this was how they ended their conversation. They would never actually hang up like a normal person would. They would wait a few seconds to both hear each other breathe on the phone until one of them would hang up. 90 of the time it was Haley who usually clicked her phone shut first and in this case within 10 seconds she clicked it shut.
Nathan decided to drive to the river court and shot around some basketballs. One thing that came out of Haley leaving was he had more time to hang around instead of competing for Haley. After about 20 minutes of shooting around Nathan decided to just sit, relax, and breathe for a few minutes. He was calm to, until he saw the Mercedes drive up on to the grass. Haley got out and also took a breath and headed towards Nathan.
"Nathan, I really want to talk, please just give me a chance, ok?" Haley asked with sad eyes.
Nathan looked up towards her, Haley knew he was whiling to give her a shot.
"When I left, it was just as hard for me as it was hard for you. My set sucked on my first couple days because all I thought about was you. Michelle tired to help, she put me in more shows, took me out, talked with me, but it didn't help. Then after about 2 weeks I finally got it together I realized that I couldn't just stop and cry I have to move on and keep moving. But in order to move on I'm missing the one thing that has kept me sane for the last year. I missed you Nathan, I love you more anything and I just hope that you'll put this behind you like I have and just come back to me." Haley stopped, she was on the verge of tears.
They were silent for what felt like forever until Nathan broke his silence….
"You are saying to me that you want me to forget all the pain and suffering you put me through these last 3 months. You left, if I didn't call you, you would have never called. You left me remember I gave you a choice and you took the door."
"Nathan, I know I left ok, I get it. But are you going to drag it on forever, you have to move on. Forgive and forget."
Nathan looked up at her with stern cold eyes. Inside he was screaming JUST FORGIVE HER YOU JACKASS, but it wasn't that easy. Nathan just couldn't say ok I forgive you and have a happy ending.
Haley started to tear up, why couldn't he just say I love you to, but no she had to fall for a stubborn one. All of a sudden Haley's cell phone rang. She looked towards Nathan, who was looking away from her. She picked it up…
"Hey Jeff, can you hold on a sec?" Haley said covering the voice on the cell phone so Jeff couldn't hear. "Nathan I have to take this, I am sorry."
"That's ok, duty calls right." Nathan said as he walked past her and headed back to the apartment.
Haley stood there with tears in her eyes. She quickly uncovered her cell and continued her call.
"Sorry about that. Oh, no I am fine." Haley said rubbing the tears form her eyes. "Meet with you in New York Friday? Oh, Jeff I can't I said I was taking a break I have to finish school and stuff before the record."
"Haley this is a once in a time opportunity, you have to meet with the record company to sign the deal. No exceptions, if you want a deal you have to come home. It will just be for two days."
"But I have no place to stay, my apartment isn't done." Haley said.
"That's ok, your friend Chris said it would be ok to stay with him, he is going to be a co-producer."
"What? When did this happen?"
"He insisted, he said its what you would have wanted." Haley rolled her eyes, this was so typical of Chris.
"When is the meeting?" Haley asked, she was upset she had to do this.
"Its Friday at 10:30 am." Jeff said with excitement in his voice.
"Fine, I'll be there." Haley said with a sad tone in her voice. She just came to Tree Hill and now she has to leave again.
"Great, you're not going to regret it. But I do have something to ask you?" Haley got worried what now? She thought. "Your marriage might make things messy, you might want to look into an annulment or a divorce."
"NOO! I love my husband and I am not going to choose my career again over him. I'm sorry but right now divorce is not an option." Haley said and she meant it.
"Well I am just warning you, it might come up in the meeting."
"Well thanks for the heads up." Haley said, she was angry that Jeff would even think Haley would do that to her marriage.
"I'll see you in New York Friday." Jeff said closing the conversation. "Ok, bye."
"Bye." Haley said.
Haley closed her phone. She didn't want to leave Nathan because she was afraid he might see that if he goes back to her all her is going to get is cell phone calls and watching his wife leave him for months at a time. Haley placed the phone back in her pocket and walked over to the bleachers where Nathan had been sitting. She sat down and let the wind blow through her hair and she closed her eyes. She pictured Nathan coming towards her with the love in his eyes that she once knew. He'll hold her close and they'll be together forever. Instead she opened her eyes and looked around. There was no Nathan, there was just the basketball and the basketball court. She climbed off the bleachers and reached for the basketball she dribbled it slowly and then faster as she moved towards the basket. When she finally reached it she took a crappy shot, but it went in anyways.
"Well, that's one lucky shot." Haley said to herself as she picked the basketball up again and walked towards the car. She opened the trunk and threw in the ball and climbed into the front seat. She put the keys in the engine and placed the car in drive and headed towards New York.
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